Insight Global is seeking a Lead Platform Engineer to join a growing infrastructure and platform engineering team supporting enterprise-scale technology initiatives. This individual will play a key role in defining platform strategy, driving infrastructure modernization, and ensuring highly available, secure, and resilient environments across cloud and on-premises ecosystems.
The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation, and DevOps best practices. This is both a hands-on technical leadership role and a strategic position responsible for shaping platform standards, reliability, security, and operational excellence.
Responsibilities
- Define and drive platform engineering strategy, standards, and best practices.
- Lead the design, implementation, and support of scalable cloud and infrastructure platforms.
- Administer and optimize Kubernetes-based container platforms and supporting ecosystems.
- Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, etc.) to automate provisioning and deployment processes.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to support application deployments and production readiness initiatives.
- Oversee platform monitoring, logging, performance optimization, and incident response efforts.
- Design and maintain CI/CD and DevOps tooling to improve deployment reliability and operational efficiency.
- Lead infrastructure resiliency efforts, including backup, recovery, and disaster recovery planning.
- Implement and maintain platform security controls, access management, secrets management, and compliance standards.
- Review architecture designs and provide technical recommendations to ensure scalability, security, and maintainability.
- Mentor engineers and serve as a technical lead across platform engineering initiatives.
- Collaborate with vendors and technology partners to support platform growth and modernization efforts.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
- Equivalent experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
- 6+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, or related disciplines.
- Strong hands-on experience with:
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- Terraform
- Experience managing enterprise cloud environments in AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Expertise with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuration management tools.
- Experience with scripting and automation using Python, PowerShell, or Bash.
- Experience supporting monitoring and logging platforms such as Splunk, ELK, Elasticsearch, Nagios, or similar tools.
- Experience implementing backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies.
- Strong understanding of networking, operating systems, security, and infrastructure architecture.
- Proven ability to lead technical initiatives and collaborate across multiple engineering teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
- Azure Solutions Architect Certification
- Experience with Rancher for Kubernetes cluster management.
- Experience with GitOps tools such as ArgoCD.
- Knowledge of HashiCorp Vault, cert-manager, NGINX Ingress Controllers, and TLS certificate lifecycle management.
- Experience with observability and monitoring tools including Sysdig, Fluentd, and Elasticsearch.
- Experience supporting highly available production environments at enterprise scale.
What We're Looking For
We're seeking a technical leader who thrives in highly automated, cloud-native environments and enjoys building scalable platform solutions that enable engineering teams to move faster. The ideal candidate combines strong infrastructure expertise with a security-first mindset and a passion for operational excellence.
