Senior Platform Engineer, Infrastructure

Location: Charlotte, NC
Hybrid Schedule: In-office 3 days/week (Mon–Wed or Tue–Thu) + 2 remote days
Direct Hire: W2

Must be US Citizen or GC Holder

NO C2C Candidates 

Additional Notes:

• Candidates must be located in or near Charlotte, NC or willing to relocate.
• Participation in an on-call rotation is required to support critical network infrastructure.
• Visa sponsorship is not available - NO SPONSORSHIP AVAILABLE NOW OR IN THE FUTURE

Position Overview

The Senior Platform Engineer will serve as a key technical leader within the Infrastructure team, owning complex systems and solving highly ambiguous challenges end-to-end. This role involves architecting and maintaining hybrid cloud infrastructure across Azure, AWS, and on prem environments; driving technical alignment; and mentoring junior engineers. The ideal candidate excels at breaking down complex initiatives into actionable tasks, making informed technical tradeoffs, and championing modern engineering practices throughout the organization.

Responsibilities

Scope & Impact

• Own problem spaces or projects end-to-end, beyond individual features or tasks.
• Define scope for yourself and team members; oversee designs spanning multiple contributors.
• Design solutions with consideration for upstream/downstream system integrations.
• Solve ambiguous infrastructure challenges without clear or predefined answers.
• Serve as technical lead on infrastructure initiatives and break down complex work into executable steps.

Architecture & System Design

• Architect infrastructure subsystems with long-term scalability and failure modes in mind.
• Evaluate and deconstruct complex systems to identify areas for improvement.
• Design and implement cloud architecture across Azure (VMs, VNets, Storage, Entra ID) and AWS (EC2, VPC, S3, IAM).
• Architect and manage on-prem virtualization platforms including Hyper V and Client vSphere.
• Design and maintain hybrid cloud integrations between on prem and cloud environments.
• Make balanced technical tradeoffs between short term business needs and long term goals.
• Advocate for new technologies and engineering techniques.
• Document architecture decisions and detailed system interactions.

Engineering Practices

• Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform for multi cloud provisioning.
• Implement and optimize configuration management with Ansible, Chef, or similar tools.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure deployment and configuration.
• Identify technical debt and implement refactoring to improve team and system velocity.
• Automate processes to reduce operational overhead and improve efficiency.
• Administer Windows Server and Linux systems across hybrid environments.
• Manage Active Directory, Group Policy, and Entra ID (Azure AD).
• Establish technical standards and guide planning and timelines.
• Integrate methodologies and architectural principles across the organization.

Quality & Reliability

• Uphold and improve quality standards for infrastructure engineering.
• Design metrics, monitoring, and alerting for all infrastructure components.
• Implement observability solutions (e.g., SumoLogic, Datadog).
• Lead and manage high pressure incident response for owned services.
• Coordinate deployments using proper communication and change management.
• Conduct root cause analysis for complex failures.
• Ensure adherence to engineering and security standards.
• Document runbooks, processes, and architectural designs.
• Participate in an on-call rotation.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Drive technical alignment and cross-team collaboration.
• Mentor junior engineers and support their career development.
• Facilitate technical decision-making and navigate disagreements constructively.
• Help teams integrate diverse technical approaches and resolve conflicts.
• Provide actionable feedback in code and design reviews.
• Collaborate with InfoSec, DevOps, Network, and Application teams.
• Communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Qualifications

Required Experience

• 5–8+ years in Platform Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, or Systems Engineering.
• Proven ownership of complex systems and technical problem spaces.
• Experience leading large-scale technical initiatives and mentoring engineers.
• Demonstrated ability to solve ambiguous problems and make strategic technical decisions.
• Experience architecting systems for scale, reliability, and maintainability.
• History of identifying technical debt and delivering infrastructure improvements.

Technical Skills

• Infrastructure as Code: Expert-level Terraform for multi-cloud provisioning.
• Cloud Platforms: Deep experience with Azure and AWS.
• Virtualization: Hyper V and Client vSphere/ESXi expertise.
• Operating Systems: Advanced Windows Server and Linux administration.
• Identity Management: Active Directory, Group Policy, Entra ID, federation services.
• Configuration Management: Ansible, Chef, Puppet, or similar.
• CI/CD: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI.
• Scripting & Automation: Python, PowerShell, Bash.
• Monitoring & Observability: SumoLogic, Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana.
• Networking: TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VPNs, load balancing, network security.
• Version Control: Strong Git experience and review practices.

Professional Competencies

• Strong system design and architectural skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Demonstrated leadership and mentorship.
• Exceptional communication skills across all audiences.
• Strong documentation and attention to detail.

Nice to Have

Certifications

• Azure Solutions Architect Expert
• AWS Solutions Architect Professional
• Terraform Associate or higher
• MCSE, Azure Administrator, Azure DevOps Engineer

Additional Experience

• Kubernetes, Docker, EKS, AKS
• Exchange Server administration
• Database administration (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL)
• Secrets management (Vault, Azure Key Vault, AWS Secrets Manager)
• SRE practices, SLIs/SLOs, and error budgets
• Test automation
• Experience in SOX or regulated environments
• FinOps and cloud cost optimization

Education

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Information Technology, Systems Engineering, or related field (preferred but not required)