Senior Platform Engineer

About the National Hockey League

Founded in 1917, the National Hockey League (NHL®) is the premier professional ice hockey league and a major sports league in the United States and Canada. With a global presence and over 1500 employees, NHL is committed to building healthy and vibrant communities through hockey.

Summary

The NHL is seeking a highly skilled Senior Platform Engineer to join the Architecture team. This role focuses on designing, building, and optimizing scalable platforms for cloud and on-premises environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Platform Engineering & Operations: Build scalable platform solutions, develop Kubernetes clusters, and manage containerized applications.
• Automation & Orchestration: Create automated deployment workflows, implement CI/CD pipelines, and drive GitOps adoption.
• Collaboration & Enablement: Work with development, DevOps, infrastructure, and security teams to meet platform requirements, and mentor junior engineers.
• Monitoring & Optimization: Build observability frameworks, troubleshoot complex issues, and enhance cost efficiency.

Qualifications

Required experience includes 7+ years in platform, DevOps, or infrastructure roles, strong Linux administration, containerization using Docker and Kubernetes, IaC using Terraform/Ansible, and familiarity with CI/CD and observability tools. A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field is required.

Employee Benefits & Culture

• Generous PTO and health benefits starting day one.
• Childcare Leave and retirement savings plan including a 401K.
• Flexible hybrid work schedule with state-of-the-art headquarters in New York when onsite.
• Employee Assistance Program and wellness resources.

Key skills/competency

Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, CI/CD, GitOps, Linux, Automation, Observability, Cloud, Platform Engineering