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# Platform Engineer

- **Company:** Recru, LLC
- **Location:** Houston, TX, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Computing Platforms, JIRA, Build Automation, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Configuration Management, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Disaster Recovery, Github, Monitoring of Systems, Performance Tuning, Software Architecture, Release Management, Reliability Engineering, Software Engineering, SonarQube, Software Troubleshooting, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Gitlab, Cloudformation, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Deployment Automation, Performance Monitor, Bicep, Terraform, Devsecops, Api Management, Docker, Security Orchestration, Automation & Response, Artifactory
- **Published:** October 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/1d6862d1-737b-4235-a000-dbcdea957a1b

## About the Role

* 5+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or Software Engineering.
 * Proven experience designing, building, and supporting enterprise CI/CD platforms.
 * Hands-on experience with GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GitLab, or comparable CI/CD solutions.
 * Strong understanding of software delivery, release management, and deployment automation.
 * Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation, or similar).
 * Experience supporting cloud-based environments in Azure, AWS, or other public cloud platforms.
 * Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and collaboration skills.
 * Ability to articulate architectural decisions, platform ownership responsibilities, and operational support experience.

Preferred Qualifications

 * GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS)
 * SonarQube
 * JFrog Artifactory/Xray
 * Azure Cloud Services
 * Docker
 * Kubernetes
 * Jira
 * API Integrations
 * DevSecOps & Security Automation
 * Monitoring and observability tooling

Nice-to-Have Platform Expertise

 * Experience administering and supporting Kubernetes platforms (AKS, EKS, or GKE).
 * Experience with cluster operations, upgrades, security, monitoring, and disaster recovery.
 * Experience building self-service developer platforms and internal engineering tooling.
 * Knowledge of DORA metrics, engineering productivity, and platform performance measurement.

What Success Looks Like

 * Reliable and scalable CI/CD capabilities that support engineering teams across the organization.
 * Automated governance, security, and compliance processes.
 * Improved deployment velocity, quality, and operational stability.
 * Strong partnership with development teams and a focus on continuous platform improvement.

## Description

The ideal candidate has experience building and owning CI/CD platforms, implementing infrastructure automation, supporting cloud-native environments, and partnering closely with software engineering teams to improve the developer experience., Platform Engineering & CI/CD

 * Design, build, and support enterprise CI/CD platforms using GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GitLab, or similar technologies.
 * Develop and maintain deployment automation, release workflows, and platform tooling that enable consistent software delivery.
 * Establish and improve platform standards, governance, change management processes, and operational controls.
 * Partner with engineering teams to drive DevOps adoption and platform engineering best practices.

Infrastructure & Automation

 * Develop Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform, Bicep, or similar tools.
 * Build automation for provisioning, configuration management, security controls, compliance reporting, and operational workflows.
 * Integrate platform tooling through APIs and automated workflows.

Reliability & Operations

 * Improve platform reliability, observability, resiliency, rollback capabilities, and disaster recovery processes.
 * Support incident response, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and performance optimization activities.
 * Develop operational dashboards, DORA metrics, and engineering performance reporting.

Security & DevSecOps

 * Integrate and support security tooling including GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS), SonarQube, JFrog, and related DevSecOps tooling.
 * Partner with security and engineering teams to automate security controls and compliance requirements throughout the software development lifecycle.