Job Title: PLATFORM ENGINEER

Location: Beaverton, OR

Duration: 104 weeks role

PLATFORM ENGINEER, PLATFORM COMPOSITION SYSTEM, USA

If you’re ready to innovate and lead in global technology platforms, join the Service Platform within client Compute Platforms and Developer Experience (EADP) organization! You will be part of an organization that is revolutionizing client technology platforms and driving a technology landscape that is simplified, modern, and flexible. The north star of Service Platform is to provide a set of cohesive multi-cloud managed services that orchestrate across client and Cloud Provider offerings to abstract the latest container, serverless, and cloud technologies. This allows client Digital Athletes to build, deliver, monitor, and scale platforms faster and with a lower ongoing effort without having to concern themselves with the undifferentiated infrastructure and automation engineering.

As a Platform Engineer for Platform Composition System, one of the products in Service Platform, you'll be responsible for implementing end-to-end technical solutions in support of the Nike 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 a Kubernetes Foundational Platform
• Hands-on development of Kubernetes controllers and GitOps deployment of CNCF components
• Provide technical coaching to less experienced engineers
• Adopt, implement, and promote best-in-class design and architecture principles of security, observability, availability, and reliability
• Partner with product and engineering leadership to break down epics into stories with clear acceptance criteria
• Contribute to ways of working, development standards, and training
• Document, present, and influence technology solutions to various teams in the organization

Minimum qualifications:

• 5+ years of professional software development experience.
• 2+ years operating Kubernetes-based solutions in production.
• Experience designing and developing large-scale distributed systems on public cloud computing platforms.
• Strong understanding of networking protocols and layers.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience developing Kubernetes controllers in Golang
• Experience leveraging ArgoCD, Crossplane, 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
• Ability to work collaboratively at all levels in matrix environment

Comments for Suppliers:

• Must have Kubernetes experience.
• If they have experience using Crossplane (emerging tech) this would be a huge plus.
• We are seeking a platform engineer with hands-on expertise in Kubernetes. The ideal candidate will have directly contributed to Kubernetes-native platforms or have demonstrated experience in managing, operating, and administering Kubernetes-based solutions in production.
• On-site role at WHQ; typical schedule, WFH Fridays
• Cloud, AWS certifications nice to have, not required
• Kubernetes/Golang experience HIGHLY preferred

Soft skills needed for role:

• Collaborative - with other engineers on team and under org
• Communicative
• Good team player
• Being able to troubleshoot issues with customers (patient)
• Any Certifications in Kubernetes is preferred but not required
• Crossplane experience HIGHLY preferred but manager is aware this is a newer software and may be a hard find
• Please note this manager is the same manager as Req 9375, so we will make note of those that may have already been rejected. This is for a separate team under this manager than Req 9375 but similar work