JOB TITLE:
Platform Specialist
LOCATION:
Onsite – Houston, TX
SCHEDULE:
Standard Working Hours
DURATION:
12-Month Contract
PAY:
USD 77-82/hr
Job Responsibilities:
In this role, you will support the development, maturation, and operational excellence of enterprise cloud and on-premises infrastructure environments. Key responsibilities include:
- Leading cloud platform initiatives across AWS and Azure, including:
o Supporting tenant and subscription design and governance.
o Building and maintaining landing zones.
o Implementing secure cloud networking and infrastructure.
o Driving Infrastructure as Code (IaC) adoption and standardization. - Managing and supporting on-premises Kubernetes clusters
for platform stability and scalability.
- Collaborating closely with Product, DBAs, Developers, DevOps, SRE, and Data Engineering teams to implement cloud best practices early in the design lifecycle.
- Driving improvements in Site Reliability, Observability, Scalability, and Cost Optimization
across cloud and infrastructure platforms.
- Architecting and implementing technical solutions that improve service levels across cloud and on-premises environments.
Essential Duties and Job Functions:
- Implement cloud infrastructure best practices with a focus on reliability, scalability, and observability.
- Develop and maintain Azure and AWS infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.
- Support provisioning, tuning, and security hardening of Kubernetes clusters.
- Monitor platform health and remediate infrastructure-related issues proactively.
- Perform incident investigation, root cause analysis, diagnosis, and issue resolution.
- Identify recurring operational problems and recommend permanent corrective actions.
- Design and implement redundant systems including:
o Data backup and recovery solutions
o High availability architecture
o Load balancing
o Disaster recovery capabilities - Eliminate technical bottlenecks and coordinate support across infrastructure teams.
- Ensure continuous availability of platform and data services.
- Document and maintain environment architecture, standards, and technical procedures.
- Present platform improvement opportunities and recommendations to leadership.
Knowledge & Skills:
- Strong expertise in AWS and Azure cloud services.
- Extensive experience with Azure DevOps
and CI/CD pipeline practices.
- Strong background in Linux system administration.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools, including:
o Terraform
o Ansible
o Salt - Deep understanding of Kubernetes administration and distributed systems.
- Strong knowledge of core infrastructure technologies, including:
o Virtualization
o Networking
o Storage management - Ability to troubleshoot and repair large-scale distributed systems.
- Excellent written documentation and verbal communication skills.
- Strong collaboration skills across technical and management teams.
- Ability to identify, analyze, and resolve platform issues in complex environments.
Education & Experience:
- 5+ years of hands-on experience with AWS and Azure (professional certification or equivalent experience preferred).
- 5+ years of experience in application deployment automation and DevOps practices.
- 5+ years of experience installing, administering, and maintaining Linux-based systems.
- 3+ years of experience with IT automation tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or Salt.
- Experience designing and supporting highly available enterprise infrastructure environments.
- Experience with Kubernetes in both cloud and on-premises environments required.
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