Derex Technologies Inc specializes in providing IT consulting, staffing solutions and software services. Globally headquartered in Harrison New Jersey since 1996 Derex delivers the highest quality technology professionals and an array of customized IT talent solutions designed to improve productivity and drive results to global clients throughout North America.
With over two decades of unparalleled experience, Derex provides supports to its clientele, across such industries as Systems Integration, Banking and Finance, Telecommunications, Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences, Energy, Healthcare, Technology, Transportation, and local and federal Government agencies.
Job DescriptionRole: Platform Engineer Neo4j
Location: Remote
We are seeking a Platform Engineer with a strong interest in DevSecOps practices, cloud-native platforms, containerization, and graph databases. This role is ideal for an engineer who is eager to learn, proactive in solving problems, and motivated to grow into a technical leader while contributing to the reliability, security, and scalability of our platform ecosystem. This Platform Engineer will work closely with development, security, and operations teams to support CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, container platforms, and an internal LLM-enabled application built for Neo4j, while helping to establish and follow platform best practices.
As a Platform Engineer – Neo4j you will:
- Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines using modern DevSecOps practices, including Git-based workflows, artifact management, security controls integration, and containerized workloads (Docker/Kubernetes)
- Develop automation solutions using scripting languages or AI platforms to automate operational tasks to improve platform reliability and efficiency
- Provide platform and DevOps support for a graph database application, including deployments, upgrades, configuration management, and environment maintenance
- Troubleshoot infrastructure issues across storage, networking, load balancers, firewalls, and security groups, analyzing logs and metrics to identify root causes and recommend solutions
- Document platform best practices, promote operational standards, and support incident response and problem resolution efforts
Desired Skills and Experience
- 3-4 years of experience in Platform engineering, DevOps, SRE, or system administration
- Experience building, deploying, maintaining, and scaling Neo4j and related applications
- Experience with Application Performance Monitoring (APM) systems, such as AppDynamics
- Experience integrating with observability and monitoring/logging tools, such as Splunk
- Must know containers, k8s, and Helm
- Exposure to Kubernetes distributions; prefer RKE experience, but similar experience with other distributions such as OpenShift acceptable
- Experience with Azure DevOps pipelines and deployments or similar (Jenkins, GitLab)
- General cloud knowledge required, GCP experience preferred
- Understand the Container Storage Interface and implemented applications, preferably Portworx CSI (PX-CSI)
- Basic understanding of: Networking concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, routing, firewalls) and Load balancing (application and network)
- Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills
- Exposure to API gateways and API management platforms
- Understanding of security fundamentals (certificates, TLS, secrets management)
- Eager to learn and grow technically in a fast-paced environment
- Proactive and self-motivated, willing to take ownership of problems
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams
- Interest in building reliable, secure, and scalable platforms
Regards,
Manoj Goud
Derex Technologies INC
Contact : 973-834-5005 Ext 206
Additional InformationAll your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Skills Required
- 3-4 years in Platform engineering, DevOps, SRE, or system administration
- Experience building, deploying, maintaining, and scaling Neo4j and related applications
- Proficiency with containers, Kubernetes, and Helm
- Exposure to Kubernetes distributions (experience with RKE preferred)
- Experience with Azure DevOps pipelines and deployments or similar (Jenkins, GitLab)
- General cloud knowledge (GCP experience preferred)
- Understanding and implementation experience with Container Storage Interface (CSI); Portworx CSI preferred
- Experience with Application Performance Monitoring systems such as AppDynamics
- Experience integrating observability and logging tools such as Splunk
- Understanding of networking concepts (TCP/IP, DNS, routing, firewalls) and load balancing
- Exposure to API gateways and API management platforms
- Understanding of security fundamentals (certificates, TLS, secrets management)
- Experience developing automation solutions using scripting languages or AI platforms
- Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams
What We Do
DEREX Technologies, Inc. established in 1996 is engaged nationally in providing professional computer services, including management consulting firm. We provide expert services nationwide to Fortune 500 companies and other private and public organizations in the United States. Derex provides a multi-faceted portfolio of products and services to its clients, including complete IT solutions.
