Associate Platform Engineer

About the Role

Kforce has a client seeking an Associate Platform Engineer in West Palm Beach, FL.

Key Responsibilities

• Learn and contribute to production infrastructure automation using Ansible and Terraform.
• Assist in building and maintaining cloud-native services across VKE, VLB, and VCR.
• Develop hands-on skills with Kubernetes and container runtimes through guided project work.
• Write and improve tooling and scripts (Go, Python, Bash) to support platform operations.
• Support CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows for platform services.
• Dig into issues across networking, containers, and Linux systems with curiosity and persistence.
• Contribute to Vultr's open-source tools and libraries with guidance from senior engineers.
• Participate in on-call rotation and incident response as you build operational experience.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Familiarity with at least one programming or scripting language (Go, Python, Bash or similar).
• Basic understanding of Linux systems and command-line operations.
• Interest in cloud infrastructure, containers, and Kubernetes (prior experience not required).
• Go, Python, Bash, Ansible, Terraform, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• Strong problem-solving instincts and willingness to dig into unfamiliar systems.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in a remote team.