Senior Platform Engineer (IT Services)
Core
Design, build, maintain, and standardize hybrid infrastructure platforms across on-premises datacenters and public cloud environments.
Role type
Senior Platform Engineer (Infrastructure)
Builds
Reusable platform services, golden images, reference architectures, engineering guardrails, and self-service provisioning capabilities.
Domain
Enterprise IT Services / Multi-cloud Infrastructure
Deliverable
infrastructure (via careerplan.io/jobs/23755-senior-platform-engineer-it-services-at-charles-river-associates)
Required skills
Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform), CI/CD pipeline design, GitOps workflows, cloud networking, cloud identity and access management, hybrid cloud architecture, observability, automation scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell), Ansible, cloud governance and FinOps.
Preferred skills
VMware Cloud Foundation, Kubernetes (AKS, EKS, OpenShift), Internal Developer Platforms, cloud certifications, AIOps integrations.
Technologies
Terraform, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Ansible, Azure, AWS, GCP, VMware Cloud Foundation, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, Grafana, Datadog, Splunk, Entra, Active Directory.
Responsibilities
Create Infrastructure-as-Code modules and automation workflows for provisioning, compliance validation, lifecycle management, patching, backup, and disaster recovery. Engineer and optimize hybrid cloud environments across VMware Cloud Foundation, Azure, AWS, and future cloud platforms. Manage cloud-enabled identity and directory services, including Active Directory/Azure AD integration, Entra, RBAC/ABAC, policy-based access control, service principals, and secrets management. Implement and troubleshoot hybrid network connectivity, segmentation, routing, firewall rules, load balancing, and workload performance requirements. Advance cloud governance, policy enforcement, tagging, cost management, FinOps reporting, observability, and infrastructure security.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
