Senior Platform Engineer

YOUR OPPORTUNITY

We have an exciting Senior Platform Engineer opportunity in our Merriam, KS

office. This role is responsible for engineering, automating, securing, and

operating enterprise platform services across Azure and hybrid infrastructure

environments. The Senior Platform Engineer serves as both a technical expert and

technical leader, helping develop the capabilities of the Platform Engineering

team through mentoring, coaching, knowledge sharing, and leadership.

ABOUT US

At Seaboard Foods, we create the most sought-after pork. A top U.S. pork

producer/processor and leading exporter to 30+ countries, we are committed to

bringing excellence to the table, seeking a better way to produce wholesome pork

and connect every step between our farms and family tables. More than 5,400

employees in five states work on our farms, feed mills, and processing plant to

produce Prairie Fresh® pork, ensuring the well-being of our animals, the

environment, our employees, and the communities we call home. We are a Fortune

500 employer, recently nominated by the Business Journal as one of the “Best

Places to Work”, representing our dynamic culture, where our employees can

contribute and understand why they matter.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

RESPONSIBILITIES

* Works independently and formulates actionable plans to solve complex

technical and security challenges.

* Provides technical leadership for Azure, identity, virtualization,

automation, monitoring, and platform services.

* Designs, deploys, and supports Azure platform services, cloud infrastructure,

and virtual infrastructure (Nutanix and VMWare).

* Develops and maintains Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Bicep

and automation platforms.

* Manages secure and reliable compute, storage, backup, virtualization, cloud,

and disaster recovery.

* Maintains and improves Azure Infrastructure, Microsoft 365, Active Directory,

and Microsoft Entra services.

* Leads cloud modernization, datacenter migration, and platform transformation

initiatives.

* Seeks opportunities to automate, simplify, standardize, and improve

operational processes.

* Participates in architecture reviews and strategic technology planning.

* Maintains documentation, standards, operational procedures, and engineering

runbooks.

* Leads troubleshooting efforts for major incidents and complex technical

escalations.

* Acts as a subject matter expert and leads key projects and operational

functions.

* Actively coaches, mentors, and develops Platform Engineers through structured

knowledge transfer and hands-on guidance.

* Drives cross-training efforts to reduce operational risk and single points of

failure.

* Assists Platform Engineering leadership in identifying skills gaps and

developing team capabilities.

* Promotes engineering excellence, accountability, documentation, and

continuous improvement.

* Works with leadership to develop strategic direction and long-term platform

roadmaps.

CORE COMPETENCIES FOR SUCCESS IN ALL ROLES: instills trust, communicates

effectively, action-oriented, ensures accountability, and drives results.

CRITICAL COMPETENCIES FOR THIS ROLE: Technical Leadership, Coaching & Mentoring,

Cloud Engineering, Customer Focus, Decision Quality, Situational Adaptability,

Resourcefulness, Architecture Thinking, and Automation Mindset

Requirements

• * 7+years of infrastructure, platform engineering, cloud engineering, or
• related experience.
• * Strong experience supporting enterprise Microsoft technologies including
• Active Directory, Entra ID, Microsoft 365, Windows Server, and Azure.
• * Experience with virtualization platforms including Nutanix and/or VMware.
• * Experience with disaster recovery, backup, resiliency, and platform
• operations.
• * Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code, automation, and scripting
• solutions.
• * Excellent troubleshooting, analytical, documentation, and communication
• skills.
• * Demonstrated ability to mentor, coach, and develop engineers.

Preferred Qualifications

• * Master’s degree in computer science or information systems
• * Solid scripting skills (e.g., PowerShell, Python, Batch)
• * Solid networking knowledge (OSI network layers, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, Wireshark)
• * Background leveraging enterprise storage systems (SAN, Pure, Nimble, Netapp,
• HCI, object oriented, replication, iSCSI, etc.)
• * Disaster recovery planning and testing
• * Solid Cloud experience with high availability implementations (Azure
• preferred)
• * Infrastructure automation and/or code (Ansible, Bicep, VSCode)
• * One or more of the following certifications: MCSE, M365 Certified Enterprise
• Administrator Expert (M365CEAE), Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (MCADEE), AWS
• Solutions Architect Professional, VCP-CMA, VCAP-DCV
• WORK ENVIRONMENT
• The physical and work demands listed here represent those an employee should
• possess to successfully perform the job's essential functions. Reasonable
• accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform
• essential functions.
• * ob include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to
• adjust focus.
• * Primarily an office environment with some need to work in the field.
• WHY SEABOARD FOODS?
• * Medical, vision & dental benefits upon hire
• * 401K with company match
• * Paid Time Off & Company Holidays
• * Wellness Program
• * Tuition reimbursement
• * Employee pork purchase program
• For a complete list of our benefits please visit our career site:
• https://www.seaboardfoods.com/careers/why-sbf/
• [https://www.seaboardfoods.com/careers/why-sbf/]
• Seaboard Foods is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will
• receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion,
• gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, gender identity, protected
• veterans’ status, status as a disabled individual, or any other status protected
• by law.