Lead Platform Engineer
Job Description
Voya Financial, a leading health, wealth and investment company, is seeking a Lead Platform Engineer to join their technology team in Hartford, CT. This role offers a competitive salary range of $114,450 - $143,060 and comes with comprehensive benefits including health insurance, 401(k) matching, and generous PTO.
The position focuses on designing and implementing cloud infrastructure solutions, specifically working with OpenShift and Azure Red Hat OpenShift platforms. You'll be responsible for building and maintaining DevOps CI/CD pipelines for various application stacks in public and hybrid cloud environments. This role requires extensive experience with containerization, orchestration, and modern DevOps practices.
The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Kubernetes platforms, particularly Red Hat OpenShift, along with strong skills in infrastructure automation using tools like Terraform, Ansible, and Python. You'll work collaboratively across teams, contributing to solution development and providing critical support for production infrastructure.
Voya offers a hybrid work environment, combining the flexibility of remote work with in-person collaboration. The company is recognized as a Great Place to Work® and is committed to fostering an inclusive culture that values diversity and work-life balance. With their strong focus on employee well-being and professional development, including tuition reimbursement and various learning opportunities, Voya provides an excellent environment for career growth in the financial technology sector.
This role presents an opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies while contributing to Voya's mission of helping customers achieve better financial futures. The position offers both technical challenges and leadership opportunities, making it ideal for an experienced platform engineer looking to make a significant impact in a forward-thinking financial services organization.
Responsibilities For Lead Platform Engineer
- Design, implement, and support DevOps, OpenShift and Azure Red Hat OpenShift solutions
- Build new and support existing Red Hat OpenShift and Azure Red Hat clusters/platforms
- Develop new and maintain existing CI/CD DevOps pipelines solutions
- Provide extensive hands-on support for platform administration and configuration
- Research and develop potential system solutions
- Work independently on medium-scale projects
- Work across the organization with developers, engineers, and architects
- Provide rotating on-call support
- Work collaboratively with all IT functions
Requirements For Lead Platform Engineer
- Extensive hands-on experience in Kubernetes platforms administration, preferably Red Hat OpenShift and ARO
- Hands-on experience with Red Hat/Istio Service Mesh
- Extensive experience with containerization using Docker and Podman
- Experience in Terraform, Ansible, Python and Helm
- Proficient in DevOps tools (Jenkins, GitHub, ArgoCD, Azure DevOps Artifactory)
- Strong knowledge of Application servers and Web servers
- Experience in configuration and performance tuning of Java and .NET applications
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Certification in Azure DevOps, Kubernetes, and Azure Administration preferred
Benefits For Lead Platform Engineer
- Health, dental, vision and life insurance plans
- 401(k) Savings plan with company matching up to 6%
- Voya Retirement Plan – employer paid cash balance retirement plan (4%)
- Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
- 20 days paid time off
- Nine paid company holidays
- Flexible Diversity Celebration Day
- 40 hours paid volunteer time per year
