Senior Platform Engineer

Job Description:

WideOrbit is looking for a Senior Platform Engineer with a strong focus on Observability to help design, build, and maintain the internal platform and tooling that powers our engineering organization. In addition to contributing to the reliability of our products, core platform capabilities and infrastructure automation, you’ll lead efforts to improve our product observability footprint - defining meaningful SLIs/SLOs, building reliable dashboards and alerts, and driving a culture of proactive monitoring and resilience across our systems and services. 

You’ll collaborate closely within DevOps and across Development, QA and Security teams to ensure that our services are well-instrumented, scalable, and resilient. Your work will empower engineers with the tools and insights they need to ship confidently and operate efficiently. At WideOrbit, we value intellectual curiosity, collaboration, and a growth mindset. We encourage engineers to take ownership of impactful projects while supporting continuous learning and innovation. This role offers you the opportunity to influence both how we build and how we observe our systems - shaping the foundation for reliability at scale.

Here’s what success will look like:

• Own reliability & performance for WideOrbit products - designing, building and operating core platform services in code (Terraform, Ansible etc)
• Engineer observability end-to-end - metrics, logs, traces, SLOs, actionable alerts - so incidents are detected and resolved before customers notice.
• Create self-service tooling (provisioning, deploy, rollback, scale-out) so Dev teams can move fast without sacrificing quality
• Automate everything: golden AMIs/container images, CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Team City, Octopus), and recurring maintenance tasks.
• Manage modern runtimes - Docker/K8s (required) and serverless where it fits - balancing cost, performance, and security
• Embed security & governance (least-privilege IAM, secret rotation, compliance checks) directly into IaC and pipeline stages.
• Troubleshoot production issues in partnership with Dev, DevOps and DBAs; participate in an on-call rotation
• Shape the platform roadmap, evaluate new tech, document best practices, and mentor peers in SRE/DevOps principles

To thrive in this role, we’re looking for:

• 8+ years of experience in Platform/SRE / DevOps / Infrastructure Engineering with focus on Availability and Reliability
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g, Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible).
• Strong experience with at least one major cloud provider (GCP or AWS preferred)
• Bash, Python, Powershell, Go, Perl, Ruby – you know which one to use and when.
• OS is just one part of the ecosystem –you're well versed in the rest (networking, storage, DBs, etc).
• Terraform, Packer, CloudFormation, Ansible, Chef, Helm – you know where each is strong and weak
• Experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Github Actions, Team City, Octopus, Jenkins)
• Experience designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting large-scale distributed systems.
• Containerization experience required. Serverless Technologies nice-to-have.
• Prometheus, Grafana, LogicMonitor, Solarwinds, DataDog – you know that observability is imperative to success.
• A strong understanding of security best practices in cloud environments.
• Contributions to open-source projects is nice-to-have.
• Ability to coach others, write great docs, and thrive in ambiguity
• Bias for automation – you look for repeatable patterns and eliminate toil.
• Resourceful & self-directed – you solve problems independently but escalate early when needed

Physical Requirement:

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.

Work Authorization Requirement: Please note that WideOrbit is unable to provide visa sponsorship. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. We are not able to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas now or in the future.

Location: This position can be based in any of our offices. Remote/Telecommute will also be considered.

Pay Range: $130,000 - $165,000 + annual variable bonus

Compensation:

The compensation range listed, and a general description of other compensation and benefits will apply to this position.  Various factors are considered to determine compensation ranges including market data, location, experience, qualifications, and skills. WideOrbit reserves the right to pay more or less than the salary and benefit information posted.

Benefits & Perks:

Besides a great work environment with smart and friendly coworkers, direct access to leadership and knowledge about how your work impacts company success, here are some of our benefits and perks:

A competitive salary, health insurance, sabbatical leaves, great vacation package, work/life balance, life event benefits, 401(k) match, and plenty of opportunities to grow!

Equal Opportunity Employer:

We are committed to treating all applicants fairly, WideOrbit is an equal opportunity employer that prohibits unlawful discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, gender identity and expression, genetic information, or any other factor protected by law. Additionally, we consider qualified applicants whose histories are impacted by our justice system, consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law.