Platform Engineer

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As a Kubernetes/Linux Engineer and subject matter expert for MSCI’s Infrastructure Engineering group, you will be responsible for designing and developing Kubernetes infrastructure solutions. You will participate in enterprise architectural reviews, proof of concept solution implementations, technology evaluations, and you will work directly with application development teams on planning & executing cloud and container transformation initiatives. The successful candidate will have experience building and operating enterprise, public facing, mission critical Kubernetes solutions.

· Exercise technical expertise with Kubernetes and Linux to drive cloud and on-prem solutions

· Drive technical Kubernetes discussions across infrastructure, application development and support teams

· Design and implement Kubernetes clusters on GKE, AKS and on-premises

· Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to Kubernetes clusters

· Automate the deployment, scaling, and monitoring of Kubernetes clusters

· Assist with developing and maintaining cloud standards, policies, processes and procedures to support and facilitate integration projects, cloud migration and onboarding

· Lead projects to introduce and implement new technologies, ensuring security compliance and application performance to meet business needs

· Interface with technology providers to remediate integration related technical challenges

· Keep pace with emerging tools, techniques, and cloud platforms

· BSc in Computer Science or related discipline

· 3+ Years managing enterprise Kubernetes infrastructure in production, including deploying and maintaining clusters

· Experience with container orchestration and containerization technologies

· Cloud experience (AKS/GKE/EKS) is a plus.

· Experience with DevOps CI/CD tools such as Terraform, Azure DevOps, GitHub, Ansible

· Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Azure Log Analytics is a plus

· Excellent analytical skills in decision making, with the ability to speak in both business and technical terms

· Experience building solutions in the cloud and migrating solutions to the cloud