ABOUT LINXUP LLC
If you are looking for the right opportunity" with a fast-growing company with great people doing great work look no further. Linxup offers products and solutions that help thousands of field service fleets solve real business problems. If youre looking for an opportunity to help make a difference for small businesses youre in the right place. Linxup helps businesses get more out of the vehicles equipment tools and workers in the field through its robust easy to use tracking and dash cam solutions. Linxup delivers class-leading reliability flexibility and live US-based onboarding support and coaching to ensure customers get the most out of their investment. Thats why more than 30000 businesses trust Linxup to help them improve the safety security productivity and efficiency of every vehicle asset tool and worker in the field. Founded in 2004 and based in St. Louis MO Linxup serves customers in a wide range of industries including field service construction trucking transportation and other enterprises that rely on mobile workers and equipment to get the job done.
ABOUT THE POSITION
Linxup is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Platform Engineer to join our engineering team. You will be instrumental in designing building and maintaining the core infrastructure and tooling that powers our applications and services. The ideal candidate has deep expertise in cloud technologies automation and DevOps practices with a passion for creating reliable scalable and efficient systems. This role involves leading technical initiatives and driving continuous improvement in our platform architecture.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS - RESPONSIBILITIES
Platform Development Design implement and manage highly available and scalable cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code e.g. Terraform
Automation Develop and maintain automation tools and processes for deployment monitoring and operations CICD pipelines configuration management
System Reliability & Security Ensure the reliability performance and security of the core platform services including proactive monitoring and incident response
Observability & Monitoring Implement and maintain robust monitoring logging and alerting systems e.g. Prometheus Grafana to proactively identify and resolve system issues
Architecture & Strategy Collaborate with engineering and product teams to define the long-term platform strategy architecture and technology roadmap
Mentorship & Leadership Serve as a technical leader and mentor to the broader engineering organization coaching others on best practices
Cost Optimization Identify and implement opportunities for infrastructure cost savings and efficiency improvements
Documentation Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for platform architecture processes and standards
Operational Excellence Participate in an on-call rotation to respond to and resolve critical platform incidents conducting thorough root cause analysis
QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field or equivalent practical experience
5 years of experience in a Platform Engineering DevOps or SRE role
Expertise in at least one major cloud provider such as GCP preferred AWS or Azure
Proven experience with containerization and orchestration technologies e.g. Docker Kubernetes
Strong proficiency in scripting and programming languages e.g. Python Go Bash - experience with Java is a plus
Deep understanding of CICD methodologies and tools e.g. Jenkins GitLab CI GitHub Actions
Experience with Infrastructure as Code IaC tools e.g. Terraform Ansible
Experience with distributed tracing logging and monitoring systems e.g. Prometheus Grafana ELK stack
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Solid networking fundamentals including TCPIP DNS load balancing and firewalls
Certification from a major cloud provider is preferred e.g. Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Monday through Friday 800AM-500PM
Fast-paced environment with opportunities for growth and reward
Company promotes worklife balance to achieve maximum performance professionally and personally
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
We value hard work and on-the-job-excellence and offer competitive compensation and benefits packages
Position offers a Base Salary
Medical Dental Vision Life and 401k benefits are offered
Flexible Time Off FTO