Platform Engineer || Cincinnati OH
Uday Varanganti
Platform Engineer
Location is Cincinnati OH
Remote for now must be on site when the time comes
Contract 9-12 months
GENERAL FUNCTION:
As a Fifth Third Platform Engineer, you will be leveraging agile methodologist on a fully dedicated scrum team to build, test, and deploy contemporary data platforms for the enterprise. In addition, your team will be responsible for maintaining the lifecycle management of existing platforms and building a strategy for cloud migration. Whether a new feature or bug fix, you will help your squad deliver the most elegant scalable solutions, all while learning and growing your skills. Most importantly, you will collaborate with the nimble, autonomous, cross functional team of makers, breakers, doers, and disruptors who love to solve real problems to meet customer needs.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Has a sense of intellectual curiosity and a burning desire to learn
Is self-driven, actively looks for ways to contribute, and knows how to get things done
Is relentlessly customer-focused
Values data and truth over ego
Has a strong sense of engineering craftsmanship and takes pride in the code they write
Believes that good software development includes good testing, good documentation, and good collaboration - and that these practices extend to the data environment
Has strong communication and reasoning skills, including the ability to make a strong case for technology choices
MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITES REQUIRED:
Bachelor’s degree in engineering or Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
At least 2 years of platform engineering experience
Proficient in administrative operating systems such as Linux and comfortable navigating the CLI
Strong experience working in virtualized environments (VMWare/IaaS)
Well versed in at least one scripting language for automation such as Java, Bash, Python, or Powershell
Experience with AWS or at least one public cloud technology
Experience with alerting and monitoring tools
Working knowledge of GitHub/GitLab
Experience working with big data technologies including: Spark, Cassandra, Hadoop, PostgreSQL, Redshift, Snowflake, or Tableau
