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eTeam

Platform Engineer

Hybrid

Beaverton, United states

$ 63 /hour

Junior

Freelance

06-03-2026

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Splunk Kubernetes Networking Training Architecture AWS Software Development Grafana

Job Specifications

Job Title: Platform Engineer

Location: Beaverton, OR

Duration: 10 months

Pay Range: $(58.66– 63.00)/hr on W2 all-inclusive without benefits

Hybrid: Mon – Thurs onsite, Fri remote

Job Description:

On-site role at WHQ; typical work hours, WFH Fridays
Open role is for project support; potential for extension, not guaranteed
Degree preferred, Bachelor’s minimum, Computer Science focus
CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator) certification preferred, not required
5+ years’ relevant experience required

Top must-have skills include the following:

Grafana
Kubernetes
AWS

Skills that would make a candidate stand out:

Previous Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) experience
Crossplane
ClickHouse

Will work on an immediate team of ~5 others; broader team is ~30
This is an urgent need for the manager and those who can start immediately will be prioritized
HM anticipates 2 rounds of interviews
As a Platform Engineer for Open-source Observability Platform (NO-OP), one of the products in Observability Engineering, you'll be responsible for implementing end-to-end technical solutions in support of the Platform Strategy.
You'll work closely with other Platform Engineers to deliver technical design and solutions, contributing to the future success of the business through innovations in technology.

Scope and Responsibilities:

Contribute to the design and development of technical solutions for the Kubernetes-based Foundational Observability Platform (NOOP).
Hands-on development of Kubernetes controllers, Crossplane compositions, and GitOps deployment of CNCF components.
Provide technical assistance to less experienced engineers.
Adopt, implement, and promote best-in-class design and architecture principles of security, observability, availability, and resiliency.
Partner with product to deliver stories which meet acceptance criteria.
Contribute to ways of working, development standards, and training.
Provide rotational support to the Digital Athletes who use our platform.

Minimum qualifications:

3-5 years of professional software development experience.
2+ years operating Kubernetes-based solutions in production.
Experience developing large-scale distributed systems on public cloud computing platforms (preferably AWS).
Experience working with Observability vendor products (such as, but not limited to, Splunk/Grafana/Datadog/NewRelic/Dynatrace.
Experience of 2+ years working with Grafana.
Strong understanding of networking protocols and layers.

Preferred qualifications:

Experience defining platform SLAs and adhering to those through platform governance standards.
Experience developing Kubernetes controllers in Golang.
Experience developing Crossplane compositions or leveraging traditional IAC solutions.
Experience leveraging ArgoCD or similar tools to implement GitOps.
Ability to create abstracted solutions that do not rely on any on Cloud Service Provider.
Able to navigate governance and compliance requirements of Global Platforms.
Passionate about delighting enterprise customers, and an understanding of enterprise workloads.

About the Company

eTeam was formed in 1999 with the goal of becoming the supplier of choice for clients, employees and contingent workers. Today, we're one of the fastest-growing companies in New Jersey and ranked as one of the best companies to work for by Staffing Industry Analysts and New Jersey Business. We're also an honored member of Deloitte's Technology Fast 50. eTeam provides high-volume staffing, SOW and pay rolling services to structured contingent workforce programs and projects across the U.S., Canada and India. We also offer ... Know more