Job Description

As a Platform Engineer, you will design and build internal developer platforms and core infrastructure independently that enable engineering velocity and operational excellence. You will engineer Kubernetes platforms and container orchestration solutions, build CI/CD tooling and delivery pipelines, and create self-service capabilities that allow application teams to provision infrastructure and deploy services safely and efficiently. You will build and deploy observability platforms including logging systems, metrics collection, distributed tracing, and monitoring dashboards, conduct infrastructure validation and disaster recovery testing, and respond to platform incidents. You will collaborate with application engineering teams to understand requirements, make platform design decisions within established architecture, and mentor junior engineers on platform engineering practices.

Select responsibilities include:

Engineer Kubernetes platforms and container orchestration solutions including cluster architecture, pod networking, and service mesh

Build and maintain CI/CD and delivery tooling to standardize build, test, release workflows and engineering artifact management

Create self-service platforms including APIs, templates, and portals that allow application teams to provision infrastructure quickly and safely

Build and deploy observability platforms including logging infrastructure, metrics pipelines, distributed tracing systems, alerting platforms, and monitoring dashboards

Lead incident response for platform issues including root cause analysis, mitigation, and implementing preventive measures

Skills and Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Networking, Engineering, or related technical field, or equivalent experience

4-8 years of experience designing platform solutions, implementing infrastructure as code, and building scalable distributed systems, or equivalent





Proven experience designing and implementing complex platform solutions with self-service capabilities; track record of leading design discussions on platform automation approaches presenting trade-offs.

Experience supporting enterprise Network Operations environments, including retail stores, distribution centers, corporate offices, data centers, cloud environments, remote workforce connectivity, LAN/WAN, SD-WAN, Wi‑Fi, firewall, routing, switching, VPN, DNS/DHCP/IPAM, voice, circuits, carrier services, and third-party managed network services

Hands‑on experience with Network Operations technologies, tools, and platforms such as Cisco SD-WAN, Cisco Meraki, Aviatrix, Juniper, Zscaler, enterprise routing and switching platforms, wireless controllers, firewalls, VPN, cloud networking, carrier circuits

Network monitoring tools familiarity with SolarWinds, Splunk, Datadog, PagerDuty, ServiceNow or equivalent ITSM platforms, network monitoring and alerting tools, event correlation platforms, observability dashboards, automation runbooks, scripting languages such as Python or PowerShell, infrastructure as code tools, configuration management platforms, packet capture and troubleshooting tools, and vendor or carrier portals

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment prospect/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected].

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📌 Platform Engineer, Network Operations (British Columbia)
🏢 Insight Global
📍 British Columbia