Platform Engineer Internal Developer Platform & Developer Experience

Utilizes established relationships with Wellmark leaders and acts as a consultant on platform capabilities engineering delivery challenges process improvements and technology enhancements. Provides technical leadership and contributes to the direction and evolution of the internal developer platform initiatives including software catalogs platform integrations self-service experiences and continuous improvement of developer workflows.

Qualifications :

Preferred:

• Experience working within Agile product delivery or software engineering environments.
• Experience building or supporting internal developer platforms developer portals and self-service engineering capabilities.
• Experience developing internal developer platform integrations automation and self-service capabilities using AWS services APIs SDKs and infrastructure as code
• Experience integrating internal developer platforms with source control cloud platforms CI/CD systems security tooling documentation observability solutions service management systems and enterprise data sources.
• Experience designing software catalogs scorecards health checks or similar platform capabilities.
• Experience developing self-service workflows templates automation documentation and onboarding capabilities that improve developer productivity and platform adoption.
• Experience identifying developer friction and driving measurable improvements across developer journeys tools processes platforms and teams.
• Experience using platform health adoption usage reliability or developer productivity measures to identify opportunities and evaluate outcomes.
• Experience operating and continuously improving an internal engineering platform including monitoring troubleshooting documentation and service ownership.
• Experience applying product management principles to internal engineering platforms including gathering developer feedback prioritizing capabilities and measuring platform adoption effectiveness and alignment with engineering standards.

Required: 

• Bachelors Degree or direct and applicable work experience 
• Minimum 7 years of experience including development experience innovative solutions infrastructure architecture design and operations 
• Minimum 4 years of experience in IT infrastructure architecture design operations 
• Informal leadership coaching mentoring architecture design stakeholder consulting problem solving and strong communication skills. 

Additional Information :

a. Lead the technical designs for highly integrated complex application platforms to optimize security information leverage and reuse integration performance and availability and ensure solutions developed adhere and align to the architecture standards. 

b. Consult with Solution Architects and project teams in the creation and documentation of design deliverables for application platforms and collaborate on effective technology solutions. 

c. May oversee and lead planning developing and estimating of technical solutions and collaborate with other technical teams. 

d. Collaborate with Lead Architect business systems analyst and stakeholders regarding process improvements. 

e. Consult with business stakeholders regarding technical planning to ensure architectures align with business expectations. 

f. Oversee review and provide technical guidance on supported solutions including vendor evaluations and integrations. 

g. Support architecture governance standards and provide guidance regarding IT policies security and infrastructure. 

h. Provide training and mentorship regarding technical design and solution implementation. 

i. Build strong business relationships to ensure technical designs align with business needs. 

j. Develop and apply industry best practices and recommend emerging technologies. 

k. Other duties as assigned. 

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time