Senior Platform Engineer

Education

Certifications

Experience

Schedule and On-Call Expectations

• Standard work week: Monday–Friday: 8:00am – 5:00pm CST.
• Participation in a 24/7 on-call rotation is required.
• During assigned on-call periods, the Platform Engineer must be accessible to support critical production or infrastructure issues.
• What else do you need to know?
• Hybrid
• Excellent benefits package: medical & dental, vision insurance, life insurance, short-term, and long-term disability insurance.
• Parental Leave Policy.
• 401(k) and company match.
• PTO and paid holidays determined by the company.
• **Applicants are required to be eligible to lawfully work in the U.S. immediately; employer will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work authorization (e.g. H-1B visa) for this opportunity**
• All offers are contingent upon a successful background investigation which includes verification of employment, education, criminal history, and DMV verification (when applicable), as well as a pre-employment drug test with satisfactory results for GAINSCO.
• GAINSCO is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in IT infrastructure, platform engineering, cloud engineering, or DevOps.
• 5+ years of Windows Server and IIS architecture and administration experience.
• 3+ years of production Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform or Azure Bicep.
• 3+ years of Azure DevOps pipeline experience, including YAML pipeline development and Classic-to-YAML migrations.
• 3+ years designing CI/CD solutions.
• 3+ years working with enterprise observability platforms.
• Strong enterprise experience with Microsoft Azure and hybrid infrastructure environments.
• Experience managing release and deployment pipelines using Octopus Deploy.
• Advanced PowerShell skills and proficiency with an additional scripting or programming language.
• Working knowledge of configuration management tools, secrets management tools, pipeline security controls, including SAST and DAST, and cloud cost-optimization practices.
• Strong judgment in identifying automation opportunities and establishing technical priorities.
• Ability to develop clear, documented, reusable, and idempotent automation that other engineers can maintain.
• Deep platform engineering knowledge with the ability to provide technical guidance across infrastructure, cloud, software development, and delivery teams.
• Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills across complex enterprise environments.
• Excellent technical communication and documentation skills.
• Ability to explain complex technical decisions to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong collaboration and influencing skills, including the ability to establish trust with experienced Operations and Engineering teams.
• High attention to detail and the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work independently while contributing effectively within a cross-functional team.