Platform Engineer II

Job Overview

We're seeking a Platform Engineer to join our team. This role involves owning day-to-day operations and maintenance of our AWS GovCloud environment, including EKS cluster management, EC2, RDS/Aurora, ElastiCache, S3, and IAM. You'll build and maintain reusable Terraform modules, Helm charts, and CI/CD pipeline templates (GitLab CI) that enforce organizational standards for scalability, compliance, and observability.

Key Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day operations and maintenance of our AWS GovCloud environment, including EKS cluster management, EC2, RDS/Aurora, ElastiCache, S3, and IAM


• Build and maintain reusable Terraform modules, Helm charts, and CI/CD pipeline templates (GitLab CI) that enforce organizational standards for scalability, compliance, and observability


• Diagnose cross-cutting infrastructure issues, including networking misconfigurations, IAM permission boundaries, and Kubernetes scheduling failures, evaluating blast radius and downstream team impact before proposing solutions


• Drive improvements to environment observability and stability using Datadog


• Participate in an on-call rotation and take full production ownership of the systems you support

Required Qualifications

Must-haves:

• 3+ years of experience in platform, infrastructure, or DevOps engineering


• Strong proficiency in Linux administration in production environments, including RHEL-based system management


• Proven hands-on experience with Kubernetes (EKS preferred), Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI or comparable tooling


• Experience deploying and managing infrastructure in AWS

Nice-to-haves:

• Experience working in AWS GovCloud, FedRAMP, or IL4-regulated environments


• Background in defense contracting or government environments


• Experience with configuration management and automation tooling, including Ansible, AWX, and Packer


• Familiarity with Python or shell scripting for operational tooling, and experience with Datadog or a comparable observability platform

About Teamworks

We're the Operating System for Sports™, powering 6,500+ organizations worldwide, from collegiate programs to every major pro league. Founded in 2006, we've evolved from a messaging tool for college football into the leading sports tech platform, with 500+ global teammates building the future of sports tech. Our solutions span Personnel, Coaching, Performance, Operations, and Intelligence - helping teams recruit smarter, train better, stay compliant, and win.

Teamworks is an equal opportunity employer - if you live our core values every day and are honest, hardworking, humble, committed, innovative, and an all-around exceptional person, you'll thrive at Teamworks. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and take affirmative action to not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected characteristics. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including but not limited to recruiting, hiring, promotion, termination, compensation, benefits, and training. Teamworks is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities who need assistance during the hiring process.