Platform Engineer - Enterprise Container

Costco IT is responsible for the technical future of Costco Wholesale, the third largest retailer in the world with wholesale operations in fourteen countries. Despite our size and explosive international expansion, we continue to provide a family, employee centric atmosphere in which our employees thrive and succeed. As proof, Costco ranks eighth in Forbes "World's Best Employers".

This is an environment unlike anything in the high-tech world and the secret of Costco's success is its culture. The value Costco puts on its employees is well documented in articles from a variety of publishers including Bloomberg and Forbes. Our employees and our members come FIRST. Costco is well known for its generosity and community service and has won many awards for its philanthropy. The company joins with its employees to take an active role in volunteering by sponsoring many opportunities to help others.

Come join the Costco Wholesale IT family. Costco IT is a dynamic, fast-paced environment, working through exciting transformation efforts. We are building the next generation retail environment where you will be surrounded by dedicated and highly professional employees.

Platform Engineers translate high level platform design into low level technical design and are responsible for implementing, administering, supporting, and patching their corresponding platforms. Platform Engineers work closely with Solution Architects to enable the capabilities defined on roadmaps and blueprints supporting platform programs and initiatives. Platform Engineers are well versed in modern data, infrastructure and integration platforms, industry/technology best practices, and actively work on improving the reliability and scalability of infrastructure.

This position is responsible for the design, support, installation, and configuration of Costco Enterprise Container Platforms (ECP) using Google GKE, Azure AKS, and OpenShift in both Cloud and On-Prem Environments.

*This position will be filled onsite in Issaquah, WA or Dallas, TX.

If you want to be a part of one of the worldwide BEST companies "to work for", simply apply and let your career be reimagined.

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Position Summary
This position is responsible for the design, support, installation, and configuration of Costco Enterprise Container Platforms (ECP) using Google GKE, Azure AKS and OpenShift in both Cloud and On-Prem Environments.

Job Duties/Essential Functions
Platform Management : Design, deploy, and manage Kubernetes clusters on GKE, AKS, OpenShift
Automation : Develop and implement automation, scripts for deployments, scaling and management of containerized applications using tools such as Terraform, Ansible or similar
CI/CD Pipeline Integration : Collaborate with the CI/CD team to integrate containerized applications into automated build and deployment pipelines
Monitoring and Logging : Set up and maintain monitoring and logging solutions to ensure health and performance using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK stack.
Security : Implement and manage security best practices for containerized environments, including RBAC and vulnerability scanning
Perform container Day 2 activities - Clusters and add-ons upgrade and administration
Enable self service solutions for customer to onboard to container platform
Design and develop standardize solutions across OpenShift, AKS, GKE platforms like container registry, security, logging and monitoring.
Design and implement Active- Active and HA/DR strategy for critical business application
Collaborates with delivery pods and Architects to improve production deployments, platform operations, and environment stability.
Enable Cost management and build chargeback reporting model for customers
Seeks opportunities to learn, automate, document, share, educate, and improve processes where appropriate.
Follows corporate security standards and best practices, including the promotion of awareness on current threats
Understands and adheres to Costco's project methodology and framework, Costco's Mission Statement and Code of
Regular and reliable workplace attendance at your assigned location

Required Skills :
Kubernetes Expertise : Deep understanding and hands on experience with Kubernetes, including deployments, scaling and management of clusters.
Cloud Platform : Experience with Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform) and Azure specially with GKE and AKS
Infrastructure as Code : proficiency with infrastructure as code tools such as terraform and ansible
Scripting and automation : Strong scripting skills such as Python, Bash or Go for automation and tooling.
CI/CD tools : Familiarity with CI//CD tools like GitLab, CI,H Jenkins or similar
Problem solving : strong analytical and problem solving skills

Non-Essential Functions
Assists in other areas of the department and company as necessary.

Experience, Skills, Education & Licenses/Certifications
Required:
2+ years of experience operating enterprise container orchestration platforms in production.
2+ years of Kubernetes administration experience on AKS (preferred), Red Hat OpenShift (preferred), EKS, GKE, Rancher, or similar.
2+ years of experience managing infrastructure on Azure (preferred), AWS, or Google Cloud Platform.
2+ years of experience with tools for CI/CD like Azure pipelines (preferred), Gitlab, Jenkins, or similar.
2+ years of experience supporting products running on AIX or Linux servers.
2+ years of experience with enterprise monitoring and logging solutions like Dynatrace, Splunk, Prometheus, ELK, or similar.
2+ years of experience working with tools for IaC and automation like Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, or similar.
Competency in at least one high level programming language such as Golang (preferred), Python, JAVA, JavaScript / NodeJS, or similar.
Practical understanding of Agile concepts, SDLC, and test driven development.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Willing to learn third party applications and tools.
Willing to split time between development and operations tasks.
Fundamental networking knowledge.
Ability to participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation, including evenings, weekends and/or holidays, as necessary.

Recommended

Certified Kubernetes Administrator(CKA), Certified Kubernetes Application Developer(CKAD) or Cloud certification(Google Cloud Platform, Azure)
Unix Administration Certification
SSL/SSO experience
DevOps MindSet

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Pay Ranges:

Level 1 - $85,000 - $110,000

Level 2 - $105,000 - $135,000

Level 3 - $130,000 - $160,000

Senior - $150,000 - $190,000, Bonus and Restricted Stock Unit (RSU) eligible

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health benefits - medical/dental/vision/hearing aid/pharmacy/behavioral health/employee assistance, health care reimbursement account, dependent care assistance plan, short-term disability and long-term disability insurance, AD&D insurance, life insurance, 401(k), stock purchase plan to eligible employees.

Costco is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Costco is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to

If hired, you will be required to provide proof of authorization to work in the United States. In some cases, applicants and employees for selected positions will not be sponsored for work authorization, including, but not limited to H1-B visas.