Staff Platform Engineer

Company Description

At Intuitive, we are united behind our mission: we believe that minimally invasive care is life-enhancing care. Through ingenuity and intelligent technology, we expand the potential of physicians to heal without constraints.

As a pioneer and market leader in robotic-assisted surgery, we strive to foster an inclusive and diverse team, committed to making a difference. For more than 25 years, we have worked with hospitals and care teams around the world to help solve some of healthcare's hardest challenges and advance what is possible.

Intuitive has been built by the efforts of great people from diverse backgrounds. We believe great ideas can come from anywhere. We strive to foster an inclusive culture built around diversity of thought and mutual respect. We lead with inclusion and empower our team members to do their best work as their most authentic selves.

Passionate people who want to make a difference drive our culture. Our team members are grounded in integrity, have a strong capacity to learn, the energy to get things done, and bring diverse, real world experiences to help us think in new ways. We actively invest in our team members to support their long-term growth so they can continue to advance our mission and achieve their highest potential.

Join a team committed to taking big leaps forward for a global community of healthcare professionals and their patients. Together, let's advance the world of minimally invasive care.

Job Description

Primary Function:

We are seeking an experienced Staff Platform Engineer with 5-8+ years of proven experience in regulated environments. The ideal candidate will support small to mid-sized development teams, focusing on infrastructure automation, cloud integration, and Infrastructure as Code methodologies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform and Ansible for dynamic, multi-environment deployments
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, patching, release management, and establish self-healing infrastructure principles
• Deploy and manage CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI, or CircleCI with container security and compliance checks
• Manage Kubernetes clusters (GKE, AKS, EKS, ECS) including lifecycle management, RBAC, hardening, and container orchestration
• Support AWS cloud environments (EC2, VPC, EBS, ALB, RDS, S3, EKS) and implement capacity planning for on-premises and cloud models
• Work with NoSQL datastores (MongoDB) and RDBMS (SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL) for database management and optimization
• Support service-oriented architecture (SOA) and microservices deployments with formal design processes and documentation
• Configure networking components including subnets, VPCs, stateful firewalls, IPTables, CIDR notation, and implement security best practices
• Implement comprehensive monitoring using Splunk, Nagios, ELK, Prometheus, or Grafana with alerting and SLO/SLI tracking
• Provide off-hours support for critical applications and mission-critical production troubleshooting

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• 5-8+ years DevOps/Infrastructure engineering experience in regulated environments with agile methodologies
• Hands-on AWS expertise (EC2, VPC, EBS, ALB, RDS, S3, EKS) and Kubernetes cluster management (GKE/AKS/EKS/ECS)
• Proficiency in Terraform and Ansible for Infrastructure as Code and configuration management
• Proficiency in at least 2 programming languages (Python, Ruby, Java) with strong scripting skills
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI) and container image security
• Demonstrated networking experience: subnets, firewalls, ports/protocols, Windows Firewall, IPTables, CIDR notation
• Experience with Linux OS (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu); RedHat Satellite and Windows OS automation desired
• Experience with enterprise monitoring tools (Splunk, Nagios, ELK) and scaling distributed data systems
• Team player, excellent mentor, strong analytical/problem-solving skills, and effective cross-functional communication
• B.S. in Computer Science or related technical major, or commensurate experience

Additional Information

Due to the nature of our business and the role, please note that Intuitive and/or your customer(s) may require that you show current proof of vaccination against certain diseases including COVID-19.  Details can vary by role.

Intuitive is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees, and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type, without regard to race, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disabilit