Platform Engineer
Malibu Boats
Job Details
Description
Summary
The Platform Engineer is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining internal technology platforms that streamline software development and operations. This role focuses on creating scalable, secure, and efficient platforms that enable developers to deliver applications quickly and reliably. The ideal candidate’s experience with infrastructure should be blended with continuous drive for growing automation, performance and security.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Infrastructure and Platform Development
- Design, provision, and manage cloud infrastructure to ensure standardization, security, and supportability.
- Work closely with development, infrastructure, and security teams to optimize platform performance and support platform needs.
- Create and maintain documentation, guidelines, and training materials for platform usage and best practices.
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to ensure efficient and reliable deployments.
- Develop automation scripts and tools for infrastructure provisioning and configuration management.
- Monitor platform health, including logging, metrics, and alerting systems.
- Proactively monitor performance and optimization opportunities.
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Qualifications
Qualifications and Education
Technical Skills
- Strong knowledge of Terraform, Ansible, or similar tools for automating infrastructure provisioning.
- Proficiency with AWS services for hosting and scaling platforms.
- Experience building and maintaining automated pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions and AWS Code Pipelines.
Critical Qualifications
- Exceptional communication skills – both oral and written English
- Proven ability to drive outcomes and timelines in complicated technology/business projects.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including demonstrated ability to collaborate with technical, professional, and executive staff.
- Excellent analytical, organizational, and leadership skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in large enterprise IT organizations.
- Experience in manufacturing or a similar industry
- Understanding of IT infrastructure, applications, and software development life cycles.
Education and/or Experience
- Minimum of 8 years of experience in information technology
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Technologies in Use
- Windows OS (mostly) / L
- Project Planning / Agile: Jira
- Hosting: AWS & Azure
- ERP: Dynamics GP, Syteline, AS400, & Workwise
Core Competencies
Teamwork & Collaboration
- Demonstrates objectivity and openness to others’ ideas and perspectives.
- Gives and welcomes constructive feedback to promote continuous improvement.
- Contributes to a positive, cooperative, and high-performing team environment.
- Prioritizes the success of the team and organization over individual recognition.
- Actively supports colleagues and fosters a culture of mutual success and respect.
- Builds strong working relationships across departments to achieve shared goals.
Motivation & Initiative
- Demonstrates a strong drive to achieve excellence and meet or exceed established standards.
- Takes initiative to identify and pursue opportunities for improvement.
- Maintains focus and enthusiasm in achieving both individual and team objectives.
- Exhibits resilience and perseverance in overcoming challenges or setbacks.
Quality & Continuous Improvement
- Consistently delivers work that is accurate, thorough, and detail-oriented.
- Applies feedback and lessons learned to improve performance and processes.
- Monitors own work to ensure high quality and compliance with standards.
- Seeks out ways to enhance efficiency, reduce errors, and improve outcomes.
- Upholds a commitment to excellence and continuous learning.
Dependability & Accountability
- Takes responsibility for own actions and follows through on commitments.
- Demonstrates reliability in completing tasks and meeting deadlines.
- Maintains confidentiality and ethical standards in all work activities.
- Supports organizational goals through consistent, trustworthy performance.
Attendance & Punctuality
- Is consistently present, punctual, and prepared for work.
- Adheres to company attendance and scheduling policies.
- Communicates proactively about absences or delays to minimize disruption.
- Demonstrates respect for others’ time by meeting schedules and deadlines.
Other Job Requirements
Language Skills: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community. Ability to effectively present information to top management.
Mathematical Skills: Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry. Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
Reasoning Ability: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Continuous/C = 67-100%, Frequent/F = 33-66%, Occasional/O = 33%, None/N
- Sits 6 hours
- Stands 1 hours
- Walks 1 hours
- Drives 0 hours
Employee Lifts and/or Carries:
Maximum: 25 (lbs) Frequently: 10 (lbs) Occasionally: 40 (lbs)
Employee uses Hands for repetitive activities:
- Simple Grasping: Right, Occasional Left, Occasional
- Pushing/Pulling: Right, Occasional Left, Occasional
- Fine Manipulation: Right, Frequent Left, Frequent
Employee uses Feet for repetitive activities:
- Right: None Left: None
Employee is required to perform these activities:
- Bending At Waist: None
- Squatting: None
- Climbing Ladders, Stairs: Frequent
- Kneeling On Ground: None
- Reaching Above Shoulder: None
Work Environment Office environment.
Typical 8-hour workdays, some afterhours / overtime required.