Who We Are
At Platform Science, we’re working to connect everything that moves.
Founded in 2015, we are an open IoT platform that partners with innovative fleets, application developers, vehicle manufacturers, and equipment providers in the transportation industry to deliver revolutionary solutions to supply chain professionals across the globe.
Our employees are an engaging, diverse group of people who believe in the power of great ideas. We hire people with different experiences and perspectives to build a company culture that fuels growth through innovation.
We value thoughtful actions and empathy for others. We approach challenges with resiliency and creativity, while encouraging transparency because, no matter our backgrounds or responsibilities, we are one team.
About the Role
We are looking for a Junior Infrastructure Engineer to join our team in San Diego, CA. You will be hired to help design and maintain reliable systems at scale in the cloud.
Our infrastructure runs on AWS and other cloud platforms. We currently utilize RDS, EC2, DynamoDB, Lambda, and AWS IoT, to name a few. Prior experience with managing VPCs is a huge plus. A large portion of our infrastructure is containerized with Docker and we’re ramping up Kubernetes. Everything is configured with Terraform and Chef. Deployments are fully automated via Jenkins.
Essential Responsibilities
- Provide highly available and scalable cloud infrastructure
- Build foundational infrastructure for other teams to deploy and run their applications
- Look for ways to reduce toil through scripting and automation
- Solve technical problems in increasingly complex environments
- Help to define and improve our standards for maintainability and best practices
- Participate in 24/7 on-call shift schedule for infrastructure support
Experience
- 1 year Operational knowledge of AWS, Azure or GCP cloud infrastructure
- 1 year using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Terragrunt, Atlantis)
- Knowledge of Kubernetes and containerization best practices (EKS, AKS)
- Experience with monitoring and observability of applications (Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager)
- Proficiency in the English language, both written and verbal
- Knowledge of a scripting language (e.g. bash, Python)
- Strong desire to automate and create standard frameworks
Platform Science Benefits Highlights
The company offers various benefits to regular, full-time employees including:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability insurances
- AD&D and life insurance
- 401k plan
- Paid vacation, sick leave and holidays
- Six weeks of paid parental leave
For more information please see the Benefits Highlights brochure for regular, full-time employees.
In addition, you can access the Benefit Highlights brochure for regular, full-time employees by copying and pasting the link into your browser: https://www.platformscience.com/benefits.
This is an exempt role. Our job titles for each posting may span across more than one job level. The estimated base salary for this role is between $75,000 and $126,000. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target range for new hire base salaries across all US locations. Compensation packages are based on many factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, work experience, relevant trainings and certifications, business needs, market demands and specific geographical location. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for bonus, equity, and benefits.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits.
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At this time we only consider candidates in these states: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, ID, IL, KY, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, and WI. In the future we plan to add more states.
