As a member of CoreSite’s IT Solutions team, the Platform Engineer is responsible for the development and enhancement of a scalable, reliable, and secure software delivery platform.
This engineer will design, automate, and optimize the platforms that support our developer experience, applications, and services.
This role will collaborate with teams across our IT organization to enhance developer productivity, improve system reliability, and ensure a smooth path from code to production.
Requirements
Design, build, and maintain scalable platforms to support the developer experience and system operations.
Develop automation tools and self-service capabilities that improve developer workflows and reduce operational overhead.
Ensure platform reliability and performance through monitoring, alerting, and proactive capacity planning.
Collaborate with software engineering teams to design CI/CD pipelines that service cloud, SaaS, and on-prem systems.
Implement and enforce best practices for cloud infrastructure and security compliance.
Manage and optimize infrastructure resources across cloud and on-prem environments.
Troubleshoot complex platform issues. Drive incident management, root cause analysis, and long-term solutions.
Continuously evaluate new technologies, tools, and approaches to improve platform capabilities.
Perform regular releases according to the IT Solutions release calendar
Assist in supporting the applications and infrastructure that the DevOps Team administers
Support the QA Engineers in the development of the automated test suite framework
Promote and demonstrate the behaviors consistent with CoreSite’s culture and 8 Guiding Principles
Special projects as assigned
Communication skills, including: communicating at technical and business levels, and the ability to interact with people from all organizational levels
Self-starting, self-motivated, driven individual
Ability to pivot easily within a constantly changing Agile environment
Working experience with multiple software development languages (C#, Python, Node.js, etc.)
Working experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, BitBucket Pipelines, Groovy, Maven, Octopus Deploy, etc.)
Experience with Salesforce a plus
Experience with database platforms a plus (SQL Server, Oracle)
Experience with AWS a plus
Ability to analyze requirements, retrieve source data, and present accurate results in a timely manner
Accomplished in using best practices for gathering and documenting complete and detailed requirements
Benefits
First-day medical insurance through Cigna with generous premium cost coverage
Dental insurance through Delta Dental
Vision insurance through VSP
Telemedicine through MDLive for Cigna
Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending account (FSA) plans
Health saving account (HSA) plans for employees participating in the High Deductible Health Plan
Life, AD&D, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance fully paid by the company
Voluntary coverage benefits for supplemental life, critical illness, accident, and hospital insurance
First-day eligibility for 401(k) savings plan through Fidelity, which includes an attractive matching company contribution with a 5% company match
Discretionary annual bonus and equity incentive plan
Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) with a 15% discount
16 days of paid time off (PTO), 11 paid company holidays, and additional floating holidays
Additional paid time off for school events, elder care, volunteering, bereavement, jury duty, voting, parental leave, and disability leave
Free parking or a company contribution toward a public transit pass
**Additional Perks:**
**Wellness Reimbursement Program:** Yearly stipend of $500 for employees and $300 for dependents, up to $800 total for the family
**Wellness Incentive Program:** Participate in various wellbeing activities to earn up to $450 per year in cash incentives
**Technology Stipend:** $100 monthly stipend
**Educational Reimbursement Program:** Work-related learning and development with reimbursement on qualifying degree programs, up to $5,250 per year
**Giving Back:** Charitable donation matches up to $5,000 per year and nominate organizations for Company Foundation grants
**Financial Management:** Access to financial coaching, digital tools, and services to manage and pay student loan debt quicker
**Pet Insurance:** Keep your furry friends healthy and happy
**Family Planning:** Benefits and services related to fertility, pregnancy, menopause, adoption and surrogacy
**Employee Assistance Program:** 24x7 service to support family, work, money, health, legal and life challenges
**Counseling and Caregiving Programs:** Including access to mental health services, licensed counselors, and caregiving tools including membership for finding care
**Referral Bonus:** Receive a $3,000 cash bonus if referred candidate is hired and meets eligibility requirements
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