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
Senior IC Platform Engineer (Configuration Management & Automation)
Builds
Reusable automation patterns, shared libraries, and self-service infrastructure capabilities
Domain
Payments / Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure
Required skills
Chef Infra (cookbooks, recipes, policy files), Chef Automate, Ruby, Python, Bash, Terraform, CI/CD tooling, Linux systems administration, Git workflows
Preferred skills
Chef Habitat, OPA/Conftest/Sentinel, Kubernetes, Prometheus/Datadog/Splunk, Network automation
Technologies
Chef, Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM/Bicep, AWS, Azure, GCP, VMware, HyperV, GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Test Kitchen, InSpec, ChefSpec
Responsibilities
Design and maintain Chef cookbooks and policy files for configuration management; Build Chef Automate orchestration pipelines; Engineer reusable automation frameworks; Integrate automation with CI/CD and secrets management; Implement automated testing for Chef code; Collaborate on configuration baselines and compliance policies; Support IaC provisioning for compute and network services; Troubleshoot complex automation issues; Contribute to self-service catalogs and GitOps workflows; Document automation patterns and runbooks.
