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# Platform Engineer

- **Company:** Vallum Associates
- **Location:** United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $133,120.0 - $139,360.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** 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, 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
- **Published:** June 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/8110b882-6277-47f1-ac46-cbb47eabe89c

## About the Role

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

## 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


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