Platform Engineer

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is hiring a Platform Engineer. In this fully remote role, you'll ensure the performance, security and durability of platforms (as well as maintaining the infrastructure and services required to support them). On-call rotation is part of the schedule for this team.

Our ideal candidates will come with expertise in Windows and Linux systems administration along with hands-on experience in Ansible and Terraform. Proficiency in YAML and PowerShell scripting is required. Expertise in Nutanix technology (including AHV, Cluster Deployment, and Leap) is also required. Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and/or Microsoft Azure is a plus; proficiency in VMware vSphere, ESXi, vCenter, and Site Recovery Manager (SRM) is also preferred.

Please note:

- Sponsorship is not available for this role.

- While this is a fully remote role, the final round of interviews will take place onsite at our Chattanooga, TN office.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Builds the infrastructure and services required to support platforms, including monitoring, and management of server infrastructure.
• Maintain and improve build and release management systems
• Implement internal APIs and tools to support backend services.
• Perform customization and configuration changes on platforms.

Job Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Information Systems or a related field or equivalent years of experience is required.  
• Equivalent years of experience are defined as 4 years of professional experience.

Experience

• 3 years of experience in an Information Technology role required.

Skills/Certifications

• Applied knowledge of infrastructure technologies including infrastructure services, platform technologies and monitoring tools.
• Systematic, fact based decision making and problem solving.
• Strong inter-personal skills and ability to cultivate relationships with all internal/external stakeholders, promoting diversity of perspectives, ideas and cultures.
• Exceptional work ethic, high sense of urgency, driven, self-motivated, highly accountable with strong initiative and passion. 
• Ability to clearly articulate ideas, problem/solution/business value descriptions that can be understood by a broad audience
• Organization skills and ability to work on multiple projects and/or assignments simultaneously
• Must be willing to adjust schedule to perform maintenance and upgrades outside of business hours and be part of an on-call rotation.

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