Director, Platform Engineering Seattle, WA

Director, Platform Engineering

 
Job ID: Job-1882       
Job Title:      Director, Platform Engineering 
location:       Seattle, WA    
Jobtype:        Permanent      
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Primary Skills:        
Description:    Primary responsibilities of the position include setting technical and operational direction / oversight of Linux and Windows systems engineering, as well as public and private cloud services and the virtualization technologies in use throughout the company. You will provide expertise and technical leadership while collaborating closely with project managers, engineers, SMEs, operations teams, customers, and all levels of management to execute on strategic and tactical goals. 

Duties and Responsibilities 
Partner with business and technical teams to lead the design and delivery of enterprise-scale, well-performing and cost effective infrastructure systems that enable effective utilization and management of enterprise platform and virtualization technologies. 
Ensure compliance with the company's environmental security and trustworthy computing policies. (PCI, SOX). 
Partner with business and technical teams to design, deliver and maintain highly available, high performance, and cost effective systems. 
Public and private cloud services, including Amazon AWS, VMware, and OpenStack-based cloud technologies 
Serve as an escalation point for Operations and Business teams 
Write and contribute to project plans, author engineering level documentation, and develop detailed test plans. 
Communicate clearly and effectively with our business clients, suppliers and partners. 
Travel as required on a limited basis. 


Position Requirements 
Work Experience and Education: 

BS in Computer Science/ Engineering or equivalent education and experience required (MS in Computer Science/ Engineering or equivalent education and experience preferred) 
Experience working in a complex and large-scale software environment supporting the systems and technologies mentioned above 
Minimum 9 years of experience working with Platform Systems in a mission-critical e-commerce environment (RHEL/CentOS/Windows preferred). 
Design and support experience managing all aspects of Windows and Linux OS lifecycle management in a large enterprise including server build and deployment (Cobbler, KickStart), configuration management (Puppet), monitoring, patching and security. 
Design and support experience managing all aspects of public and private cloud systems, virtualization technologies (XEN and VMware based), including automation and self provisioning capabilities, in an extremely fast paced think-as-you-go environment. 
Strong understanding and working knowledge of IP Networking, web technologies and protocols. understanding of network and server security 

Leadership 

Email resume in Word to TheBigGameHunter@cisny.com. Please include the job code for the position with your resume. 

NO RELOCATION. ONLY THOSE AUTHORIZED TO WORK IN THE US. VISA TRANSFERS ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. NO 3RD PARTIES. NO OVERSEAS RESUMES, PLEASE. 

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