Platform Engineer

Thales
Austin
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 131,781 - 219,635 annuallyFunction: DevOps, Cloud & InfrastructureExperience: 8-12 yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Product mindset","Communication","Documentation","Autonomy","Ownership"]

Design, build, and operate internal platforms that help engineering teams deliver software faster, more securely, and with confidence. Work at the core of the Thales CDI Cloud Center of Excellence to create paved roads across cloud foundations, compute, networking, CI/CD, and developer tooling. You’ll support multi-cloud Kubernetes environments across AWS, GCP, and Azure, build automation and developer enablement, and drive reliability through observability, incident response, and continuous improvement.

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Platform Engineer

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Job Summary

Design, build, and operate internal platforms that help engineering teams deliver software faster, more securely, and with confidence. Work at the core of the Thales CDI Cloud Center of Excellence to create paved roads across cloud foundations, compute, networking, CI/CD, and developer tooling. You’ll support multi-cloud Kubernetes environments across AWS, GCP, and Azure, build automation and developer enablement, and drive reliability through observability, incident response, and continuous improvement.
Location: Austin
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: DevOps, Cloud & Infrastructure
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and build internal platform capabilities that reduce cognitive load and improve developer productivity.
  • •Treat infrastructure as a product by improving usability, reliability, and developer experience.
  • •Develop automation for cloud foundations, CI/CD, secrets management, container platforms, and network services while eliminating manual operational work.
  • •Support production-grade Kubernetes and multi-cloud landing zones across AWS, GCP, and Azure with scalable platform patterns.
  • •Enable developer teams with documentation, reference architectures, golden paths, and reliability through observability and incident response.
Travel: Low travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 131,781 - 219,635 annually
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVision401kPaid LeaveLife InsuranceDisability Insurance

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience).
  • •8-12+ years of relevant experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, Infrastructure Engineering, or a related discipline.
  • •8+ years of experience building internal platforms, automation frameworks, or developer tooling in a production environment.
  • •Proven experience working in multi-cloud and/or enterprise-scale infrastructure environments.
  • •Strong hands-on skills with Kubernetes/containerized workloads and cloud-native architectures; experience with AWS, GCP, and/or Azure and CI/CD pipelines.
Experience:8-12 yearsMulti-cloudEnterprise infrastructurePlatform engineeringDevOpsSREInfrastructure engineering
Education:Bachelor's in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
Skills:Product mindsetCommunicationDocumentationAutonomyOwnership
Tech Stack:KubernetesAWSGCPAzureCI/CDGitCI/CD pipelinesSecrets managementArtifact managementInfrastructure provisioningObservabilityContainerized workloadsCloud-native architecturesAutomation frameworksPlatform APIsPolicy-as-codeService catalogs

Eligibility

Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.

Company Brief

Thales
Designs and delivers advanced systems and services for aerospace, defence, security, and digital identity and cybersecurity markets, serving government and commercial customers worldwide.
Industry: Defense Technology
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Paris, France
Founded: 2000
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