Senior Platform Engineer

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Nextiva is currently seeking a bright and talented individual for a Senior Platform Engineer position to join our expanding voice platform engineering team.  The position is responsible for developing IaC and configuration tooling for deployment and integration of voice related platforms.  This role requires a high degree of experience in platform engineering in the cloud, and a background in software development and operational awareness.  The candidate must be able to design new, interpret existing cloud configurations and augment to meet the product development ecosystem.  This role will require previous development experience, ability to trace errors, dig into code up the stack, understand coding logic, and provide RCA/solutions to issues.  In addition, the candidate will use software development background support voice platform teams around tooling and automaton, both the development of and support of, along with reviewing stack code that voice platforms connect into.  The candidate must be self-driven, highly motivated, have a sharp eye and attention to detail, respond quickly when needed, and have sound decision making skills. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Develop tooling to support automation of IaC, configuration and build processes for Nextiva’s cloud communications initiatives and telephony applications 
• Code review, troubleshooting, and testing of automation and related tooling applications
• Decomposing existing cloud architectures and configurations and presenting key data
• Creating and supporting custom tooling & observability for platform operations teams 
• Creating and supporting scripting for testing/QA automation suites and runtime frameworks
• Implementing observability tools, reporting capabilities including integration into data lakes and presentation UI’s
• Troubleshooting all aspects of the design, install and maintenance of tools and the systems they are deployed to
• Advanced troubleshooting of microservices stack
• Support for Incident resolution
• Build, maintain, and promote strong technical documentation
• Normal business hours and after hours/on call responsibilities
• Technical liaison to product development, engineering, support, and executive level staff 

Qualifications 

• At least 6+ years of platform engineering experience, with 3+ years’ experience in systems engineering
• A software development and operational background; experience in real-time communications voice infrastructure including mobility a plus 
• Strong understanding of scripting languages like Terraform, Ansible, JavaScript and Python; preferred experience with GitHub Actions
• Strong understanding of public cloud space infrastructure (GCP preferred), security compliance, IaC, build and deployment methodologies 
• Strong understanding of CI/CD and distributed architectures, ability to read and troubleshoot Java code base
• Baseline experience with Kubernetes architecture and operations, including: 
  • Deploying and managing workloads using Pods, Deployments, StatefulSets, and DaemonSets in day-to-day operations
  • Writing and editing basic Kubernetes manifests (YAML) for configuring services, ingress rules, persistent volumes, and secrets
  • General understanding of Kubernetes networking, including service discovery and ingress controllers
• Experience working with RESTful APIs, including: 
  • Designing, consuming, and debugging APIs using tools like Postman, curl, and httpie
  • Parsing and validating JSON payloads and schemas 
  • Familiarity with OpenAPI/Swagger specifications and API documentation best practices 
• Strong systems reliability engineering including capacity planning, performance, scalability and life cycle management
• Solid SRE best practices, including reliability, observability, monitoring, availability, and incident response
• Familiarity with observability tools, including: DataDog, Kibana, Splunk, Prometheus, Homer/Hepic 
• Solid understanding of traditional infrastructure tenants; Networking, Firewalls, and OS base
• Demonstrate sound judgment in problem solving, identification, troubleshooting and solutions
• Strong analytical and organizational skills, with attention to detail
• Demonstrate strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to multi-task, prioritizing multiple objectives and initiatives
• Able to work in a team environment and with a diverse group
• Mentoring and cross training to platform engineering and operations

Competencies

• Organization, Time Management & Prioritization - Focuses on key priorities; plans, organizes, schedules and executes tasks and projects in an efficient and productive manner
• Solutions-oriented - Leverages tools and resources around them; scopes out what is needed for each assignment or work activity, while identifying and making appropriate use of people and other organizational resources/tools that can be leveraged 
• Communication Skills - Expresses themselves using clear, effective and efficient language. Listens patiently and attentively. Adapts to the purpose of communication with appropriate style, substance, detail, confidence and channel. Possess the ability to manage multiple channels of communication simultaneously; phone, email, tickets, and chat
• Product & Position Knowledge - Displays specialized and/or in-depth skills, knowledge or judgement and can confidently bring to bear domain knowledge and experience
• Documentation – Clearly organizes and presents documentation to communicate engineering principles, procedures, processes, and visuals using software tools; web-based collaboration diagrams, text editors, presentation, and configuration repositories
• Core Technology and Industry Knowledge – Ability to analyze and document core architecture against systems engineering best practices, with advanced problem isolation and analysis on system platforms

Nextiva DNA (Core Competencies)

Nextiva’s most successful team members share common traits and behaviors:

• Drives Results: Action-oriented with a passion for solving problems. They bring clarity and simplicity to ambiguous situations, challenge the status quo, and ask what can be done differently. They lead and drive change, celebrating success to build more success.
• Critical Thinker: Understands the "why" and identifies key drivers, learning from the past. They are fact-based and data-driven, forward-thinking, and see problems a few steps ahead. They provide options, recommendations, and actions, understanding risks and dependencies.
• Right Attitude: They are team-oriented, collaborative, competitive, and hate losing. They are resilient, able to bounce back from setbacks, zoom in and out, and get in the trenches to help solve important problems. They cultivate a culture of service, learning, support, and respect, caring for customers and teams.

Total Rewards

Our Total Rewards offerings are designed to allow our employees to take care of themselves and their families so they can be their best, in and out of the office.

Our compensation packages are tailored to each role and candidate's qualifications. We consider a wide range of factors, including skills, experience, training, and certifications, when determining compensation. We aim to offer competitive salaries or wages that reflect the value you bring to our team. Depending on the position, compensation may include base salary and/or hourly wages, incentives, or bonuses.

• Medical 🩺 - Medical insurance coverage is available for employees, their spouse, and up to two dependent children with a limit of 500,000 INR, as well as their parents or in-laws for up to 300,000 INR. This comprehensive coverage ensures that essential healthcare needs are met for the entire family unit, providing peace of mind and security in times of medical necessity.
• Group Term & Group Personal Accident Insurance 💼 - Provides insurance coverage against the risk of death / injury during the policy period sustained due to an accident caused by violent, visible & external means.
  • Coverage Type - Employee Only
  • Sum Insured - 3 times of annual CTC with minimum cap of INR 10,00,000
  • Free Cover Limit - 1.5 Crore
• Work-Life Balance ⚖️ - 15 days of Privilege leaves per calendar year, 6 days of Paid Sick leave per calendar year, 6 days of Casual leave per calendar year. Paid 26 weeks of Maternity leaves, 1 week of Paternity leave, a day off on your Birthday, and paid holidays
• Financial Security💰 - Provident Fund & Gratuity
• Wellness 🤸‍ - Employee Assistance Program and comprehensive wellness initiatives
• Growth 🌱 - Access to ongoing learning and development opportunities and career advancement

At Nextiva, we're committed to supporting our employees' health, well-being, and professional growth. Join us and build a rewarding career! 

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