Platform Engineer

As part of a team of talented architects, platform engineers, and developers, the Sustainability Platform Engineer will play a critical role in development, deployment and maintenance of cloud-based applications and infrastructure within the Microsoft Azure environment.

This role will be focused on fostering observability strategies and implementation of those strategies within our Azure Cloud and Kubernetes environment.

It also requires a deep understanding of Kubernetes, containerization, infrastructure as code, observability technologies, and platform engineering principles.

Job Responsibilities


* Own Observability Strategy - Build on existing observability strategies to enhance and expose application and system performance to operations staff.

Work with development teams to deliver meaningful dashboards and alerts for their areas of responsibility.

Comply with security staff to deliver required logging and audit events.

A strong knowledge of Kubernetes, OpenTelemetry, log management and streaming, Prometheus, Loki, and Tempo are required.


* Provision Infrastructure - Under the direction of the Sustainability Architecture team and following industry best practices, assist development teams in provisioning cloud infrastructure including Kubernetes resources, Azure storage, databases, and other Azure resources.


* Develop Platform Automations - Work with Sustainability Architecture, Information Security, and development teams to define and build automated processes that support product and business needs.

A working knowledge of Python, Kubernetes, and Azure services are required.


* Build CI/CD Pipelines - Independently or in cooperation with development teams build CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions.

Refactor common patterns into shared GitHub Actions and document them.


* Understand and Evangelize Security Policies - Familiarize yourself with company information security policies and industry best practices.

Be aware of the overall stat of the system and alert system owners of conditions that are a security concern.

Understand the impact of implementation decisions on the overall security posture.


* Document Configurations and Processes - Write clear, understandable documentation for the consumption of other team members and engineers.


* Comply with Code Quality Standards - Write clean, efficient, and maintainable code.

Apply team accepted linting and formatting standards.

Participate in code reviews and ensuring adherence to coding standards and best practices.


* Collaborate with Developers - Work with engineers and stakeholders to understand what they need from the platform.

Work on a talented team of experienced architects and developers building SaaS based energy and sustainability solutions for our business clients and customers.


* Research Emerging Technologies - Keep informed about emerging technologies and industry trends.

Work with architects and engineers to introduce new technology as the...