AddSource · 7 hours ago
Principal Platform Engineer & Team Lead
United States
Contract
Remote
Lead/Staff
10+ years expAddSource is building an infrastructure management platform from scratch, and they are seeking a Principal Platform Engineer who will own the platform's core infrastructure capabilities. This hands-on technical leadership role involves writing Terraform, debugging networking issues, and setting the technical bar for infrastructure engineering.
Information Technology & Services
Hiring Manager
Hardeep Kaur
Responsibilities
Own infrastructure architecture and design for platform capabilities, ensuring they meet reliability, security, and operational requirements across compute, storage, networking, and IAM domains
Lead the design and implementation of infrastructure as code using Terraform, OpenTofu, and similar tools, including module design, state management, and infrastructure automation patterns
Define and document golden path workflows for common infrastructure operations, establishing standardized processes for provisioning, lifecycle management, scaling, and decommissioning
Architect container, virtualization, and bare metal infrastructure including Kubernetes, CNI, hypervisors, PXE boot, and data center infrastructure
Design networking and security infrastructure including VPC architecture, network policies, security groups, load balancing, and multi-region strategies
Drive platform engineering standards for infrastructure as code, DevOps practices, security hardening, and operational procedures, ensuring they are adopted across teams
Mentor and grow infrastructure engineers, providing clear technical direction on platform engineering principles, DevOps practices, and infrastructure architecture
Continuously improve platform capabilities by identifying infrastructure gaps, evaluating new technologies and practices, and driving adoption of platform engineering principles
Qualification
Required
10+ years of infrastructure/platform engineering experience, with 4+ years in senior/ staff/ principal roles operating production infrastructure
Expert-level Terraform and OpenTofu proficiency—module design, state management, and building reusable infrastructure patterns
Deep Kubernetes experience including cluster operations, CNI, storage classes, RBAC, and troubleshooting production issues
Strong experience with virtualization—hypervisors, VM lifecycle, and virtualization platform configuration
Hands-on bare metal experience including PXE boot, provisioning automation, and hardware lifecycle management
Deep Linux expertise—internals, system administration, kernel concepts, filesystems, and process management
Strong networking knowledge including VPC design, security groups, load balancing, DNS, and firewall configuration
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure) and their core primitives: compute, storage, networking, and IAM
Proficiency with configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, or Puppet) and infrastructure automation patterns
Experience building observability for infrastructure—metrics, logging, alerting, and operational dashboards
Proven ability to own and operate complex infrastructure end-to-end, from design through production
Track record of mentoring engineers, setting infrastructure standards, and raising the bar for operational excellence
Preferred
Experience building internal developer platforms or self-service infrastructure with guardrails
Multi-cloud or hybrid cloud experience with consistent infrastructure patterns across providers
Service mesh and advanced container networking experience (CNI, network policies)
Data center operations experience including rack layout, cabling, and physical infrastructure
Experience with backup, disaster recovery, and snapshot automation strategies
Infrastructure security background—hardening, vulnerability management, and secure design
Prior experience at infrastructure or platform engineering companies
Company
AddSource
Welcome to AddSource (DBA name for VeeRteq Solutions Inc.) – Your Trusted Workforce Solution Partner! As a women-owned staffing and HR consulting firm with a robust presence in both Canada and the US, AddSource is dedicated to helping businesses thrive by connecting them with exceptional talent and providing holistic HR solutions.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase