Platform Engineer

Platform Engineer

Type: Full-time, fully remote Location: United States (U.S. residency and work authorization required)

Role Overview

As a Platform Engineer at ArcheSys, you’ll help design, develop, and maintain secure cloud infrastructure and services for public sector customers. You’ll collaborate closely with customers and internal teams in a consulting environment, acting as a problem-solver across infrastructure, automation, CI/CD, monitoring, and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Infrastructure Development & Maintenance
  • Set up and maintain cloud infrastructure on AWS.
  • Develop and deploy Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Automation & Optimization
  • Automate deployment processes to reduce manual effort.
  • Optimize cost, system performance, and resource utilization.
  • Build automation scripts/tools for installation, configuration, and ongoing maintenance.
• CI/CD (Continuous Integration & Deployment)
  • Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI, or CircleCI.
  • Support teams in integrating their solutions into automated pipelines.
• Collaboration & Support
  • Work with cross-functional teams to integrate applications and services.
  • Provide technical troubleshooting and support.
• Monitoring & Incident Response
  • Implement monitoring to proactively detect issues.
  • Participate in incident response and help restore services.
  • Set up monitoring using New Relic, Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, or Splunk.
  • Contribute to alerting mechanisms to notify teams of potential problems.
• Documentation & Knowledge Sharing
  • Document procedures, configurations, and specifications.
  • Maintain a knowledge base and contribute to technical documentation and system designs.
  • Support compliance initiatives by following established IT policies and guidelines.
• Professional Development
  • Stay current with cloud/DevOps best practices through internal/external training.

Requirements

• U.S. residency/work authorization: Must have lived in the U.S. for at least 3 of the past 5 years and be authorized to work in the U.S. (Citizen, Permanent Resident, or EAD).
• Clearance: Public Trust Clearance (or ability to obtain).

Nice to Have

• Experience aligning platform/DevOps practices to compliance and public sector IT policies.
• Familiarity with multiple monitoring and CI/CD ecosystems listed above.