We are seeking a highly skilled Platform Engineering Manager to design, build, and scale our Hybrid-Infrastructure and Server & Network Management capabilities. You will drive strategy, execution, and adoption of platform initiatives, ensuring reliability, security, and developer productivity across the organization.
You will also be a key contributor in the technical architecture and development related activities related to future farms.
Key Responsibilities
- Network & DevOps
- Monitor, optimize, and secure hybrid-cloud infrastructure in an IT / OT Environment
- Working with Infrastructure Team in network segmentation and access
- Lead efforts around observability, logging, and monitoring to ensure uptime and performance.
- Assist in management of server (Windows & Linux) and Network (Meraki)
- Implementing with Infrastructure as Code
- Drive automation initiatives for infrastructure provisioning, testing, and deployment.
- Functional
- Ability to people manage, but in a “player/coach” type role allocating time between technical implementation and unblocking tasks for the team
- Wear multiple hats to help IT in a cross-section of items where needed
- Partner with other departments to design and deploy critical systems
- Challenge yourself and your peers to always improve
- Hands-On Experience
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- 8+ years of professional experience in Server Management (VMWare), Network Management, DevOps, or related roles.
- Proven expertise with hybrid-cloud infrastructure.
- Excellent problem-solving, communication, and leadership skills.
- Ability to travel and serve as on-call
Our Tools
- On-Prem Infrastructure: VMware/ESXi/vSphere, Meraki
- CI/CD: GitHub Actions & Azure DevOps
- Cloud: Azure
- Containers: Docker (Compose & Swarm), Kubernetes (AKS, K3s, ArgoCD)
- SQL: PostgreSQL, Timescale DB, MS SQL Server, Fabric
- Programming: Git, Typescript, JavaScript, Bash, PowerShell
- Frameworks/Libraries: React, AntD, Apollo/GraphQL, Express, Cypress, Redux/Saga
- Big Data: Kafka, Spark, Fabric, Power BI, Notebooks (Jupyter), Timescale DB
Nice to Have
- Manufacturing Industry Experience
- Experience with Inductive Automation, Python, Unified Name Space, and MQTT
Location
Remote with Travel
In accordance with organizational protocol, employees will at times be required to fill absences in the operation process that are equal to or lower than their positional hierarchy. Additionally, if an employee is absent, the role of the absent employee is to be completed by their immediate superior.
Top Skills
What We Do
AeroFarms is on a bold mission to grow the best plants possible for the betterment of humanity.
We are an award-winning indoor farming company and Certified B Corporation transforming agriculture with people and planet in mind. Using the latest breakthroughs in vertical farming, artificial intelligence and plant biology, we are fixing our broken food system and improving the way fresh produce is grown and distributed locally and globally. We have built a proprietary agriculture platform to grow a wide array of products, delivering superior flavor, better quality and improved nutrition with the most sophisticated levels of traceability & food safety in our industry. The unique way we grow indoors creates the perfect conditions for healthy plants to thrive, allowing us to deliver the highest quality produce to our customers all year round, while using up to 95% less water, 99% less land, 390X more productivity and zero pesticides compared to traditional field farming.
We have been leading the indoor farming industry for over a decade, and proud to have been recognized with over 50 Awards for our breakthrough technology, commitment to people and planet, and the achievements of our world-class team, including TIME's Best Inventions, Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies and Fast Company's World Changing Ideas for 4 years in a row. Join our team and let's reach new heights: https://www.aerofarms.com/careers/
