Platform Engineer

We are seeking a highly accomplished Platform Engineer for an enterprise-level contract opportunity based in Vancouver. In this role, you will take on a key platform engineering, developer enablement, and infrastructure automation capacity, specializing in designing and building internal developer platforms and core infrastructure that enable engineering velocity and operational excellence.

As a Platform Engineer, you will bridge the gap between application development teams, network operations, cloud infrastructure, and enterprise reliability groups. Operating within a hybrid work model in Vancouver, you will engineer Kubernetes container orchestration platforms, establish self-service provisioning portals, automate CI/CD release pipelines, and deploy robust observability frameworks across complex hybrid environments. This position demands a technical authority with strong expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), container networking, service mesh architectures, and enterprise network operations who can independently lead design trade-offs, drive automation, and mentor engineering peers.

Location: Vancouver, BC

Assignment Type: Hybrid (4 days per week onsite)

Contract Duration: 6-month contract (with high likelihood of extension)

Advantages
Modern Platform Engineering Scope: Architect self-service developer portals, automated pipelines, and Kubernetes orchestration platforms.

Full-Stack Observability Leadership: Deploy enterprise-grade logging, metrics collection, distributed tracing, and automated alerting frameworks.

Hybrid Cloud & Enterprise Network Exposure: Gain hands-on engineering experience spanning cloud environments, SD-WAN, datacenters, and enterprise network infrastructure.

High-Impact Collaborative Role: Lead design discussions, mentor junior engineers, and drive incident response and platform reliability across multi-site networks.

Responsibilities
Design, build, and maintain internal developer platforms, self-service APIs, templates, and portals that enable application teams to provision infrastructure safely and efficiently.

Architect and manage Kubernetes platforms, container orchestration engines, pod networking, and service mesh implementations.

Build and standardize enterprise CI/CD pipelines, build tools, release workflows, and engineering artifact management platforms.

Design, deploy, and support end-to-end observability platforms, including centralized logging systems, metrics collection pipelines, distributed tracing, and monitoring dashboards.

Support enterprise Network Operations environments across corporate offices, datacenters, retail locations, distribution facilities, and cloud networks.

Lead platform incident response, conducting root-cause analysis, executing troubleshooting runbooks, and implementing long-term preventive measures.

Execute infrastructure validation, disaster recovery simulations, and failover testing across distributed systems.

Collaborate with application engineering leads to evaluate architecture requirements, negotiate platform trade-offs, and establish infrastructure automation standards.

Mentor and coach junior platform engineers on modern DevOps, Infrastructure as Code, and platform engineering practices.

Author comprehensive technical runbooks, platform documentation, architectural designs, and operational guidelines.

Qualifications
Core Technical & Platform Engineering Requirements
Professional Experience: 4 to 8 years of hands-on experience designing platform solutions, implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and building scalable distributed systems.

Kubernetes & Containers: Demonstrated expertise designing and managing production Kubernetes clusters, container orchestration, pod networking, and service mesh components.

Self-Service & CI/CD Tooling: Proven track record building CI/CD delivery pipelines and creating self-service infrastructure templates and APIs for application teams.

Observability & Monitoring: Hands-on experience deploying enterprise monitoring, logging, metrics, and tracing stacks (e.g., Splunk, Datadog, SolarWinds, PagerDuty).

Enterprise Network Operations: Experience supporting enterprise networks, including LAN/WAN, SD-WAN (Cisco, Aviatrix), firewalls (Palo Alto, Zscaler), VPNs, DNS/DHCP/IPAM, and cloud connectivity.

Automation & Scripting: Strong proficiency with scripting languages (Python, PowerShell) and infrastructure configuration management tools.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Networking, Engineering, or a related technical discipline (or equivalent practical experience).

Preferred Leadership & Collaborative Attributes
Technical Design Leadership: Proven ability to lead architectural discussions, present automation trade-offs, and articulate complex concepts to multidisciplinary teams.

Problem Solving & Reliability: Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and incident response skills in high-availability enterprise environments.

Summary
If you're interested in the "Platform Engineer" role based in Vancouver, we encourage you to apply online at www.randstad.ca.
Only qualified candidates will be contacted for the next steps. We look forward to hearing from you!

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