Platform Engineer II at Teamworks

THE OPPORTUNITY Teamworks Platform Engineering owns the infrastructure that keeps 6,500+ sports organizations running, and we're expanding that foundation into high-performance tactical environments. We're hiring a Platform Engineer II to support day-to-day operations and maintenance of our AWS GovCloud infrastructure as we grow our footprint in this space. You'll work alongside a platform team that serves application teams across the organization, handling provisioning requests, managing deployments, and driving improvements to observability and stability over time. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Own day-to-day operations and maintenance of our AWS GovCloud environment, including EKS cluster management, EC2, RDS/Aurora, ElastiCache, S3, and IAM - Manage the deployment of new features and fixes across commercial and GovCloud environments, coordinating with application teams through structured intake and ad hoc request processes - 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 - Partner with application teams to translate platform changes, deprecations, and new standards into clear, actionable guidance that reduces friction across the organization - 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 WHAT YOU'LL BRING Must-haves: - 3-5 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 - Strong consultative and cross-functional communication skills, with the ability to translate platform changes into clear guidance for application teams 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 WHO THRIVES HERE You enjoy owning your work and finding ways to make systems better over time. You understand that platform engineering is inherently collaborative and that the best solutions are ones the teams relying on them can actually use. You're good at juggling a steady stream of requests while keeping an eye on longer-term improvements that matter. You're driven by results, energized by challenge, and aligned with our values: honesty, humility, hard work, commitment, innovation, and exceptionalism. 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. To request a reasonable accommodation, please email [Upgrade to PRO to see contact]. To all recruitment agencies: Teamworks does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Teamworks employees or any other organization location. Teamworks is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.