What are the responsibilities and job description for the Platform Engineer position at RightNow Media?
Job Details
Job Description
About RightNow Media
RightNow Media's mission is to work with the global church to inspire people to love others before self and Christ above all. We serve the global church by providing streaming video resources that inspire and equip people to disciple and love others at home, at work, at school, and in their communities. We love teamwork, authentic stories, our families, hard work, and the church.
We have been a Certified Best Christian Workplace by the Best Christian Workplaces Institute for the past five years.
Job Description
We are seeking a Platform Engineer to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will be instrumental in building and maintaining our CI/CD pipelines, supporting infrastructure and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) initiatives for our development teams, and creating integrations that provide crucial metrics on code quality, performance, reliability, and maintainability.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines
- Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions
- Build and manage integrations for development tools and metrics platforms
- Collaborate with development teams to improve code quality, performance, and reliability
- Implement and maintain monitoring and alerting systems
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of our platform engineering practices
Qualifications
- 5 years of experience in platform engineering or similar roles
- Strong knowledge of CI/CD tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, TeamCity, Spinnaker)
- Proficiency in IaC tools (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation)
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Solid understanding of containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, Fargate)
- Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (e.g., DataDog, NewRelic, OTel)
- Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, PowerShell)
- Experience with version control systems (Git)
Preferred Skills
- Experience with microservices architecture and event based architecture.
- Knowledge of security best practices in cloud environments
- Familiarity with Agile and DevOps methodologies
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
- Excellent communication and teamwork abilities
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Professional), AWS Certified DevOps Engineer (Professional), or equivalent certificate from Azure/GCP
If you’re passionate about building scalable, reliable software platforms and robust developer tooling, and enjoy working in a friendly, fast-paced, and collaborative environment, we’d love to hear from you.
Benefits & Other Information
Schedule
Full-time, Monday through Friday
Work Location
McKinney, TX/ Hybrid
Benefits
- Medical, life, and disability insurance plans
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays (including the week between Christmas & New Year)
- Retirement plan plus employer matching
- Conference and mission trip scholarships
- Family bonding leave
- Competitive salary
- Opportunities for professional growth and development
- Collaborative and innovative work environment
- Chance to work on cutting-edge technologies
- Hybrid remote work options
