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# Platform Engineers

- **Company:** Stanley David and Associates
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Bash Shell, CentOS, Linux, VMware ESX Servers, Python (Programming Language), Kernel-Based Virtual Machine, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ansible, Software Engineering, Virtual Environment, Git, Information Technology, Docker, User Administration
- **Published:** August 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/6b82e2e6-4c9e-4473-a641-8b5a930f7980

## About the Role

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

 * Experience with Linux systems (CentOS and RHEL preferred)
 * Experience with Docker
 * Experience with Python
 * Experience with Systemd
 * Experience with Linux BASH scripting and administration
 * Works and communicates well in a distributed/remote team environment, * BS in Computer Science, Engineering or related field (3 years work experience in place of degree)

## Description

Platform Engineers work within software development agile teams to maintain and develop the host platform that the rest of the ATD application runs on. They configure the host OS, system startup tooling, permissions, remote user management. They will also work on the configuration of docker to run the rest of our software stack, providing a stable and efficient platform and managing the hardware resources available. They will also build and maintain upgrade and deployment tooling for the product

 * Configure and maintain Linux operating system deployment
 * Configure and maintain Docker application
 * Upgrade system packages to close vulnerabilities in 3rd party software
 * Integrate system with directory servers for remote user management
 * Build tooling and maintain tooling for deploying and upgrading the system
 * Contribute to architecture designs
 * Decompose user stories into tasks and estimate story points for user stories and tasks
 * Perform manual tests as required

Generic Managerial Skills, If any

 * Experience with Git and Ansible
 * Experience with RedHat Package Manager (RPM) and yum repositories
 * Familiarity with KVM/ESX virtual environments


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