Hiring: Infrastructure Platform Engineer Company: University of Chicago Location: Chicago, IL Job Posted Time: 2026-09-12 11:28:44 Target Skills & Keywords : Agile, Ansible, Apache, Bash, CI/CD, CV, Chef, DNS, Datadog, Flask, Git, GitHub, GitHub Actions, GitLab, Grafana, Infrastructure as Code, Jenkins, Linux, MySQL, Nginx, PostgreSQL, Prometheus, Puppet, Python, Rails, Ruby, SQL, Shell, Slack, Splunk, TCP/IP, Terraform About the job Experience: •Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 5-7 years of work experience in a related job discipline. •5+ years of experience in an infrastructure, DevOps, platform, or SRE role supporting production systems. •3+ years of experience supporting Linux servers in a production environment. •5+ years of experience working in production environments. Required Skills: •Reporting to the Director of techstaff, acts as a senior technical leader, proposes and defines architectural standards, mentors junior engineers, drives platform reliability, automation, security, and observability across on-prem and cloud environments. •Lead initiatives to improve infrastructure reliability, security, and performance, such as CI/CD pipeline improvements, system monitoring, and automation of manual workflows. •Implement infrastructure-as-code principles using systems such as Puppet, Terraform, and Gitlab actions. •Implement and maintain robust system monitoring, alerting, and logging solutions to ensure platform health, performance, and visibility. •Perform expert-level build, configuration, and lifecycle management of Linux/Unix operating systems across physical and virtual, containerized, and cloud environments. •Develop automation tools and scripts using Python, shell scripting, and other scripting languages to streamline operations. •Manage and optimize Linux-based systems in production environments. •Support department applications by managing infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and performing minor programming tasks. Qualifications: •Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field. •Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field. Compensation: •$106,000 - $117,000 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!