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Sr Platform Engineer-1

Role overview

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in a production environment with DevOps / Automation, Kubernetes (RKE2/k3s), and Helm chart deployment
  • 4+ years in LGTM Stack Development and Configuration including Grafana, Mimir, Loki, and Tempo
  • 5+ years in senior-level Python / Scripting frameworks with automation scripts and REST API integrations
  • 5+ years in GitOps / CI/CD with GitLab pipeline authoring; Terraform and Ansible as primary IaC tools

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop and manage automated, resilient, high availability platforms with native-AI capabilities
  • Develop and manage the Observability OpenTelemetry Central Backend Stack on Kubernetes/RKE2
  • Build and manage IaC and CI-CD for automated provisioning and deployment
  • Mentor mid-level engineers and represent platform engineering in architecture reviews

About the company

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Flexential

Flexential empowers the IT journey of the nation’s most complex businesses by offering tailored hybrid IT solutions delivered via the FlexAnywhere™ platform of integrated colocation, cloud, connectivity, data protection, managed and professional services, with three million square feet of data center space in 19 highly connected markets. Our FlexAnywhere™ Solutions allow customers to solve their most complex hybrid IT infrastructure requirements, such as reliability and performance, agility and scalability, and interconnection, seamlessly connecting applications and users.

Company details

Company typeSME
Company size501 - 1000

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Job description

Job Description:

The Senior Platform Engineer is a hands-on engineering role on a platform development team responsible for building and operating Flexential's IT platforms including observability, devops, ITSM incident and release mgmt, and Integrations technologies. This role develops and manages critical platform subsystems for high availability, operational resiliency, security and scalability utilizing native-AI enablement for all outcomes. This is an individual contributor role with significant technical ownership and direct impact on critical Flexential technology roadmap

You will work across infrastructure, automation, and application layers — deploying Kubernetes workloads, authoring Terraform modules, building Ansible playbooks, and building GitLab pipelines that other engineers depend on daily.

Key Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions:

  • Design, develop and operationally manage automated, resilient, high availability, self-healing, secure platforms with native-AI capabilities for IT needs, serving both internal as well as customer business capabilities 

  • Develop, and manage the Observability OpenTelemetry Central Backend Stack: Grafana Enterprise, Mimir, Loki, Tempo, and Alertmanager on Kubernetes/RKE2 via Helm and GitLab CI-CD 

  • Build and manage iaC and CI-CD for automated provisiong and deployment, including Terraform modules for Infra/VM/storage provisioning, Ansible AWX playbooks for OS/App bootstrap, ArgoCD and Helm for Kubernetes configuration 

  • Develop and manage OpenTelemetry Prometheus scrape profile library including SNMP exporters, REST API exporters, and cloud provider exporters (CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, GCP) for  multiple device classes.  

  • Develop AIOps capabilities on platforms for e.g Observability use-cases: anomaly detection integrations, event correlation rules in Alertmanager, and synthetic monitoring patterns to reduce alert noise.  

  • Configure and maintain Zabbix auto-discovery: network range scanning, device classification, and Prometheus service discovery integration.  

  • Build and harden Edge Stack deployments (Prometheus + OTel collector) per data center site using GitOps templates.  

  • Integrate Alertmanager with ServiceNow: webhook routing, ticket enrichment, auto-close logic, and escalation policy configuration.  

  • Maintain platform security: Conjur/CyberArk secret injection at runtime, mTLS between stack components, RBAC in Grafana Enterprise.  

  • Author and maintain Grafana dashboards in JSON/GitLab — facility overview, network health, RED metrics, application telemetry.  

  • Mentor mid-level engineers, lead code reviews, and establish engineering standards for the team. Represent platform engineering in cross-functional architecture reviews and executive-level program updates. 

  • Perform other duties as required and assigned 

 

Required Qualifications:

  • DevOps / Automation - 5+ years in a production environment, Kubernetes (RKE2/k3s), Helm chart deployment, system services, Docker/container

  • LGTM Stack Development and Configuration - 4+ years: Grafana, Mimir, Loki, Tempo configuration, tuning, dash-boarding and production operations; Prometheus required 

  • Senior-level Python / Scripting frameworks - 5+ years, Automation scripts, exporter development, GitLab pipeline scripting, REST API integrations 

  • GitOps / CI/CD - 5+ years, GitLab CI/CD pipeline authoring; Terraform and Ansible as primary IaC tools; ArgoCD or Flux preferred 

  • AIOps / Observability Engineering - 2+ years, Alertmanager rule authoring, anomaly detection integration, event correlation, noise reduction techniques 

  • Working infrastructure (Linux/VM) management knowledge - 5+ years, Linux administration, VMware vCenter/VCF  experience, Netapp storage management, network fundamentals (SNMP, TCP/IP) 

  • Secrets Management - 2+ years, CyberArk/Conjur, HashiCorp Vault, or equivalent — runtime secret injection patterns 

  • Minimal travel may be required 

 

Preferred Skills:

  • Experience and/or knowledge of ITSM processes and workflow automation e.g. Incident & Response Mgmt (IRM), Release mgmt., ServiceNow ITSM integration, alert routing, escalation policy design, SLA-driven on-call workflows 

  • Hands-on experience or working knowledge of Boomi integrations PaaS(iPaaS) technologies 

  • Experience working with BAS / BMS systems in a Datacenter / OT environment. 

  • Hands-on experience working with AWS products in a Well-architected Framework and multi-account model to develop various compute, storage, network iaaS and PaaS services for IT applications. 

Base Pay Range: Annualized/Hourly salary range offered for this position is estimated to be $150,000 - $165,000. However, the actual pay range depends on each candidate’s experience, location, and qualifications.   

Not meeting every single requirement? No problem! We are looking for candidates who possess unique skills that set them apart from the rest. If you're enthusiastic about this role and believe you have the skills and abilities that would make you successful, don't hesitate to apply today!

Benefits of working at Flexential:  
•    Medical, Telehealth, Dental and Vision  
•    401(k)  
•    Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)  
•    Life and AD&D  
•    Short Term and Long-Term disability  
•    Flex Paid Time Off (PTO)  
•    Leave of Absence  
•    Employee Assistance Program  
•    Wellness Program  
•    Rewards and Recognition Program  

Benefits are subject to change at the Company's discretion.  

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EEOC Statement: Flexential is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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