Principal Platform Engineer
Kforce has a client that is seeking a Principal Platform Engineer in Houston, TX. Key Responsibilities:
- Principal Platform Engineer will architect and design scalable, reliable, and secure platform infrastructure that supports company-wide applications and services
- Lead complex technical initiatives, driving end-to-end delivery from concept through implementation and operational readiness
- Define platform strategy and roadmap in partnership with engineering leadership, product management, and other stakeholders
- Develop and enforce best practices for infrastructure automation, CI/CD pipelines, observability, cloud environments, configuration management, and runtime operations
- Collaborate cross-functionally with application engineering, DevOps, security, and data teams to ensure smooth integration into platform services
- As a Principal Platform Engineer, you will mentor and coach engineers across the organization to uplift architectural rigor and engineering excellence
- Drive reliability and performance improvements through progressive engineering practices, automation, and system optimization
- Evaluate and implement new technologies, tools, and frameworks that advance platform resiliency, operability, and developer experience
- Lead incident response for high-severity issues and guide teams in conducting effective post-incident reviews
- Ensure compliance with security, governance, and regulatory requirements across the platform
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, SRE, DevOps, or related fields
- Proven experience architecting and scaling distributed systems in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Advanced proficiency in automation, infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi), configuration management, and CI/CD tooling
- Strong programming skills in languages such as Python, Go, Java, or Node.js
- Deep knowledge of containers and orchestration tools (Kubernetes, ECS, Nomad)
- Expertise in monitoring, logging, and observability frameworks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OpenTelemetry)
- Strong understanding of security best practices for cloud-native systems
- Demonstrated leadership in cross-functional technical initiatives
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
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