About the role

Role overview

Senior Platform Engineer (Azure or AWS) for a 12+ month renewable contract with 100% remote work in the EST time zone. You will design, build, troubleshoot, and maintain platform infrastructure to ensure performance, reliability, security, and resiliency across cloud and on-premises systems.

Responsibilities

Maintain platform hardware, software, and network capabilities aligned to business needs and standards
Monitor system performance and troubleshoot issues to continuously improve platforms
Manage and configure DevOps tools (e.g., API Gateway, Terraform) to support organizational processes
Collaborate with DevOps, Application, Architect, and Database Engineers to update and maintain environments
Build and maintain automated/orchestrated fulfillment mechanisms to accelerate delivery of platform services
Coordinate across teams supporting the target platform to ensure smooth operations
Identify and mitigate security threats and comply with security compliance requirements
Develop and implement security and resiliency policies, standards, and procedures
Produce high-level design documentation as required
Conduct technical research to support user requests for new or modified systems and problem resolution
Manage vendor relationships for design docs, platform changes, and related modifications

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in CS or related field; or 9+ years equivalent Platform Engineer/related experience
9+ years platform engineering and infrastructure experience (strong focus on containerization)
Strong hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and Rancher for orchestration/cluster management
Proven experience managing cloud environments such as AWS, GCP, or Azure
Experience with monitoring and log management tools such as Nagios, Splunk, ELK
Proven experience developing and implementing backup and disaster recovery strategies
Scripting experience: Python, PowerShell, Bash
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuration management: Ansible, Chef, Terraform

Preferred

Azure Solutions Architect or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator)
Platform runtime expertise including NGINX ingress controllers, TLS/certificate lifecycle (e.g., cert-manager), and secrets management (e.g., HashiCorp Vault)
Observability tools experience: Sysdig, Fluentd, Elasticsearch (monitoring/log analysis/CVE scanning)
Familiarity with GitOps practices and tools

About CBTS

CBTS is an IT services and solutions provider delivering technology infrastructure and managed services for enterprise customers. The role is focused on platform engineering across cloud and on-premises environments, supporting DevOps and critical application infrastructure.