Platform Engineer III (Cloud Infrastructure & Automation)

Location: Seattle, 98198, United States

Salary: $145,600–$170,600 per year

Company

hirify.global provides staffing and technical workforce services.

What you will do

• Design, build, and maintain highly available, secure cloud-native infrastructure.
• Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code solutions with Terraform or Pulumi.
• Architect and optimize automated CI/CD deployment pipelines.
• Manage AWS, Azure, or GCP environments for performance, cost-efficiency, and resilience.
• Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and reliability strategies while tuning system performance.
• Partner with engineering and SRE teams to improve developer tooling, automate operations, and resolve production incidents.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in platform engineering, DevOps, or large-scale infrastructure roles.
• Hands-on experience with at least one major public cloud provider: AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Deep proficiency in Infrastructure as Code, including Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Expert-level knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes, plus scripting and automation skills in Python, Bash, or Go.
• Strong analytical, debugging, collaboration, cloud security, networking, and compliance knowledge.

Nice to have

• Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or New Relic.
• Experience with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI.
• Knowledge of SOC 2, ISO 27001, and other cloud security or compliance frameworks.
• Ability to explain technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative work with software engineering, security, and SRE teams.
• On-call participation focused on rapid incident detection and resolution.
• For temporary assignments lasting 13 weeks or longer: medical, dental, vision, 401(k), and statutory sick pay where required.
• Reasonable accommodations are available throughout the employment process.