United Talent Agency
Senior Platform Engineer – Cloud Infrastructure
United Talent Agency, Los Angeles, California, United States, 90079
Overview
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United Talent Agency . The salary range for this role is $160,000 to $180,000 commensurate with experience and skills. UTA seeks a Senior Platform Engineer to drive the design, automation, and scalability of the platforms that power our engineering services. In this role, you will provide technical leadership on cloud infrastructure, ensuring our systems are built for resiliency, security, and long-term growth. You will architect and deliver AWS-based infrastructure with Terraform, define platform standards, and enable development teams to ship quickly and safely. You will also help expand our ChatOps ecosystem, bridging development workflows and infrastructure automation, while mentoring peers and shaping engineering best practices. About UTA: UTA unites ideas, opportunities, and talent. The company represents some of the world\'s most iconic figures and brands, with a business spanning talent representation, content production, strategic advisory and marketing. UTA is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in multiple cities. UTA and its affiliated companies are Equal Employment Opportunity employers.
What You Will Do
Lead the architecture and automation of cloud infrastructure in AWS using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code principles
Define and maintain platform modules that set security, compliance, and operational baselines for services
Drive the migration of existing Azure infrastructure and applications to AWS with minimal downtime and maximum resiliency
Design and manage secure, scalable infrastructure components including databases (RDS/Postgres), serverless (Lambdas), container platforms (ECS/EKS), authentication (IAM/SSO), and networking
Establish operational patterns for monitoring, logging, and incident response across distributed environments
Cloud Operations & Automation
Champion the use of self-service tooling and ChatOps, enabling teams to manage infrastructure and deployments through Slack-based workflows
Implement robust CI/CD pipelines and release practices that integrate with GitHub Actions, Terraform, and other automation tools
Maintain familiarity with leading cloud monitoring and observability tools—including Datadog, AWS CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana—to ensure effective health monitoring, alerting, and incident management across multi-cloud environments
Lead efforts in cost optimization, performance tuning, and scaling strategies across multiple environments
Service Management & Deployments
Architect, build, and maintain automation solutions for deploying applications and services using trunk-based GitHub repositories and modern CI/CD tooling
Own end-to-end deployment workflows, ensuring feature branches are reliably deployed to isolated environments and production deployments occur automatically on merges to main
Develop, support, and improve ChatOps integrations, enabling developers to manage deployments, rollback, and monitor services directly from Slack or other chat platforms
Lead the design and implementation of self-service automations within Slack, enabling provisioning of new applications with standardized infrastructure, security, monitoring, and deployment pipelines
Provide ongoing support for deployment pipelines, collaborating with application teams to resolve issues and enhance developer experience and deployment reliability
Ensure all automation solutions align with platform security, compliance, and operational standards, partnering with Operations and Security teams
Engineering Excellence & Leadership
Establish and enforce engineering standards for IaC, container management, security configurations, and operational practices
Mentor and coach engineers, sharing best practices in platform automation, cloud infrastructure, and DevOps
Lead technical discussions, design reviews, and knowledge-sharing sessions across teams
Collaboration & Strategic Alignment
Partner with application teams, product, and security to ensure infrastructure aligns with organizational and business goals
Collaborate with Operations and Security to ensure compliance, resilience, and operational excellence
Evaluate emerging cloud and platform technologies, guiding adoption strategies to maintain modern, efficient, and secure infrastructure
Shape the long-term platform vision, balancing developer experience, system reliability, and organizational scalability
What You Will Need
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent professional experience
7+ years in platform, infrastructure, or DevOps engineering, with at least 3+ years in a senior or technical leadership capacity
Proven expertise with AWS services (ECS, EKS, Lambda, RDS/Postgres, API Gateway, S3, IAM)
Strong hands-on experience with Terraform, including building and maintaining reusable modules and operating in monorepo environments
Experience designing, operating, and migrating enterprise-grade platforms with a focus on reliability, scalability, and security
Practical knowledge of modern CI/CD tooling (e.g., GitHub Actions, Terraform Cloud, or similar)
Familiarity with Azure and cloud-to-cloud migrations is a plus
Demonstrated success in creating or enhancing self-service developer platforms and ChatOps automations
Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to influence across technical and business teams
Ability to lead while staying technically hands-on when needed
What You Will Get
The opportunity to work at one of the leading global entertainment companies
Access to tools, leadership, and resources to create and drive a center of excellence
The opportunity to do the best work of your career
Inclusive and diverse company culture
Competitive benefits and programs to support well-being
Collaborative environment with room to grow
About UTA UTA unites ideas, opportunities, and talent. The company represents some of the world\'s most iconic artists, creators and changemakers. UTA is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in multiple cities. UTA and its Affiliated Companies are Equal Employment Opportunity employers.
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Join to apply for the
Senior Platform Engineer – Cloud Infrastructure
role at
United Talent Agency . The salary range for this role is $160,000 to $180,000 commensurate with experience and skills. UTA seeks a Senior Platform Engineer to drive the design, automation, and scalability of the platforms that power our engineering services. In this role, you will provide technical leadership on cloud infrastructure, ensuring our systems are built for resiliency, security, and long-term growth. You will architect and deliver AWS-based infrastructure with Terraform, define platform standards, and enable development teams to ship quickly and safely. You will also help expand our ChatOps ecosystem, bridging development workflows and infrastructure automation, while mentoring peers and shaping engineering best practices. About UTA: UTA unites ideas, opportunities, and talent. The company represents some of the world\'s most iconic figures and brands, with a business spanning talent representation, content production, strategic advisory and marketing. UTA is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in multiple cities. UTA and its affiliated companies are Equal Employment Opportunity employers.
What You Will Do
Lead the architecture and automation of cloud infrastructure in AWS using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code principles
Define and maintain platform modules that set security, compliance, and operational baselines for services
Drive the migration of existing Azure infrastructure and applications to AWS with minimal downtime and maximum resiliency
Design and manage secure, scalable infrastructure components including databases (RDS/Postgres), serverless (Lambdas), container platforms (ECS/EKS), authentication (IAM/SSO), and networking
Establish operational patterns for monitoring, logging, and incident response across distributed environments
Cloud Operations & Automation
Champion the use of self-service tooling and ChatOps, enabling teams to manage infrastructure and deployments through Slack-based workflows
Implement robust CI/CD pipelines and release practices that integrate with GitHub Actions, Terraform, and other automation tools
Maintain familiarity with leading cloud monitoring and observability tools—including Datadog, AWS CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana—to ensure effective health monitoring, alerting, and incident management across multi-cloud environments
Lead efforts in cost optimization, performance tuning, and scaling strategies across multiple environments
Service Management & Deployments
Architect, build, and maintain automation solutions for deploying applications and services using trunk-based GitHub repositories and modern CI/CD tooling
Own end-to-end deployment workflows, ensuring feature branches are reliably deployed to isolated environments and production deployments occur automatically on merges to main
Develop, support, and improve ChatOps integrations, enabling developers to manage deployments, rollback, and monitor services directly from Slack or other chat platforms
Lead the design and implementation of self-service automations within Slack, enabling provisioning of new applications with standardized infrastructure, security, monitoring, and deployment pipelines
Provide ongoing support for deployment pipelines, collaborating with application teams to resolve issues and enhance developer experience and deployment reliability
Ensure all automation solutions align with platform security, compliance, and operational standards, partnering with Operations and Security teams
Engineering Excellence & Leadership
Establish and enforce engineering standards for IaC, container management, security configurations, and operational practices
Mentor and coach engineers, sharing best practices in platform automation, cloud infrastructure, and DevOps
Lead technical discussions, design reviews, and knowledge-sharing sessions across teams
Collaboration & Strategic Alignment
Partner with application teams, product, and security to ensure infrastructure aligns with organizational and business goals
Collaborate with Operations and Security to ensure compliance, resilience, and operational excellence
Evaluate emerging cloud and platform technologies, guiding adoption strategies to maintain modern, efficient, and secure infrastructure
Shape the long-term platform vision, balancing developer experience, system reliability, and organizational scalability
What You Will Need
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent professional experience
7+ years in platform, infrastructure, or DevOps engineering, with at least 3+ years in a senior or technical leadership capacity
Proven expertise with AWS services (ECS, EKS, Lambda, RDS/Postgres, API Gateway, S3, IAM)
Strong hands-on experience with Terraform, including building and maintaining reusable modules and operating in monorepo environments
Experience designing, operating, and migrating enterprise-grade platforms with a focus on reliability, scalability, and security
Practical knowledge of modern CI/CD tooling (e.g., GitHub Actions, Terraform Cloud, or similar)
Familiarity with Azure and cloud-to-cloud migrations is a plus
Demonstrated success in creating or enhancing self-service developer platforms and ChatOps automations
Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to influence across technical and business teams
Ability to lead while staying technically hands-on when needed
What You Will Get
The opportunity to work at one of the leading global entertainment companies
Access to tools, leadership, and resources to create and drive a center of excellence
The opportunity to do the best work of your career
Inclusive and diverse company culture
Competitive benefits and programs to support well-being
Collaborative environment with room to grow
About UTA UTA unites ideas, opportunities, and talent. The company represents some of the world\'s most iconic artists, creators and changemakers. UTA is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in multiple cities. UTA and its Affiliated Companies are Equal Employment Opportunity employers.
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