Platform Engineer

Vallum Associates
United States
about 1 month ago

Role details

Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Compensation
$133,120.0 - $139,360.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Artificial Intelligence User Authentication Cloud Engineering Continuous Integration Django Web Framework Identity and Access Management Python (Programming Language) NoSQL OpenShift Secure Coding Security Information and Event Management
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Software Deployment Vault (Revision Control System) SQL Databases Data Streaming Workflow Management Systems Okta Flask (Web Framework) Backend Fastapi Event Driven Architecture Containerization Kubernetes Apache Kafka Restful APIs Data Pipelines Docker Servicenow Microservices

Job description

  1. Build scalable Python APIs and microservices supporting security finding management, control validation, alert processing, and workflow orchestration
  2. Develop telemetry ingestion and event-processing pipelines using Kafka and event-driven architecture
  3. Build RESTful APIs and integrations across platforms including Keycloak, ServiceNow, OpenShift, Vault, and DataHub
  4. Implement AI-enabled capabilities for triage support, root-cause analysis, and risk prioritisation
  5. Support CI/CD, containerisation (OpenShift/Kubernetes), and production deployment

Requirements

Platform Engineer (Python / Backend) - What you’ll bring:

  1. 5+ years of Python backend development experience
  2. Strong skills in FastAPI, Flask, or Django, with REST API and microservices architecture experience
  3. Experience with Kafka/event streaming, SQL and NoSQL databases, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines
  4. Solid understanding of secure coding, authentication/authorization, and IAM concepts
  5. Experience in cloud-native, containerized environments (OpenShift/Kubernetes preferred)

Nice to have:

  1. Experience with SIEM, SOAR, CNAPP, CSPM, or similar Security Hub platforms
  2. Background in financial services or other highly regulated environments
  3. Experience supporting AI/ML-enabled applications

Benefits & conditions

  1. $64 - $67 per hour
  2. Hybrid role
  3. 6 months initial project

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