Platform Engineer — Observability
At a glance
Mid-level Platform & Infrastructure role at Evolent. Work at Home · full-time · $105,000–$125,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Provision and update infrastructure through code so environments can be reproduced, reviewed, and kept free of manual changes
- Trace inherited systems from end to end, mapping their dependencies, integrations, and data flows
- Find repetitive platform and operations work, then build, test, and strengthen AI agents to reduce it
- Use OpenTelemetry to build and run tools that monitor application performance and trace requests
- Deploy and support Docker and Kubernetes workloads, especially on Azure Kubernetes Service and Azure Container Apps
What you bring
- You can design and build agentic AI solutions, not only use existing AI tools
- You can engineer observability with OpenTelemetry and manage container platforms, particularly AKS and Azure Container Apps
- You have high-speed internet at home, exceeding ten Mbps
Who this fits
This role suits a platform engineer who can work from approved designs, automate infrastructure, investigate unfamiliar systems, and address operational problems at their root. You’ll work from home in the United States and need home internet faster than ten Mbps. Final interviews may require in-person attendance, and hiring includes identity verification and a comprehensive background check.
From the employer
Your Future Evolves Here
Evolent partners with health plans and providers to achieve better outcomes for people with most complex and costly health conditions. Working across specialties and primary care, we seek to connect the pieces of fragmented health care system and ensure people get the same level of care and compassion we would want for our loved ones.
Evolent employees enjoy work/life balance, the flexibility to suit their work to their lives, and autonomy they need to get things done. We believe that people do their best work when they're supported to live their best lives, and when they feel welcome to bring their whole selves to work. That's one reason why diversity and inclusion are core to our business.
Join Evolent for the mission. Stay for the culture.
What You’ll Be Doing:
Why This Role Matters
Evolent is transforming how it builds and operates infrastructure under a refreshed Platform Engineering & Operations operating model, grounded in four principles: Architecture First, Automation by Default, Reliability is a Shared Responsibility and Golden Paths Over Custom Solutions. You will turn approved designs into provisioned, automated, and documented platforms, and you will do it transparently, through formal handoffs, Office Hours reviews, and documentation your peers can actually rely on.
Agentic AI: Platform Engineering is moving toward agentic AI as a standard part of how the organization works. As agentic AI transforms the way we work, we expect our engineers to be at the forefront of that change, designing and building intelligent solutions rather than simply consuming them. This builder mentality is a core attribute we assess from the first conversation.
What You'll Be Doing
· Provision and change infrastructure exclusively as code, so that every environment is reproducible, reviewable, and free of manual drift.
· Reverse engineer the applications and infrastructure you inherit: trace dependencies, integrations, and data flows end to end until you can explain how a system actually works.
· Design and build agentic AI solutions for platform, delivery, and operations work: identify the toil worth automating, then build, evaluate, and harden the agent that removes it.
· Build security and compliance into the delivery path: least-privilege access, secrets handling, policy-as-code guardrails, and audit evidence produced by design rather than assembled under deadline.
· Engineer and manage observability solutions using OpenTelemetry to monitor and trace application performance.
· Deploy and manage containerization solutions using platforms such as Docker and Kubernetes, with a strong focus on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Azure Container Apps (ACA).
· Monitor container health and performance, troubleshoot issues, and implement lasting remediation.
· Participate in Root Cause Analysis and address the actual root cause, so the same problem does not recur.
To ensure a secure hiring process we have implemented several identity verification steps, including submission of a government issued photo ID. We conduct identity verification during interviews, and final interviews may require onsite attendance. All candidates must complete a comprehensive background check, in-person I-9 verification, and may be subject to drug screening prior to employment. The use of artificial intelligence tools during interviews is prohibited and monitored. Misrepresentation will result in immediate disqualification from consideration.
Technical Requirements:
We require that all employees have the following technical capability at their home: High speed internet over 10 Mbps and, specifically for all call center employees, the ability to plug in directly to the home internet router.
Evolent is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status. If you need reasonable accommodation to access the information provided on this website, please contact recruitingteam@evolent.com for further assistance.
The expected base salary/wage range for this position is $105,000 - 125,000. As part of our total compensation package, Evolent is proud to offer comprehensive benefits (including health insurance benefits) to qualifying employees. All compensation determinations are based on the skills and experience required for the position and commensurate with experience of selected individuals, which may vary above and below the stated amounts.