Senior Platform Engineer

Flexential

Senior Platform Engineer developing and managing critical IT platforms at Flexential. Focused on automation, observability, and high availability using advanced technologies.

Posted 6/13/2026full-timeRemote • Colorado • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $150,000 - $165,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleAzureBootstrapCloudDockerFluxGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanaKubernetesLinuxPrometheusPythonServiceNowTCP/IPTerraformVaultVMware

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, develop and operationally manage automated, resilient, high availability, self-healing, secure platforms with native-AI capabilities for IT needs, serving both internal as well as customer business capabilities
Develop , and manage the Observability OpenTelemetry Central Backend Stack: Grafana Enterprise, Mimir, Loki, Tempo, and Alertmanager on Kubernetes/RKE2 via Helm and GitLab CI -CD .
Build and manage iaC and CI-CD for automated provisioning and deployment, including Terraform modules for Infra/ VM/storage provisioning, Ansible AWX playbooks for OS/ App bootstrap, ArgoCD and Helm for Kubernetes configuration .
Develop and manage OpenTelemetry Prometheus scrape profile library including SNMP exporters, REST API exporters, and cloud provider exporters (CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, GCP) for multiple device classes.
Develop AIOps capabilities on platforms for e.g Observability use-cases : anomaly detection integrations, event correlation rules in Alertmanager , and synthetic monitoring patterns to reduce alert noise.
Configure and maintain Zabbix auto-discovery: network range scanning, device classification, and Prometheus service discovery integration.
Build and harden Edge Stack deployments (Prometheus + OTel collector) per data center site using GitOps templates.
Integrate Alertmanager with ServiceNow: webhook routing, ticket enrichment, auto-close logic, and escalation policy configuration.
Maintain platform security: Conjur /CyberArk secret injection at runtime, mTLS between stack components, RBAC in Grafana Enterprise.
Author and maintain Grafana dashboards in JSON/GitLab — facility overview, network health, RED metrics, application telemetry.
Mentor mid-level engineers, lead code reviews, and establish engineering standards for the team.
Represent platform engineering in cross-functional architecture reviews and executive-level program updates.
Perform other duties as required and assigned

Requirements

What you’ll need

DevOps / Automation - 5+ years in a production environment
Kubernetes (RKE2/k3s), Helm chart deployment, system services, Docker/ container
LGTM Stack Development and Configuration - 4 + years : Grafana, Mimir, Loki, Tempo configuration, tuning, dash- boarding and production operation s ; Prometheus required
Senior-level Python / Scripting frameworks - 5+ years, Automation scripts, exporter development, GitLab pipeline scripting, REST API integrations
GitOps / CI/CD - 5+ years, GitLab CI/CD pipeline authoring; Terraform and Ansible as primary IaC tools; ArgoCD or Flux preferred
AIOps / Observability Engineering - 2+ years , Alertmanager rule authoring, anomaly detection integration, event correlation, noise reduction techniques
Working infrastructure (Linux/VM) management knowledge - 5+ years, Linux administration, VMware vCenter/ VCF experience , Netapp storage management , network fundamentals (SNMP, TCP/IP)
Secrets Management - 2+ years , CyberArk/ Conjur , HashiCorp Vault, or equivalent — runtime secret injection patterns
Minimal travel may be required

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, Telehealth, Dental and Vision
401(k)
Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
Life and AD&D
Short Term and Long-Term disability
Flex Paid Time Off (PTO)
Leave of Absence
Employee Assistance Program
Wellness Program
Rewards and Recognition Program

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Hard Skills & Tools

KubernetesHelmGrafanaMimirLokiTempoPrometheusPythonTerraformAnsible

Soft Skills

mentoringleadershipcommunicationcross-functional collaborationengineering standards