Sr. Cloud Platform Engineer

Required Skills & Experience

• Experienced in taking cloud-native SaaS from pilot to production and supporting high-availability services (we are looking for a senior hands-on implementor, not solely an architect or advisor)
• Azure, Kubernetes/AKS, containers, Linux, and troubleshooting across applications, networks, compute, and storage experience
• Practical infrastructure-as-code (ex. Terraform/Bicep), CI/CD, observability, automated testing, and software development/scripting skills
• Experience with Cloud security and distributed data-processing; documentation, clear communication, and effective collaboration in a small cross-functional Agile team

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• 278/DO-278A, aviation/ATM – or similar safety critical software delivery
• Experience producing review ready lifecycle evidence
• Familiar with SRE/DevSecOps, multi-tenant SaaS, and high-volume or time-sensitive data pipelines

Job Description

An Aerospace Company in the Grand Rapids area is looking for a Sr Cloud Platform Engineer to join a 10-person Agile team developing an air traffic management SaaS solution that will be supporting safety-critical activities. This person will help mature an advanced application with limited customer access into a robust and scalable production service. The 2027 team focus is approximately 70% productionization, including planned DO-278 assurance level 4 (AL4) work. This person will primarily implement cloud/platform improvements while supporting remaining application and data-processing needs. The expected outcome is a tested, repeatably deployable platform that meets agreed reliability, scalability, security, and recovery criteria. Actionable monitoring and runbooks; review-ready assurance evidence; and effective handover to the core team.