Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Kforce Inc is seeking an experienced Platform Engineer (AWS/Full Stack/DevOps) to join a collaborative engineering team in the telecommunications industry. The role involves building, deploying, and supporting cloud-native infrastructure for a large-scale enterprise platform, blending software development with DevOps and platform engineering.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain cloud-native applications and platform services within AWS
- Build backend services, APIs, and microservices that support platform capabilities
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate application builds, testing, and deployments
- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using modern cloud automation practices
- Collaborate with Data Engineering, Data Science, and AI Engineering teams to deliver scalable platform solutions
- Monitor platform performance, reliability, and operational health
- Troubleshoot production issues and implement continuous improvements
- Participate in architecture discussions and contribute to engineering standards and best practices
- Help improve platform scalability, resiliency, and developer productivity through automation
Skills
- 5+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, Software Engineering, or Full Stack Development
- Strong hands-on experience building applications and services in AWS
- Experience developing backend services, REST APIs, or microservices
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
- Experience deploying and supporting cloud-native applications in production
- Experience working across both application development and cloud infrastructure
- Strong understanding of cloud architecture, distributed systems, and modern software engineering principles
- Proficiency in one or more modern programming languages (Java, Python, Go, C#, or similar)
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience supporting enterprise-scale production applications
- Experience working in Agile software development environments
- Familiarity with monitoring, logging, and observability platforms
- Understanding of networking concepts and distributed application architectures
Benefits
- Medical/dental/vision insurance
- HSA
- FSA
- 401(k)
- Life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees
- Salaried personnel receive paid time off
- Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave
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