Sr Platform Engineer

Insight Global
Lincolnshire, IL

Job Description

The role at a glance: Fully remote, sr individual contributor on a Platform and Infrastructure team within a broader Engineering organization.

What you'd own: Designing and operating the IDP that powers the engineering org. That includes multi-cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes cluster architecture and operations, GitOps delivery pipelines, CI/CD tooling, observability and reliability practices, and developer experience work like self-service tooling and golden-path templates. Security and compliance work is woven throughout, supporting SOC 2 and PCI-DSS controls.

The core stack: Kubernetes on AKS, EKS, and GKE. Terraform and Terraform Cloud with policy as code through Sentinel or OPA. Flux for GitOps with Helm releases managed from GitHub. Harness and GitHub Actions for CI/CD. Dynatrace for observability with distributed tracing, log management, and SLO/SLI tracking. HashiCorp Vault for secrets. Python, Go, or Bash for automation.

Pay Rate: $45-65/hour

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected] learn more about how we collect, keep, and process your private information, please review Insight Global's Workforce Privacy Policy:

Skills and Requirements

5+ years in platform engineering. Production Kubernetes on at least one major cloud. Real Terraform Cloud experience including workspaces, remote state, and policy as code. GitOps experience with Flux or ArgoCD. Multi-cloud working knowledge across at least two of Azure, AWS, GCP. Scripting in Python, Go, or Bash. Solid networking fundamentals and security awareness around RBAC, secrets, and supply chain. Service mesh experience (Istio, Linkerd, Consul Connect, Kong Mesh), Backstage or IDP design pattern familiarity, FinOps and cloud cost optimization, CNCF community involvement, and certifications like CKA, CKAD, CKS, HashiCorp Terraform Associate, etc.
Posted 2026-05-08

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