Platform Engineer

• Design, develop, and maintain a robust, scalable, and secure internal Kubernetes platform that supports the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.
• Collaborate closely with development teams to understand their requirements and ensure seamless integration of the Kubernetes platform into their workflows.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts, tools, and documentation to streamline deployment and management processes.
• Ensure platform stability and performance by proactively monitoring system metrics, troubleshooting issues, and optimizing resources.
• Implement observability solutions, such as monitoring, logging, and tracing tools, to gain valuable insights into platform performance and application behavior.
• Provide technical guidance and support to development teams, helping them adopt the Kubernetes platform and improve their application deployment and management capabilities.
• Stay current with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies related to Kubernetes, containerization, and observability to drive continuous improvement and innovation within the platform.
• You will be on call at times, and expected to handle unexpected incidents.

What We ll Expect From You:
• Experience in platform engineering, infrastructure automation, SRE, or a similar role.
• Understanding of Kubernetes architecture, concepts, and components, with hands-on experience in building and managing Kubernetes platforms in production environments.
• Proficiency in a procedural or scripting programming language (examples: python, Go)
• Experienced with Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery principles (examples: Github Actions, Concourse).
• Solid experience with containerization technologies such as Docker or ContainerD.
• Strong foundation of Linux administration fundamentals.
• Familiarity with observability best practices and tools, such as Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK Stack.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Technical Writing (Documentation, process documents, proposals).
• Experience with Go programming language
• Kubernetes certifications are desirable (e.g. Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)).
• Experience with service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio or Linkerd).
• Knowledge of the DigitalOcean cloud platform (e.g., droplets, spaces, networking) and infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., ansible, chef) is advantageous.