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# Platform Engineer

- **Company:** ElevaIT Solutions LLC
- **Location:** Corning, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Business Systems, DevOps, Python (Programming Language), Key Management, PostgreSQL, Octopus Deploy, Role-Based Access Control, Reliability Engineering, Prometheus, Data Logging, Google Cloud, Computer Network Technologies, Autoscaling, Grafana, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Terraform
- **Published:** August 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/d1d38556-f0e4-451b-9776-943f1db8468f

## About the Role

* 7 or more years of experience in DevOps, platform engineering, SRE, or a related role
 * Strong hands on experience with AWS services and core networking and security concepts
 * Advanced experience with Kubernetes, including cluster operations, autoscaling, and production workload management
 * Strong experience with Terraform for infrastructure as code
 * Strong scripting and automation skills in Python, Bash, or similar languages

Preferred / Bonus

 * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
 * Certifications in AWS, Kubernetes, or Terraform
 * Experience with additional cloud platforms such as Google Cloud Platform or Azure
 * Experience with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or Loki
 * Familiarity with compliance and governance requirements in regulated environments

## Description

This role sits within a global materials science and technology company's computing technologies group, supporting the cloud and Kubernetes platform that underpins internal engineering and business systems.

Top 3 Skills

 * AWS cloud infrastructure and Terraform (Infrastructure as Code)
 * Kubernetes platform operations
 * CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows

What You'll Do

 * Design, implement, and operate AWS cloud infrastructure and automation using Terraform
 * Own EKS and Kubernetes platform operations, including cluster lifecycle, upgrades, and capacity planning
 * Build and improve core Kubernetes platform capabilities such as networking, RBAC, and secrets management
 * Develop and maintain deployment workflows using Helm, Kustomize, and GitOps tools such as Argo CD or Flux
 * Deploy and evolve observability capabilities, including metrics, logging, alerting, and dashboards
 * Strengthen security across infrastructure, pipelines, and Kubernetes environments
 * Support the reliability and operational performance of PostgreSQL and RDS environments
 * Monitor system health, investigate incidents, and drive timely resolution through root cause analysis
 * Lead technical decision making within the scope of the role, prioritizing work and evaluating tradeoffs
 * Use modern AI tools to accelerate infrastructure design, troubleshooting, and documentation, while validating outputs for correctness and security


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