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# Platform Engineer III

- **Company:** Amazon.com, Inc.
- **Location:** Columbia, SC, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $95,000.0 - $145,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Software as a Service, Information Systems, Data Centers, Software Debugging, DevOps, Scrum Methodology, Software Configuration Management, Information Technology, Software Coding, Programming Languages
- **Published:** August 13, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/job/us5bc3a4c2432c6ae70d1bf349de47e003/eaa

## About the Role

* Ability to troubleshoot challenging problems across the platform & its HW/SW components

 * Proven experience in Scrum and DevOps methodologies

 * Ability to guide and mentor junior team members

 * Lead medium projects

Education & Experience Required

 * Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or other related experience
 * 4+ years of experience in release practices and environments or other related experience

Or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Education & Experience Preferred

 * Any Certification that relates to the platforms supported

## Description

* Acting with Integrity
 * Communicating Effectively
 * Pursuing Self-Development
 * Serving Customers
 * Supporting Change
 * Supporting Organizational Goals
 * Working with Diverse Populations

What does it take to be successful in this role?

 * Advanced experience with software configuration and modern programming languages, * Provides support on architectural design and maintenance of the platform's (COTS, SaaS, ERP) environment with distributed components

 * Ensures compliance with the organization's requirements through the implementation of, auditing

of, and adherence to policies, procedures, and security standards

 * Plans software upgrades, patching, & plugin installations in accordance with established policies and procedures

 * Monitors performance, resolves problems, & manages component capacity issues

 * Design, test, develop, configure, & maintain integrations to platform's applications

 * Adhere to the platform's security and coding standards for resilience, data, and security

 * Review business requirements to deploy the best solution, including configuring, coding, & debugging

 * Work closely with cross-functional departments to communicate statuses & technical proposals

 * Deploy and configure platform applications tailored to company needs

 * Design technical solutions, configure/customize, test, maintain the platform applications to meet company requirements

 * Performs other duties as required, As part of the global controls team, you will work with highly motivated experts and innovators in the data center industry. You will be responsible for troubleshooting, project ma…
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