Encora
PlatformEngineer
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“Platform Engineer at Encora. Skills: Platform engineering, DevOps, Cloud infrastructure, Automation. Lead efforts for reliability. Lead efforts for availability”
Industry & Context.
Debugging; Root cause analysis; Troubleshooting
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Experience as Site Reliability Engineer, Experience as Platform Engineer, Experience with AWS, Experience with Kubernetes, Experience with OpenShift, Scripting experience with Python, Scripting experience with Node.js, Scripting experience with TypeScript, Experience with disaster recovery, Experience with business continuity planning, Experience with Linux, Experience with shell scripting
Nice to Have
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Master's degree in Computer Science, Degree in Engineering, Degree in related technical field, Consulting experience, Experience in Agile methodology, Knowledge of cloud-native application architecture, Assist in leading small teams, Assist in leading medium-sized teams, ITIL Foundation certification, AWS certification, Azure certification, GCP certification
What You'll Do.
Lead efforts for reliability
Lead efforts for availability
Lead efforts for performance
Uplift technology platforms
Maintain technology platforms
Uplift infrastructure
Maintain infrastructure
Maintain applications
Uplift technology controls
Maintain technology controls
Oversight for production operations
Engineering solutions
Maximize system reliability
Partner with Infrastructure teams
Partner with SRE teams
Partner with Development teams
Improve system reliability
Handle deployments to AWS
Handle deployments to Kubernetes
Provide support for AWS
Provide support for Kubernetes
Manage mobile applications
Automate deployment processes
Develop infrastructure as code
Refine infrastructure as code
Ensure high availability
Resolve platform issues
Monitor platform issues
Troubleshoot platform issues
Handle content delivery
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Global team; Infrastructure teams; SRE teams; Development teams; Cross-functional teams
Communication Scope
Written communication; Oral communication
Process & Methodology
Agile methodology
Full Job Description
As a Senior Platform Engineer at Encora, your role is to lead efforts and ensure the reliability, availability, and performance of applications and platforms. As a Senior Platform Engineer your role is to lead efforts and be responsible for both uplifting and maintaining our client’s evolving technology platforms, infrastructure, applications, and technology controls. As a Senior Platform Engineer, the role will include both oversight for production operations of systems, as well as development/engineering of solutions to maximize system reliability & automation. You’ll work with a global team responsible for end-customer-facing, business-critical applications. You will partner with Infrastructure, SRE, and Development teams to identify issues and improve system reliability. Your Responsibilities Coaching and mentoring fellow team members Handle deployments to AWS and Kubernetes platforms Provide support for the AWS and Kubernetes platforms, focusing on the customer-facing applications the team supports Manage mobile applications in the App and Play stores, including deployments Automate deployment processes and develop and refine infrastructure as code Work with a global team to ensure high availability and scalability within the platform Collaborate with SREs to resolve platform-related issues Use Splunk and similar tools to monitor and troubleshoot platform issues Handle content delivery by utilizing contentful templates Qualifications Experience as a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) and/or Platform Engineer Superb written and oral communication skills Extensive experience with observability and monitoring, especially with OpenTelemetry, Splunk, AppDynamics, and Datadog Experience with AWS, Kubernetes, and/or OpenShift Background in DevOps practices – Exposure to how pipelines are setup and how to debug issues if any error occurs as part of deployment Scripting experience with Python, Node.js, or TypeScript Good debugging skills to dig deep and figure out the root
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