Sr. Platform Engineer

The Life Time Technology team is at the forefront of the evolution of Life Time into a digital-first company, transforming existing experiences and creating brand new ones both online and in our clubs. If you enjoy a fast-paced environment with the latest technologies and have a passion for health and fitness – we should meet. Work is a team effort, and we are a highly motivated, highly collaborative team; we always win or lose together. We invest in our team members and ensure they have the tools and opportunities to learn, grow and thrive. We offer an incredible benefits package, generous club discounts, and a fully subsidized Signature Life Time Membership. Want to Love Your Life? Join our team.

Position Summary

The Lead Platform Engineer develops, implements, and promotes infrastructure best practices. Platform Engineers provide an interface to Life Time Technology Development and Life Time business divisions for services.  The ideal Lead Platform Engineer will focus on leading engineers when designing infrastructure.  They are steeped in technology expertise, but also lead with an assembled team to execute complex projects with minimal oversight.  The successful candidate will be a goal-oriented self-starter, effective communicator with the ability to collaborate across technical and leadership levels, and demonstrated ability to provide “best in class” solutions.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Leads problem solving and consultancy on technical projects
• Leads and develops engineers, growing their knowledge and skillset
• Collaborates with technical leads to integrate an end-to-end design that's well documented
• Reports on the status of projects periodically, resolving roadblocks independently when feasible
• Cross-trains engineering staff on Cloud and DevOps concepts and procedures
• Leads or consults on the most complex incident escalations and performs complex troubleshooting
• Ensures solutions are maintained for high availability, scalability, security, and supportability
• Mentors junior team members
• Leads automation and configuration management development and code review
• Recommends alternative design and platform decisions

Position Requirements

• 8 or more years of experience in designing, implementing and maintaining infrastructure
• Experience implementing cloud architecture and computing including AWS, Microsoft Azure (PaaS and IaaS) and other cloud based computing environments
• Advanced understanding of Linux and Windows Server
• Fluent with implanting and leveraging logging tools
• Scripting knowledge in ruby, Python, PowerShell or bash
• Experience with virtualization technologies (VMware, Hyper-V)
• Firm grasp of Networking Services (TCP and UDP based, DNS, DHCP)
• Advanced knowledge of at least one configuration management system (Chef, Ansible, Puppet or CFEngine)
• Experience implementing Continuous Delivery / Continuous Integration systems

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​ Preferred Requirements

• Chef
• Splunk
• Vmware
• Experience managing a CDN

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Life Time is a place for everyone. As an organization, we are committed to an inclusive, diverse and equitable workplace that respects and celebrates the unique contributions of each individual while ensuring we remain an equal opportunity employer that recruits, hires, trains and promotes based on merit and qualifications.