Platform Engineer

We are

At Synechron, we believe in the power of digital to transform businesses for the better. Our global consulting firm combines creativity and innovative technology to deliver industry-leading digital solutions. Synechron's progressive technologies and optimization strategies span end-to-end Artificial Intelligence, Consulting, Digital, Cloud & DevOps, Data, and Software Engineering, servicing an array of noteworthy financial services and technology firms. Through research and development initiatives in our FinLabs we develop solutions for modernization, from Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain to Data Science models, Digital Underwriting, mobile-first applications and more. Over the last 20 years, our company has been honored with multiple employer awards, recognizing our commitment to our talented teams. With top clients to boast about, Synechron has a global workforce of 14,500 , and has 58 offices in 21 countries within key global markets.

Our challenge

We're looking for a Senior Platform Engineer (SRE) to come help us automate everything, enable our developer teammates, and create and support world-class platforms. This job requires expertise in Kubernetes and IaC. As a Senior Platform Engineer, Candidate will be an integral member of the Platform Engineering team, helping the organization transform into a truly modern cloud-native mode of operation. The goal of the Platform Engineering (PE) team is to reduce friction in the delivery process and improve developer experience. Technical prowess, pragmatic strategic understanding, and ability to make compromises working with the stakeholders are the 3 pillars of this job. The Senior Platform Engineer will work closely with the Sr Manager of Platform Engineering, Platform Tech Lead, and Platform Architect to ensure sound technical direction. The Senior Platform Engineer will also work with the Technical Product Owner on their Agile Platform Engineering team to facilitate delivering the most critical platform features needed for the Product Development Teams. The Senior Platform Engineer will be expected to provide guidance on DevOps practices and tools and Azure cloud resources. In addition, this position will mentor teammates and serve as an escalation point for Platform Engineer I's, and II's.

Additional Information

The base salary for this position will vary based on geography and other factors. In accordance with law, the base salary for this role if filled within Charlotte, NC is $120k - $125k/year & benefits (see below).

The Role

Responsibilities:

• Apply a proactive approach toward tasks and communication
• Embrace and evangelize automation, infrastructure as code, policy as code and developer enablement
• Lead technical implementations leveraging the team architect
• Be a foreperson on the team and a strong presence in collaboration with other teams and leadership.
• Drive forensic troubleshooting and analysis of automation and platform consistency issues
• Proactively ensure the highest levels of system, resource, and infrastructure availability and performance optimization
• Evangelize cloud-native practices and methodologies to delivery teams
• Provide subject matter expertise for all aspects of our technology stack
• Infrastructure Automation Via Terraform
• Azure DevOps Pipelines
• Kubernetes / AKS / EKS
• CI/CD Patterns
• Participation in an on-call rotation

Requirements:

You are:

• 8 years of experience in Platform Engineering, Software Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, Systems Engineering, Cloud-Native Engineering, DevOps Engineering or Advocacy role
• Expertise with containers and Kubernetes
• Experience as a participant of an Agile team using Agile development methodologies
• Strong Scripting Experience
• Expertise in writing Infrastructure as Code and Configuration as Code techniques
• Expertise in managing multiple code bases in Git, including trunk-based and environment-based branching
• Expertise in creating Continuous Integration builds and deployment automation, for example, CI/CD Pipelines
• Expertise in building and supporting Cloud Native applications in a major public cloud
• Expertise in implementing observability, application monitoring, and log aggregation solutions
• Expertise working with cross-functional teams to provide Next-Gen Cloud Native solutions

Preferred Experience, Qualifications and Skills:

• Experience with AKS, EKS
• Expertise with dotnet, PowerShell, and PowerShell Desired State Configuration
• Bachelor's degree in a computing-related field
• Microsoft Azure or AWS Certifications

Must have

• Application Architecture
• Azure
• Azure Devops
• Bash Scripting
• Continuous Delivery
• Continuous Integration
• Debugging
• DevOps/SRE Engineer
• Incident Management
• Kubernetes
• Kubernetes Enablement and Onboarding
• Linux
• Production Kubernetes Support

Nice To Have

• Application Security
• ArgoCD
• Building IaC using Terraform
• Kubernetes Security

We can offer you:

• A highly competitive compensation and benefits package
• A multinational organization with 58 offices in 21 countries and the possibility to work abroad
• Laptop and a mobile phone
• 10 days of paid annual leave (plus sick leave and national holidays)
• Maternity & Paternity leave plans
• A comprehensive insurance plan including: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and long-/short-term disability (plans vary by region)
• Retirement savings plans
• A higher education certification policy
• Commuter benefits (varies by region)
• Extensive training opportunities, focused on skills, substantive knowledge, and personal development.
• On-demand Udemy for Business for all Synechron employees with free access to more than 5000 curated courses
• Coaching opportunities with experienced colleagues from our Financial Innovation Labs (FinLabs) and Center of Excellences (CoE) groups
• Cutting edge projects at the world's leading tier-one banks, financial institutions and insurance firms
• A flat and approachable organization
• A truly diverse, fun-loving and global work culture

S YNECHRON'S DIVERSITY & INCLUSION STATEMENT

Diversity & Inclusion are fundamental to our culture, and Synechron is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative 'Same Difference' is committed to fostering an inclusive culture - promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We strongly believe that a diverse workforce helps build stronger, successful businesses as a global company. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We empower our global workforce by offering flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programs, and more.

All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant's gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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