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Title: AWS Platform Engineer
Location: Houston, Texas(Onsite with Hybrid)
Preferred Only Local to Texas
Experience: 9+ years
Duration: Long Term Contract
Below is the feedback for one of the candidates who took final round of discussion.
We felt that candidate lacked a solid grasp of essential infrastructure/platform concepts. We also found her communication skills to be somewhat average; which is critical for this role. At times, she relied heavily on AWS terminology without clearly conveying the details.
She demonstrated theoretical knowledge on AWS but lacked thorough understanding of various AWS services and their specific details. When asked to explain the architecture and call flow of her current application, she struggled to provide clear and accurate description and details.
Additionally, when given a scenario-based problem, rather than providing a solution specific to the scenario, she tried to fit it into her existing application architecture, incorporating multiple unrelated AWS resources.
Based on above and the overall interview we felt that her skills and experience do not fully align with the expectations we have for an onshore platform engineer role.
Job Overview:
The Platform Engineer is a highly skilled and experienced professional responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable, reliable, and efficient platform services both on-premises and cloud based. They collaborate closely with software engineers, developers, DevOps engineers, and other stakeholders to ensure that the team’s platform resources meet the needs of users and customers.
Position Responsibilities:
• Analyze and develop/implement scalable, reliable, and efficient platform solutions based on approved designs and business requirements.
• Automate and streamline platform processes using infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools like Terraform.
• Prioritize tasks effectively to ensure that project deliverables and deadlines are met.
• Monitor systems health and alerts to ensure platform availability and performance and provide necessary support.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical problems in timely and accurate manner to improve application performance and functionality.
• Prepare and update documentation as appropriate.
• Stay up-to-date on the latest platform technologies and best practices.
Required Skills and Experience:
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, management information system, or other technical discipline.
• 6-8 years hands on experience performing in a Platform Engineer/DevOps/SRE capacity in a large AWS production environment.
• Strong experience in platform engineering, including infrastructure-as-code (IaC) using Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Java)
• Experience with container technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Good understanding of multi-tiered application architecture. With exposure to infrastructure concepts like Networking, DMZs, firewalls etc…
• Good understanding of security best practices.
• Solid analytical and troubleshooting skills in the areas of AWS, Terraform, UNIX, Networking, DMZ, Firewalls, J2EE, WAF and Web and Application Servers.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of tasks.
• Cloud: Deep understanding of cloud platforms, particularly AWS.
o Proficiency on cloud development and infrastructure concepts.
o Experience working on at least one major public cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), preferably AWS.
• SSL/Certs:
o Good understanding of SSL and experience working with CA and Self signed certs.
o Experience working on CSR generation, renewals, configuring websites/apps/servers for SSL.
• CICD tools:
o Azure DevOps
o Jenkins
o IBM UCD/UCR
• Solid experience with scripting and automation.
o Bash
o Powershell/windows batch
o Ansible
o Terraform
• Application Servers: Configuration, Administration, and troubleshooting.
o IBM WebSphere
o Apache Tomcat
• Webservers: Configuration, Administration, and troubleshooting.
o IBM HTTP Server
o Apache HTTP Server
o Nginx
• Experience working with containers:
o Docker
o docker swarm/RedHat Openshift/Kubernetes/Nomad
• Proven understanding of the UNIX and Linux operating systems:
o Familiar with basic commands and utilities
o Writing/creating Bash/Shell scripts
• Experience working with APM products and application/server performance tuning exercises.
Additional Preferred Qualifications:
• Relevant cloud certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Certified DevOps Engineer).
• Web application development experience (with Java, Python, react, angular etc..)
• Experience contributing to open-source projects.
• Database Skills
o Oracle PL/SQL
o MS-SQL PL/SQL
• Familiarity with enterprise content management platforms like EMC documentum, EMC InfoArchive, SDL Tridion, Adobe AEM.
Kind Regards,
Ashwa Mohan
Delivery Lead- US Process ( Recruitment)
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