menlosecurity - Principal Platform Infrastructure Engineer (SRE Enablement)
Requirements
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, similar technical field of study, or equivalent practical experience. • Proficiency in common programming & scripting languages. We use a lot of python, bash and go. • Understanding of network topologies, communication protocols (ie. TCP/IP, HTTP/S, UDP, TLS) and enterprise grade connectivity solutions. • Kubernetes expertise including cluster administration, RBAC, networking, workload management, and troubleshooting across production environments. • Proven experience with Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and management. • Knowledge of Google Cloud Platform services including GKE, VPC networking, Cloud DNS, Artifact Registry, Secret Manager, IAM, Gemini Code Assist, and Workload Identity. • Prior experience and success mentoring other junior and senior engineers • Experience with GitOps methodologies and tools. • Clear understanding of how to use LLM code assist tools to effectively build software.
Responsibilities
• Architect and govern the design, deployment, and operation of high-scale, multi-region VM and Kubernetes infrastructure on GCP and AWS, ensuring maximum resilience and performance across all environments. • Drive cross-functional technical alignment with Engineering, Product, Compliance, and Security teams, serving as the architectural consultant and leader for major initiatives involving capacity planning, disaster recovery, and cloud-native application design. • Define and enforce organizational best practices and standards for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Spacelift, ensuring consistency and security across all provisioned cloud resources (GCP/AWS). • Design and manage complex, multi-layer configuration management and deployment workflows that optimize reliability and operational efficiency across the entire platform. • Set the technical direction and implement comprehensive observability solutions (Grafana Cloud, Prometheus/Mimir, OTel collectors), establishing organization-wide standards for system visibility, metrics, and alerting. • Define the strategic architecture and lifecycle management of core platform services, including certificate management, DNS automation, ingress controllers, and service mesh networking (Cilium). • Proactively identify and lead large-scale strategic efforts to eliminate technical toil and improve operational efficiency through the development of tools, strategic automation, and building advanced CI/CD pipelines. • Mentor and provide deep technical guidance to both junior and senior engineers within Platform Infrastructure Engineering. • Participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation as part of a globally distributed team, responding to incidents and driving post-incident reviews to ensure long-term solutions and process i
Benefits
• Our culture is collaborative, inclusive, and fun! We have five core values: Stay Aligned, Get It Done, Customer Empathy, Think Creatively and Help Each Other Out. We believe in open communication, supporting new ideas, and sharing a mutual mindset of what we’re aiming to achieve together. There are tremendous opportunities to take initiative, implement new ideas, and have a hand in building a legacy.
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