Lead Platform Engineer
Core
Design, build, and maintain automation frameworks and platform services for large-scale hybrid infrastructure environments using Chef and Infrastructure as Code.
Role type
Lead Platform Engineer (Configuration Management & Automation)
Builds
Reusable automation patterns, shared libraries, and self-service infrastructure capabilities for cloud and on-prem environments.
Domain
Payments / Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Chef Infra (cookbooks, recipes, policy files), Chef Automate, Test Kitchen, InSpec, Ruby, Python, Bash, PowerShell, Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM/Bicep, CI/CD tooling, Git workflows, Linux systems administration, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), on-prem virtualization (VMware, HyperV)
Preferred skills
Chef Habitat, policy-as-code (OPA, Conftest, Sentinel), Kubernetes, Helm, monitoring platforms (Prometheus, Datadog, Splunk, ELK), network automation, infrastructure APIs
Responsibilities
Design and maintain Chef cookbooks and policy files for configuration management; Build Chef Automate orchestration pipelines for compliance and fleet management; Engineer reusable automation frameworks and shared libraries; Integrate Chef automation with CI/CD pipelines and secrets management; Implement automated testing and validation for Chef code; Collaborate with security teams to enforce configuration baselines and compliance policies; Support Infrastructure as Code provisioning for compute and network services; Troubleshoot complex automation and infrastructure issues across hybrid environments; Document automation patterns and operational runbooks.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on technical leader
