United by Data™
Staff Platform Engineer
Location
United States
Posted
7 days ago
Salary
Not specified
No structured requirement data.
Job Description
Role Description
This role involves managing and maintaining all self-hosted cloud deployments, including:
- Deployment, hardening, scaling, and decommissioning
- Coding and implementing 3rd-party database integration solutions on big data warehouses
- Supporting customers with complex environments and deployments
- Assisting with knowledge transfer to internal product support teams
- Maintaining strong security postures in collaboration with security teams
Qualifications
- Must have a Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field plus four (4) years of experience in the position offered, or as a Software Engineer, or a related position
- Alternatively, a Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field plus six (6) years of experience in the position offered, or as a Software Engineer, or a related position
Requirements
- Four (4) years (or six [6] years with a Bachelor’s) of experience with:
- Managing cloud assets hands-on across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, ensuring compliance with SOC 2, CIS Controls, and STIG
- Implementing and maintaining strong security postures in collaboration with security teams using tools including CrowdStrike, Lacework, Datadog, Snyk, SonarQube, JFrog Xray, and Trivy
- Using Git (Bitbucket), GitOps practices, and Jenkins to develop and manage automated CI/CD pipelines
- Implementing infrastructure and application components through IaC and configuration management tools including Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, and Packer
- Designing, developing, and maintaining scalable containerized applications using Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and Argo CD, with coding in Java, JavaScript, Golang, and/or Python
- Hosting and managing diverse data storage platforms, including Hadoop (Cloudera/Hortonworks), Oracle, MongoDB, Cassandra, Trino, Kerberos KDC, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, CockroachDB, and Databricks
Benefits
- Flexible benefits program to support diverse needs and life events
- Competitive compensation
- Health coverage
- Time off
Job Requirements
- Must have a Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field plus four (4) years of experience in the position offered, or as a Software Engineer, or a related position
- Alternatively, a Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field plus six (6) years of experience in the position offered, or as a Software Engineer, or a related position
- Four (4) years (or six [6] years with a Bachelor’s) of experience with:
- Managing cloud assets hands-on across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, ensuring compliance with SOC 2, CIS Controls, and STIG
- Implementing and maintaining strong security postures in collaboration with security teams using tools including CrowdStrike, Lacework, Datadog, Snyk, SonarQube, JFrog Xray, and Trivy
- Using Git (Bitbucket), GitOps practices, and Jenkins to develop and manage automated CI/CD pipelines
- Implementing infrastructure and application components through IaC and configuration management tools including Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, and Packer
- Designing, developing, and maintaining scalable containerized applications using Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and Argo CD, with coding in Java, JavaScript, Golang, and/or Python
- Hosting and managing diverse data storage platforms, including Hadoop (Cloudera/Hortonworks), Oracle, MongoDB, Cassandra, Trino, Kerberos KDC, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, CockroachDB, and Databricks
Benefits
- Flexible benefits program to support diverse needs and life events
- Competitive compensation
- Health coverage
- Time off
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