Platform Engineer

Platform Engineer

Organization Summary

Lindsay Corporation is a global company, headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, focused on providing irrigation and infrastructure solutions to meet the needs of a growing population. As one of the world's leading providers of irrigation and water management, its Zimmatic systems are operating in more than 90 countries. Lindsay Corporation's infrastructure division offers a wide range of products that aid in roadway maintenance and transportation safety. Since 1955, Lindsay Corporation has been at the forefront of research and development of products and services designed to meet the needs of a constantly evolving world.

Position Description

Lindsay Corporation is hiring a Platform Engineer within its overall software organization, reporting to the Director, DevOps. This important role will be responsible for assisting in the day-to-day operational aspects of software development, ensuring system integrity, reliability, and uptime, managing and supporting software development tools and environments, and continuously monitoring, exploring, and recommending new technologies to ensure infrastructure optimization and performance for our customers.

Position Details

This is a full-time, salaried position that is based in our Omaha, NE global headquarters that offers a hybrid work schedule, along with a highly competitive benefits package. Travel requirements will be minimal (<5%), but there may be some travel to various office locations and conferences.

• This position does not offer sponsorship or relocation assistance. Candidates that require either or will not be moving forward in the interview process.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Assists in the day-to-day operational aspects of the software organization, including infrastructure management/monitoring, code deployment to environments/version control, code-base management, and software quality assurance

• Assists in the design and implementation of build, deployment, and configuration management, along with documenting the process and policies associated with each for the software organization

• Assists in the design, implementation and testing of CI/CD pipelines and quality assurance automation for the software organization

• Implements and tests disaster recovery plans and procedures to ensure minimal downtime for users

• Conduct system tests for security and performance

• Adheres to the Lindsay software organization's coding standards and guidelines, as well as the group's various processes, policies, and procedures

• Clearly communicates issues and roadblocks in order to maintain sprint scope and efficiency

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent technical education or equivalent experience.

• Experience in software development, infrastructure development, IT, DevOps, platform engineering, or related field.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment where constant iteration, improvement, and innovation is key to the success of the team

• Robust problem-solving skills, the ability to learn from doing, personal accountability, and a positive and professional attitude

• Ability to clearly and rapidly communicate problems and solutions in order to prevent bottlenecks and facilitate the release process

• Demonstrated proficiency with one or more of the following technologies and tools: Linux infrastructures, SQL databases (MS SQL, PostgreSQL, etc.), CI/CD pipelines and tools, scripting/automated testing techniques and tools, various cloud providers (Azure, AWS, GCP), containerization tools (Docker, Kubernetes, Swarm)

• Solid understanding of the following: Web APIs, IoT device communication and protocols, Agile Scrum, Git

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Lindsay Corporation does not accept unsolicited referrals or resumes from any source other than directly from candidates. We will not consider unsolicited referrals and/or resumes from vendors including and without limitation, search firms, staffing agencies, fee-based referral services and recruiting agencies. Lindsay Corporation will not pay a fee to a recruiter or agency that does not have a signed vendor agreement with Lindsay Corporation. Any resume or CV submitted to any employee of Lindsay Corporation without having a vendor agreement in place will be considered property of Lindsay Corporation. Lindsay Corporation will not be held liable to pay a placement fee.