Platform Software Engineer Cover Letter

Please consider me for the platform software engineer opportunity. I am including my resume that lists my qualifications and experience.

In the previous role, I was responsible for subject matter expertise in Kubernetes and Docker.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Experience with Data processing using dynamic languages (we use Python)
• A strong understanding of SQL and the relational data model (our main RDBMS is PostgreSQL)
• A strong understanding of software architecture, OO principles and common design patterns
• Cloud platforms, especially Azure™
• Process analytics and optimization
• C#, Python, C++
• Machine learning, data driven models, neural networks, deep learning
• Data mining, BI, data warehousing

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the platform software engineer position.

Previously, I was responsible for contributions to upstream projects like Knative and Kubernetes and to our offerings like Red Hat OpenShift and the Red Hat Middleware portfolio.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Collaborating with the team and to understand requirements and to design and operate the software
• Pairing to write & test software to address our system non-functional & functional requirements
• Writing & using monitoring systems to monitor the health of our systems
• Using CI/CD & AWS technologies to implement operational & deployment infrastructure for our systems
• Troubleshooting & diagnosing problems with our systems in production
• Voluntary participation in out of hours support for our critical systems
• Helping select new colleagues
• Modern computer languages & frameworks

I am excited to be applying for the position of platform software engineer. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

Previously, I was responsible for sME technical expertise for Kubernetes/OpenShift, Docker & RHEL.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Experience in designing and implementing software systems with long life cycles combined with continuous upgrading of new features
• Expertise in full life cycle delivery from vision to deployment to operations
• Windows and Linux operating systems, virtualization
• Modern software engineering practises, architectural patterns and design tools
• Demonstrated experience and excellent results in software development at work or as a personal hobby
• Experience in designing and implementing software systems with long life-cycles combined with continuous upgrading with new features
• Expertise in full life-cycle delivery from product vision to deployment to operations
• Experience with large, reliable, and scalable distributed systems

I am excited to be applying for the position of platform software engineer. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

Previously, I was responsible for observability into the systems health and execution flow, build tools and dashboards for monitoring and improving efficiency.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Experience in Agile SW development (scrum) methodology
• Solid system development skills in UNIX-type OS
• Cluster Management and Orchestration Stack (Messos based frameworks, Docker Swarm Mode)
• A/B testing and running experiments
• Working as part of a Growth team
• Strong foundational understanding of statistics
• Experience manipulating, analyzing, and moving around large data sets (on the order of 50 TB or larger)
• Excitement about the latest trends in application design, SOA and microservices

In response to your job posting for platform software engineer, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

In the previous role, I was responsible for configuration of servers and operating systems, assessment of functional or technical solutions and creation of test scenarios and analysis.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Other programming languages such as Java, Python, or Ruby
• Experience SCM tools such as Git, GitHub, Bitbucket
• Experience with test automation tools like Cucumber, Junit, Selenium, Fitness
• Experience with messaging technologies such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ
• Experience with NoSQL databases such as Cassandra, MongoDB, Splunk, ElasticSearch
• Strong fundamentals in networking protocols such as TCP/UDP, IP(v4 and v6), ARP, ICMP, DNS
• Experience in network stack performance analysis and optimization
• Strong understanding of network devices routers, switches, proxies, and firewalls