Platform Support Engineer (Eng I)

Act as the primary contact point for platform-related requests and non-critical incidents from engineers, Technical Account Managers, and Client Delivery Leads

Triage incoming tickets and alerts, gathering context and reproducing issues where possible

Monitor platform alerting channels and respond to non-critical alerts in line with defined processes

Resolve routine platform requests (access, configuration changes, environment queries, etc.)

Escalate complex technical issues to the relevant Platform Engineering teams for investigation and resolution, capturing their input and formalising it into runbooks for future use

Escalate to Senior Platform Support Engineers or the Platform Support Lead where pushback or seniority is required

Communicate clearly across a range of technical and non-technical audiences, translating between the two where needed

Identify recurring problems and flag opportunities to improve tooling, automation or documentation

Maintain and improve runbooks, FAQs and internal documentation

Work closely with Platform Engineers to build your understanding of how the platform is built and operated

Take ownership of ticket investigations end-to-end, including identifying when to escalate severity without prompting

Proactively flag risks and scope changes to stakeholders before they become problems

Identify and close gaps in team documentation without being asked

Begin contributing to tooling and automation improvements: scoped, well-defined pieces that reduce toil or improve the support workflow

Hands-on experience with at least one of: AWS (console + CLI), Kubernetes (kubectl, real triage experience), Terraform (reading plans, running applies)

Comfortable triaging platform issues independently, knowing what to look for without being told and able to investigate before escalating

Experience communicating technical problems and resolutions to non-technical stakeholders

Can engage confidently in technical conversations with Platform Engineers when investigating complex issues, contributing context and understanding the response

Proactively flags risks and scope changes to stakeholders before they become problems

Able to identify gaps in documentation and close them, not just follow what exists

Familiarity with observability tooling (Datadog or similar), using it to understand system behaviour, not just confirm alerts

Experience in a support, SRE, or platform ops role in a high-scale environment

Experience with GitOps workflows, understanding how infrastructure changes flow from code to production

Familiarity with incident management tooling (PagerDuty, incident.io , Rootly, or similar), not just receiving alerts but owning the response flow

Exposure to a client-facing or stakeholder-heavy environment (TAMs, CDLs, or similar non-engineering audiences)

Scripting ability in Python, Bash, or similar, enough to automate a repetitive task or parse logs efficiently

You're comfortable with ambiguity. Platform Support sits at the intersection of engineering, clients, and product. Not every ticket has a clean answer. The people who do well here move through uncertainty rather than waiting for it to resolve. You communicate before you're asked to. Stakeholders (engineers, TAMs, CDLs) care most about knowing what's happening. Proactive, accurate updates matter more than perfect resolutions. You treat runbooks as a floor, not a ceiling. Following a runbook is the starting point. Finding the gap in it, fixing it, and making the next person's job easier is the standard we're aiming for. You escalate with context, not just symptoms. When something needs to go up the chain, it goes up with a clear problem statement, what's been tried, and what's needed. You don't just hand off the stress.

Are you ready for a career with us? We want to ensure you have the right tools and environment to unleash your potential. If you have any accommodation requests, please contact us at [email protected]. We’ll do our best to tailor the experience to your needs so you can feel comfortable, confident and be at your best!

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