Platform Engineer

Platform Engineer (MuleSoft & Kubernetes)

CSI Companies is seeking a highly skilled Platform Engineer to support enterprise platform environments across multiple clusters. This role focuses on environment provisioning, modernization, automation, and governance across distributed systems, with an emphasis on MuleSoft, Kubernetes, and scalable infrastructure.

Hours: Monday – Friday, standard business hours

Location: Onsite in New York City, NY

Pay: $80-$100/hour depending on education, experience, and credentials

Position Type: Contract – No C2C

Work Authorization: Candidates must be eligible to work on W2 and must not require sponsorship now or in the future.

What you’ll do

• Provision and manage environments across 20+ clusters, ensuring consistency, scalability, and reliability.
• Perform resource scaling, version upgrades, and maintenance across platforms including MuleSoft (Mule 4.x), Java (Java 21), Kubernetes, AMIs, and Elasticsearch.
• Establish and enforce cluster governance, security standards, and access control across all environments.
• Drive cost optimization strategies across cloud infrastructure and distributed systems.
• Maintain standardized configurations using infrastructure-as-code and centralized tooling.
• Modernize CI/CD pipelines and toolchains to improve deployment speed, quality, and standardization across teams.
• Build and enhance self-service tools that enable development teams to provision and manage resources independently.
• Collaborate with engineering, DevOps, and platform teams to ensure best practices in cloud architecture and delivery.

What we’re looking for

• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes and containerized environments.
• Experience managing enterprise MuleSoft environments (Mule 4.x preferred).
• Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar).
• Experience with CI/CD pipeline design and modernization.
• Knowledge of version upgrades and platform lifecycle management (Java, AMIs, Elastic Search).
• Strong understanding of cloud security, access control, and governance frameworks.
• Experience working with distributed systems across multiple environments and clusters.
• Ability to balance performance, scalability, and cost optimization in cloud environments.

Nice to have

• Experience with large-scale enterprise environments (20+ clusters or similar scale).
• Exposure to platform engineering or internal developer platform initiatives.
• Strong scripting or programming experience (Python, Bash, etc.).
• Experience building self-service infrastructure tools or portals.

Who Should Apply?

This role is ideal for a platform-focused engineer who thrives in complex, large-scale cloud environments and enjoys building scalable, automated infrastructure solutions. Candidates who are passionate about improving developer experience, standardizing platforms, and driving efficiency across engineering teams will be a strong fit.

About Us

The CSI Companies is a leading staffing and recruiting firm, providing healthcare organizations with highly skilled professionals since 1994. We have been recognized as a “Best of Staffing” award winner for over a decade, and we pride ourselves on delivering exceptional talent to leading healthcare organizations. For consideration, please submit your resume with relevant experience. Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.

Benefits Offered

• Weekly pay
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Voluntary Life and AD&D coverage
• Paid Training
• Opportunity for advancement upon performance and availability