Platform Engineer
Teradata · Posted Oct 12
Cloud data warehousing, analytics, and enterprise artificial intelligence services
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About the role
Teradata's Autonomous Knowledge Platform activates enterprise intelligence by unifying data, knowledge and business context, with solutions that run on premises, in the cloud, or in a hybrid approach. The platform and SRE team maintains 24/5 platform availability, CI/CD pipelines, shared internal tooling and a multi-cloud (AWS/Azure) footprint with cost accountability. This Platform Engineer role works within an SRE context on infrastructure as code, observability, FinOps cost optimization, incident management and AI-assisted engineering workflows, collaborating with internal customers and partners. The role reports to the Team Lead, SRE.
What you will do
- Work within a shift-based rotation to maintain 24/5 platform availability, ensuring continuous coverage across time zones and responding to operational needs outside standard business hours.
- Apply working knowledge of procedures and concepts in platform and infrastructure engineering, operating within an SRE context focused on reliability, scalability, and cost accountability.
- Oversee, monitor, and build CI/CD pipelines, ensuring operational excellence and seamless deployments for internal customers and partners.
- Design and implement IaC solutions using CloudFormation and CDK to automate infrastructure management and optimize cloud resources.
- Own FinOps practices for the team's cloud footprint: track AWS and Azure spend, set budget alerts, produce regular cost reports, and drive cost reduction actions across compute, storage, and networking.
- Design and maintain shared platform services and internal tooling that reduce operational toil and enable team self-service.
- Use AI-assisted development tools, including Claude Code and Claude Desktop, as part of day-to-day engineering workflows.
- Apply AI tooling to accelerate code review, documentation, and platform automation tasks.
- Support internal customers and partners, enabling a seamless lab experience and ensuring uninterrupted operations.
- Establish best practices for system design, troubleshooting, and incident management, informed by SRE principles such as error budgets and SLAs.
- Enhance system reliability by implementing observability best practices and analyzing system metrics to identify improvement opportunities.
- Act as a key escalation point for critical operational issues, conducting root cause analysis and sharing insights to prevent recurrence.
- Guide new team members without direct supervisory responsibilities.
- Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions based on acquired expertise, guided by precedents.
- Exchange ideas and information concisely and logically across the team and extended stakeholders.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- A university degree with a minimum of 4 to 5 years of related experience, or an advanced degree without experience, or equivalent work experience.
- Good understanding of cloud platforms, DevOps practices, and SRE principles.
- Demonstrated experience with cloud cost management, FinOps tooling, or budget governance in AWS or Azure environments.
- Comfort using AI-assisted tools such as LLM-based coding assistants in a professional engineering context.
- Willingness and availability to work in a shift-based schedule supporting 24/5 platform operations.
- Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): CloudFormation, CDK
- Monitoring & Observability: Grafana, Prometheus, Elastic Stack (ELK)
- Scripting & Automation: Bash, Python or Go, SQL
- Containerization & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes
- Database Management: SQL, NoSQL, DynamoDB, Teradata Vantage
- CI/CD Pipelines: Jenkins, GitLab CI, or similar
- Networking & Security: Cloud networking, IAM, Cognito, best practices
- FinOps & Cost Optimization: Cloud spend analysis, tagging governance, budget alerting, cost attribution across teams or workloads
- Platform Engineering: Shared internal tooling, developer experience, and service reliability across a multi-cloud environment
- AI Tooling: Practical experience with Claude Code, Claude Desktop, or similar AI-assisted development tools; ability to integrate AI workflows into platform and automation tasks
- Support & Troubleshooting: Incident management, environment monitoring, issue resolution
- Collaboration: Cross-functional coordination with internal customers, partners, and extended teams
- A curious person who is always looking for answers, enjoys overcoming challenges, and takes pride in their work.
Benefits and support
- Flexible work model
About Teradata
Teradata is a global enterprise software company specializing in multi-cloud data warehousing, analytics, and artificial intelligence solutions. Its flagship offerings, including Teradata VantageCloud and ClearScape Analytics, help organizations turn enterprise data into trusted, autonomous actions. The company serves leading global enterprises across industries such as financial services, retail, healthcare, and telecommunications.
- Industry
- Software
- Company size
- 5000-10000 employees
- Founded
- 1979
- Location
- San Diego, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
President and Chief Executive Officer
John Ederer
Chief Financial Officer
Louis Landry
Chief Technology Officer
Sumeet Arora
Chief Product Officer
Michael Hutchinson
Chief Operating Officer
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