Sr. Platform Engineer

**This is a Fully Remote Job** **About Our Client:** The organization operates within the healthcare sector, focusing on delivering top\-ranked specialized medical care. It addresses the challenges in patient care by prioritizing patient needs and supporting employees through competitive compensation and comprehensive benefit plans. The organization offers ongoing education and career advancement opportunities, fostering long\-term professional growth. **About the Opportunity:** The SENIOR PLATFORM ENGINEER is responsible for developing and maintaining foundational infrastructure and software that enable platform functionality supporting research, development, hosting, and integration capabilities. This role is pivotal in executing the technology roadmap, ensuring the platform's reliability, scalability, and security to support diverse teams within the program. **Responsibilities:** * Design, build, and operate cloud infrastructure primarily on Google Cloud * Develop and manage cloud control plane using Crossplane * Create and maintain reusable Terraform modules with automation and policy validation * Operate and troubleshoot production Kubernetes clusters * Administer Linux systems including performance tuning and security hardening * Develop platform APIs and services in Go with attention to versioning and error handling * Gather requirements and treat the platform as a product * Produce documentation, client examples, and templates for platform adoption * Build and maintain pipelines in GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps * Implement GitOps deployment patterns using tools like Argo CD * Automate provisioning, onboarding, and routine operational tasks * Write automated tests and integrate scanning tools into CI * Participate in design and code reviews to maintain quality standards * Define and monitor SLIs and SLOs, build dashboards and alerting * Participate in on\-call rotations and lead incident response * Monitor and optimize cloud spend * Maintain patching and vulnerability remediation * Support compliance through policy\-as\-code and admission controls * Apply security best practices including least\-privilege access and defense in depth * Contribute to the platform technical roadmap based on experience and operational needs * Collaborate with product teams following development life cycle processes * Mentor engineers to strengthen team practices in infrastructure as code, Go, and Kubernetes **Requirements:** * Bachelor’s degree in IT or equivalent with minimum 7 years of relevant experience * 3–5 years of cloud engineering experience supporting production platforms * Experience with Agile development in cross\-functional teams * Proficient with Google Cloud Platform or major cloud providers * Skilled in designing and operating APIs and backend services, preferably in Go * Experience with Terraform infrastructure as code * Linux systems administration in production * Proficient with scripting languages such as bash and python * Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines like GitHub Actions **Pay Range and Compensation Package:** * The pay range and compensation package for this role will be determined based on the candidate's experience, skills, and other relevant factors. **Benefits \& Perks:** * Medical: Multiple plan options * Dental: Delta Dental or reimbursement account for flexible coverage * Vision: Affordable plan with national network * Pre\-Tax Savings: HSA and FSAs for eligible expenses * Retirement: Competitive retirement package **Equal Opportunity Statement:** Our client is an equal opportunity employer. They celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or national origin. **Note:** TalentHop is a recruitment partner of this role. Please note that all employment decisions, including candidate assessment, interviews, hiring, compensation, and employment terms, are made exclusively by the hiring employer.