[Remote] Senior Platform Engineer
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Eliassen Group is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to enhance CI/CD pipelines and maintain Docker images for a large developer base. The role involves GitLab pipeline optimization, container security, compliance, and contributions to Terraform and AWS services.
Responsibilities
- Enhance and optimize GitLab CI/CD pipelines across 15+ repositories with standardized templates
- Improve pipeline reliability, performance, and cost-efficiency, including Maven and NPM build best practices
- Execute CVE remediation using Trivy, Snyk, and AWS Inspector following established processes
- Maintain security compliance with CIS benchmarks and DISA STIGs for platform offerings
- Coordinate remediation efforts with application teams and document security patterns
- Maintain and update base Docker images in ECR and Artifactory to meet compliance standards
- Implement image scanning and validation processes and support base image adoption
- Develop Terraform infrastructure-as-code modules for platform services
- Manage AWS resources via CLI and services including EC2, ECS/EKS, ECR, Lambda, IAM, VPC, and S3
- Support PostgreSQL and Oracle PL/SQL database operations
- Convert an existing test suite from Bash to TypeScript
- Refactor legacy platform components and improve observability
- Create and maintain internal documentation and provide developer guidance in support channels
- Participate in on-call rotation for incident response, troubleshooting, and platform support
Skills
- 5+ years in platform or infrastructure engineering
- Proven experience supporting large-scale developer platforms
- Strong proficiency with TypeScript
- Hands-on expertise with AWS CLI and core services (EC2, ECS/EKS, ECR, Lambda, IAM, VPC, S3)
- Advanced GitLab CI/CD pipeline engineering and template standardization
- Docker image management with ECR and Artifactory
- Infrastructure-as-code with Terraform
- CVE remediation using Trivy, Snyk, and AWS Inspector
- Knowledge of security compliance frameworks including CIS benchmarks and DISA STIGs
- Experience with Maven and NPM build processes
- Proficiency with PostgreSQL and Oracle PL/SQL
- Demonstrated DevSecOps practices and mindset
- On-call and incident response experience
- Effective communication skills in cross-functional environments
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits
- 401k with company matching
- Life insurance
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