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# Platform Engineer

- **Company:** Insight Global
- **Location:** Columbus, OH, United States
- **Salary:** $135,200.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Batch Processing, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Middleware, Spring Framework, Python (Programming Language), Linux System Administration, Node.Js, Open Source Technology, Performance Tuning, Reliability Engineering, Software Engineering, ReactJS, AWS Lambda, Cloudformation, Fastapi, Containerization, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Terraform, Serverless Computing, Jenkins, Microservices
- **Published:** June 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/11A5406A51A84F049982855ADD83C0F2/job/

## About the Role

Strong experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering

 * Solid development background with experience in:

o Java, Node.js, or Python

 * Hands-on experience managing AWS cloud environments

 * Experience working with CI/CD tools, especially Jenkins

 * Familiarity with containerization and Kubernetes

 * Experience with Linux-based systems, middleware, and patching processes

 * Ability to bridge development and operations through automation and shared tooling * Experience migrating legacy or VM-based applications to container platforms

 * Exposure to microservices architecture

 * Knowledge of AWS Lambda and serverless architectures

 * Experience contributing to or maintaining open-source projects

 * Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation)

## Description

Insight Global is looking for a Platform Engineer with a strong development background and hands-on experience to help design, build, and operate scalable, reliable platforms. This role blends cloud infrastructure management, automation, and software development, with a focus on modernizing systems and enabling engineering teams through shared platforms and tooling. The ideal candidate is comfortable working across AWS, CI/CD pipelines, containerized environments, and application development, and enjoys building reusable libraries and automation frameworks., Platform & DevOps Engineering

 * Perform platform administration and DevOps-related activities, including:

o OS and middleware patching and maintenance

o Monitoring, troubleshooting, and performance optimization

 * Design, maintain, and enhance CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, going beyond basic pipeline implementations

 * Implement automation for operational tasks and platform workflows

Cloud & Infrastructure

 * Manage and maintain AWS cloud resources, including:

o Provisioning, upgrading, and optimizing cloud infrastructure

o Supporting cost, performance, and scalability best practices

 * Lead and support the migration of applications from EC2-based deployments to containerized Kubernetes environments

 * Collaborate on cloud architecture decisions and platform standards

Application Modernization & Development

 * Contribute to the development of common libraries and shared services used across engineering teams

 * Support and enhance:

o Batch processing applications using the Spring Framework

o Node.js services, including AWS Lambda-based builds

o ReactJS-based front-end components, including open-source packages

 * Apply best practices in application design, testing, and maintainability

Automation & Scripting

 * Build and maintain automation tools using Python, leveraging frameworks such as FastAPI

 * Develop scripts and utilities to improve deployment speed, reliability, and developer productivity


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