Platform Engineer

Post Date

Jun 29, 2026

Location

Saint Louis,
Missouri

ZIP/Postal Code

63118
US
Aug 31, 2026 Insight Global

Job Type

Contract,Perm Possible

Category

Programmer / Developer

Req #

STL-5802cae6-f13f-4802-8221-08c2f5b9412c

Pay Rate

$46 - $57 (hourly estimate)

Job Description

Insight Global is looking to add 2 Platform Engineers to their clients team located in the St. louis, MO area. In this role, you’ll partner closely with engineering teams to improve system reliability, scalability, and performance across enterprise applications. You’ll define and implement SLOs/SLIs and service health metrics while strengthening observability through monitoring, dashboards, and alerting. A key part of your day will involve leading and participating in incident response, conducting root cause analysis, and driving follow-through improvements. You’ll build and maintain automation and tooling to reduce manual effort, review architectures for resilience and recovery, and support Kubernetes and Azure-based environments. Additionally, you’ll collaborate cross-functionally with platform, security, and engineering teams to drive continuous reliability improvements based on incident learnings and operational insights. This role will require you to be onsite 100% of the time.

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to HR@insightglobal.com.To learn more about how we collect, keep, and process your private information, please review Insight Global's Workforce Privacy Policy: https://insightglobal.com/workforce-privacy-policy/.

Required Skills & Experience

7+ years in SRE, DevOps, Cloud, or Platform Engineering
Strong experience in Azure environments
Hands-on with Kubernetes / AKS
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred)
Strong automation/scripting skills (Python, Bash, or PowerShell)
Familiar with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions or similar)
Observability tools: Datadog, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

Azure-specific tools: AKS, Azure Monitor, App Insights, Key Vault, ACR
Experience with GitHub Enterprise workflows (branching, code reviews, automation)
Knowledge of security best practices (identity, access, secrets management)
Exposure to resilience testing, chaos engineering, or FinOps
Experience leveraging AI tools (GitHub Copilot, Codex) for automation & efficiency

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.