Cloud Platform Engineer, Missouri

Business Unit Description:
Feeding the world is what we do – how we do it is unique. We are not your textbook consumer packaged goods company. While others may be slow to make change happen, Post continuously drives both inorganic and organic growth. Our history is evidence of that fact with over 100 years of heritage and growth from brands that transcend generations like Honey Bunches of Oats, Fruity Pebbles, Malt-O-Meal, Bob Evans Farms, Kibbles 'n Bits, Egg Beaters, Peter Pan Peanut Butter, Ronzoni Pasta and more. Our foodservice and ingredient businesses supply other products you love for brands, restaurants and stores.

 

Our offices and manufacturing sites are in 62 locations in five countries, and we have 11,500+ employees. Over the past 10 years, Post has made 22+ acquisitions and reached $7 billion in net sales in fiscal 2023. During turbulent times of market uncertainty, the food industry has provided a level of stability unlike other industries.

Post Holdings, Inc. is headquartered in Brentwood, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri. Our casual professional atmosphere encourages team members to collaborate, innovate and support our operating companies. Our passion and drive advance the reputation of our operating companies and brands—together, we make a difference.

Responsibilities:
We are looking for a Platform Engineer who is passionate about cloud platforms, integration systems, and modern infrastructure services. The core function of this role is to administer, build, and troubleshoot our cloud-based platforms and workloads.  You will leverage a diverse technical background to solve complex problems and develop advanced analytical solutions with minimal oversight.  Our distributed business model affords you the ability to support large scale Enterprise platforms, while being engaged in a wide breadth of technologies and projects in a small business atmosphere.

 

KEY RESPONSIBLITIES

Manage and support platforms and workloads in our Azure and cloud environments to ensure availability and reliability including Data Integration platforms (FiveTran, Attunity, dbt, Automate), and Data Analytics systems (Tableau)

Provide lifecycle and maintenance support of Azure workloads including patching, updating, and ensuring monitoring and alerting services meet business requirements

Manage small to medium sized technical projects

Works with engineering teams to break down goals into actionable tasks articulated in work breakdown structures with resource allocation and task duration estimates

Understand the project management lifecycle.

Troubleshoot issues that impact the availability and performance of the platforms and workloads

Define and document standards and best practices for all aspects of the administration and management of systems within your responsibility

Ensure the security, scalability, and reliability of technology solutions, and address any potential risks or issues that may impact business operations.

Assist in the development and documentation of disaster recovery plans, and manage annual testing of the plans

Collaborate with the Platform Architect and Decision Science teams to ensure scalability, performance, and capacity are in line with business needs

Focus on a quality user experience and demonstrate a high degree of customer service

Demonstrate ability to collaborate with team members of different backgrounds, experience, time zones, and working locations

Collaborate with IT and business partners to drive strategic initiatives forward

Convey complex technical information for diverse audiences

Continuously evaluate and improve operational processes to enhance efficiency and reduce risk

Remain up-to-date with Azure, data integration, and analytics systems

 

Qualifications:
QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS

Bachelor’s degree from four-year college or university preferred (Management Information Systems, Computer Science, Information Systems, or other quantitative subject a plus); or 5+ years related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience

5+ years of experience with Azure platforms including compute and networking. Certification a plus.

3+ years of experience managing a data analytics platform or other Enterprise data systems

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to distill complex ideas concisely to a variety of audiences.

Demonstrate high personal standards of behavior in a professional environment. Demonstrate accountability, competence, and the ability to manage through influence.

Strong analytical, logic, and critical thinking skills required.

Advanced user in Microsoft Office Suite, including PowerPoint & Visio; must have expert functional knowledge of Excel.

Self-directed with a hunger to continually learn and grow.

Ability to work on multiple projects, competing priorities, and ensure follow-through on committed deliverables.