Platform Engineer

Job Summary

Position Responsibilities

• Own the web platform.
• Engineer and operate our public web platforms (Next.js frontend and Strapi headless CMS) across development, staging, and production.
• Build and support APIs, content workflows, forms, search, and configurator experiences.
• Run the Azure environment. Operate and improve App Service, Front Door and WAF, Container Registry, Blob Storage, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Application Insights.
• Own monitoring, alerting, incident response, root cause analysis, and production readiness.
• Automate delivery. Build reliable CI/CD with GitHub Actions and Docker, including environment configuration, automated testing, approval gates, and controlled releases.
• Replace manual steps with auditable, version-controlled ones.
• Connect the business. Design and support integrations across web, cloud, ecommerce, and enterprise systems using APIs, webhooks, queues, and secure service identities, including Epicor Kinetic ERP and Shopify.
• Secure and govern it. Own DNS, domains, certificates, redirects, and registrar access alongside IT security. Apply least privilege, secrets management, vulnerability remediation, and access reviews.
• Keep documentation and runbooks current and usable.
• Partner across the company. Work directly with Marketing, Customer Service, Engineering, and business application owners to turn requirements into secure, scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in platform engineering, DevOps, cloud engineering, software engineering, or systems integration supporting production systems
• Hands-on Microsoft Azure experience across compute, networking, storage, identity, security, monitoring, and managed databases
• Git, GitHub Actions or comparable CI/CD tooling, Docker, and multi-environment release management
• Working development experience in JavaScript or TypeScript and Node.js
• REST and/or GraphQL APIs, webhooks, authentication, and secrets handling
• Working knowledge of SQL and relational databases
• Ability to troubleshoot across application, cloud, network, database, security, and third-party boundaries
• Clear written and verbal communication with non-technical stakeholders
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field — or equivalent practical experience

Preferred Qualifications

• React and Next.js; Strapi or another headless CMS
• PostgreSQL specifically
• Redis caching
• Shopify development or platform integration (GraphQL Admin API, webhooks, product/order/inventory sync)
• ERP integration experience, especially Epicor
• Infrastructure as Code with Terraform or Bicep; scripting in PowerShell, Bash, or Python
• Observability with Application Insights or Sentry; end-to-end testing with Cypress
• Domain, DNS, TLS, CDN, and web application security administration
• AI-enabled application experience (Azure OpenAI, Microsoft Foundry, OpenAI APIs, agents)
• Manufacturing or aerospace background, or another environment where reliability and change control matter