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# Platform Engineer - Container Services

- **Company:** ADYEN INC.
- **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $180,000.0 - $243,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Bash Shell, Configuration Management, Computer Programming, Linux, Domain Name System (DNS), HAProxy, Python (Programming Language), Routing, Nginx, Ansible, Software Engineering, TCP/IP, Load Balancing, Firewalls (Computer Science), Containerization, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Bare Metal, Hashicorp, Puppet, Terraform
- **Published:** September 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.themuse.com/jobs/adyen/senior-platform-engineer-container-services-bef5d0

## About the Role

* Hands-on platform engineering experience: You have 7+ years of experience with platform, infrastructure, or software engineering.
 * Linux proficiency: Advanced skills in system administration, networking (TCP/IP, DNS, routing, firewalls), and security fundamentals. Comfortable troubleshooting complex issues across the stack.
 * Container technologies expertise: Hands-on experience with Kubernetes at scale, cluster operations, networking, troubleshooting. Familiarity with HashiCorp tools (Terraform, Consul, Nomad, Vault) and GitOps workflows (ArgoCD).
 * On-prem / bare-metal experience: Comfortable operating on-prem infrastructure (i.e. outside of public cloud), bare-metal provisioning, hardware lifecycle, storage, and datacenter operations.
 * Strong scripting and programming skills: Intermediate-to-advanced Bash proficiency and intermediate-to-advanced skills in Python or Go. Ability to build production-quality tooling and automation.
 * Nice to have: Prior experience in FinTech or regulated industries where reliability and security are paramount. Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, Puppet), load balancers (HAProxy, Nginx, etc) and infrastructure-as-code at scale.

## Description

* Build and operate core infrastructure: Design, implement, and maintain container orchestration (Kubernetes) and supporting infrastructure across our global private cloud.
 * Drive automation and reduce toil: Develop tooling and automation that improves provisioning, configuration management, and operational workflows, enabling self-service for engineering teams and reducing manual effort.
 * Ensure reliability at scale: Own the availability and performance of critical platform systems, participate in on-call rotations, and drive incident response and postmortem processes that continuously improve our operational posture.
 * Collaborate across teams and time zones: Work closely with platform engineers in Chicago, contributing to a global team that operates 24/7 infrastructure across multiple regions and datacenters.
 * Shape platform evolution: Contribute to architectural decisions, evaluate new technologies, and help drive platform modernization initiatives - including migration strategies, multi-region resilience, and infrastructure standardization., This role is based in our Chicago office. We're an office-first company and expect employees to work in-office at least 3 days a week on average. This approach helps strike a balance between bringing people together for in-person collaboration and learning from each other, while also supporting flexibility.


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