DevOps Platform Engineer - Richfield, MN (Only locals)

Title:

Systems Engineer -

DevOps Platform Engineer Location:

Richfield, MN (Hybrid - 1 or 2 days/Week)

Duration:

6 months contract

Skills Overview:

What are the top five skills and number of years of experience required to perform this job? 10+ years as a proven System Engineer, Platform Engineer, or DevOps Engineer focused on building platform automation tools and maintaining AWS infrastructure. 5+ years of experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform or CloudFormation). 5+ years of experience building CI/CD pipelines using DevOps practices. 3+ years of experience with Configuration Management (Chef or Ansible). Strong understanding of networking, security, and scalability concepts in cloud environments. Effective collaboration skills to work with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot issues. Excellent communication skills to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders. What are some preferred/nice to have skills the manager is looking for? Direct Experience in building Internal Developer Platforms. Experience building applications using programming languages python, ruby, node or java. Experience working with ServiceNow, particularly with CMDB. Understanding container technologies including Docker, Kubernetes, EKS. Knowledge on Backstage Developer Portal for unified platform creation. Familiarity with agile methodologies and software development life cycle (SDLC). AWS certification (e.g. AWS solution architect).