Platform Engineer

Job title: Platform Engineer

Location: Cincinnati, Ohio (On-site)

Duration: 3+ Months to start with

Role Overview

Our organization is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to lead the engineering, automation, governance, and enterprise integration of our core data platform. This is a hands-on platform engineering role focused on platform reliability, security, deployment automation, and governance-as-code practices. The successful candidate will design, implement, and support production-grade solutions that enable business teams to operationalize data products safely within our modern data ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain multi-node data platform environments, including connections, code environments, plugins, permissions, and system configurations.

• Lead and coordinate platform upgrades, ensuring stability, detailed log analysis, and performance optimization.

• Enhance and scale Python and REST API-based automation to streamline project promotion across environments.

• Automate deployment bundles, validation processes, and post-deployment health checks.

• Implement governance-as-code through automated data quality checks and production-readiness controls.

• Automate user onboarding, identity lifecycle processes, and secure access management.

• Integrate enterprise cloud data warehouses and cloud storage environments to support scalable data products.

• Collaborate with infrastructure, security, operations, and business teams to establish reusable patterns for secure data operations.

• Provide technical guidance, operational support, and technical documentation to platform users.

• Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent professional experience.

• Experience: Extensive hands-on experience in platform administration, deployment automation, and production support within enterprise environments.

• Technical Skills

• Proficiency in Python programming, REST APIs/SDKs, cloud integration, data warehouse connectivity, Linux/Unix system administration, shell scripting, and role-based access control.

• Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform.

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and release management workflows.

• Experience integrating monitoring and observability platforms for proactive incident management.

• Understanding of advanced data lineage tools, certificate-based authentication, and automated identity lifecycle management.

• Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

Benefits

• Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan, a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

• Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

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