Platform Engineer

Insight Global is seeking a Platform Engineer to build and support a secure, scalable cloud platform as part of a large-scale migration from on premise systems to AWS. This role focuses on delivering core infrastructure, automation, and self-service capabilities while enabling application teams through modern cloud-native patterns. You will collaborate across architecture, DevSecOps, networking, and security teams to ensure compliance with CJIS, COV, and FBI standards. The pay range for this role is $50-$55/hr., * Build and operate core AWS infrastructure (VPCs, Transit Gateway, IAM, ECS/EKS, CloudWatch, etc.)

• Design secure, scalable networking, compute, and storage aligned to cloud landing zones
• Deploy and manage container platforms (ECS Fargate, EKS, Kubernetes)
• Develop platform services (API gateways, service mesh, logging, monitoring)
• Support migration of legacy workloads (VMware, Windows, Linux, middleware) to AWS
• Implement encryption, secrets management, and secure service communication
• Build and maintain IaC using Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible
• Create reusable modules, templates, and self-service provisioning tools
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, drift detection, and remediation
• Establish observability (logging, metrics, tracing) and incident response workflows
• Support SRE practices including SLOs, SLIs, and reliability improvements
• Apply automation and AI-driven insights to enhance operations and performance

• Hands-on experience building and operating AWS infrastructure
• Strong proficiency with Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible
• Experience with container platforms (ECS, EKS, Kubernetes)
• Experience with infrastructure automation and provisioning
• Knowledge of hybrid networking (VPN, Direct Connect, Transit Gateway)
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability tools
• Understanding of security controls, secrets management, and compliance frameworks (CJIS, COV, etc.)
• Experience supporting application teams via platform or self-service tooling

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Broad AWS services experience including networking, security, and monitoring tools
• Experience migrating legacy middleware to containers or AWS services
• Familiarity with service mesh, API gateways, or event-driven architectures
• Experience with AWS Service Catalog, AFT, or similar automation tools
• Knowledge of VMware-to-AWS migration patterns
• Background in SRE, platform ops, or reliability engineering
• Relevant certifications (AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, Security+)

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.