Senior Platform Engineer

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.
• Led 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.

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.