Platform Engineer 4

Adobe

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Location
San Jose, CA
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Full-time
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39 days ago
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Adobe Inc. is a global software company known for creative and multimedia software products including Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, and its cloud-based Creative Cloud and Document Cloud suites. Industry: Creative & Digital Experience Software

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TL;DR · Platform Engineer 4

The Platform Engineer 4 joins a small, customer-focused team to build, deploy, and support large-scale containerized workload platforms across global private cloud datacenters and public cloud providers. This role involves owning full-system builds for platform services spanning compute, networking, storage, and security controls while ensuring compliance and operational readiness. You will lead architecture reviews, troubleshoot complex multi-system issues, and provide technical leadership for cross-team initiatives. Key responsibilities include managing CI/CD pipelines, GitOps practices, and Kubernetes operations. Required technical skills include experience with Linux, Python, Go, Azure, and AWS. You will utilize tools for monitoring, alerting, and observability to improve performance and cost efficiency. The work focuses on solving complex infrastructure problems by balancing business priorities with technical requirements in a hybrid cloud environment.

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Median $156250 from 30 postings across 22 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Build, deploy, and support large-scale containerized workload platforms in private and public cloud environments.
  • Deliver secure and efficient solutions that comply with comprehensive regulations and business priorities.
  • Integrate technologies to provide monitoring, alerting, reporting, and performance improvements.
  • Support software development teams with container-based onboarding, requirement identification, and practical improvements.
  • Troubleshoot complex multi-system problems and provide root-cause analysis and build suggestions.
  • Lead architecture and build reviews for container platform capabilities regarding reliability, scalability, and security.
  • Own full-system builds for compute, networking, storage, observability, and deployment automation.
  • Partner with third-party vendors to review options and improve platform performance and cost efficiency.

What we're looking for

  • A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science or a related field is required.
  • Minimum of 5 years’ experience handling environments on public cloud platforms, with a preference for Azure and AWS (preferred).
  • Over 5 years of experience with Linux, including significant OS deployment and automation on a broad scale.
  • More than 5 years of experience in software engineering involving various programming languages, preferably Python and Go (preferred).
  • Hands-on experience with Kubernetes operations, including deployment strategies, upgrades, cluster security, and observability tools.
  • Working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and GitOps practices for continuous deployment and infrastructure management.
  • Proficiency with software version control systems and release management, preferably Git (preferred).
  • Demonstrated knowledge of security guidelines and compliance requirements for cloud-native infrastructure.

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