1043-IS Engineer-Senior

San Francisco Planning; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 156,000 - 196,000; Full time

Job summary

City and County of San Francisco seeks a Platform Engineer in the Department of Technology to drive cloud migration and modernization under Cloud 2030, migrating ~1,700 workloads to cloud platforms.

You will write Terraform, build CI/CD pipelines, and manage multi-cloud deployments, guiding architecture, data migrations, and production cutover while ensuring security and CJIS/HIPAA controls.

Qualifications

• Education: An associate degree in computer science, computer engineering, information systems, or closely related field or equivalent with substantial coursework.
• Experience: Three (3) years of experience analyzing, installing, configuring, enhancing, and/or maintaining components of an enterprise network.
• Substitution: Additional experience may substitute for the required degree (year-for-year basis).
• Completion of specific trainee program may substitute for the required degree.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement multi-cloud infrastructure using Terraform/OpenTofu.
• Build and maintain GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines for infra and app deployments.
• Lead end-to-end cloud migrations including network design, compute provisioning, database migration, and production cutover.
• Modernize legacy apps for cloud deployment (containerization, CI/CD enablement).
• Develop custom applications and internal platform services.
• Migrate databases (Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL) with data transfer and HA configurations.
• Implement compliance controls (CJIS, HIPAA) as infrastructure-as-code.
• Mentor junior engineers on cloud architecture and modern dev practices.

Skills

Cloud architecture

IaC

Automation

Multi-cloud

Education

Associate degree or equivalent in CS/Engineering or related field

Tools

Terraform/OpenTofu

GitHub Actions

CI/CD

Oracle

SQL Server

PostgreSQL

Job description

Platform Engineer– Department of Technology – (1043)

Application Deadline:Thisrecruitment is considered open untilfilled, butwill close no sooner thanTuesday, March 17, 2026(11:59 PM).

Salary Range : $156,000 -$196,300 Annually

Appointment Type:Permanent Exempt: This position is excluded by the Charter from the competitive civil service examination process and shall serve at the discretion of the appointment officer. Theanticipatedduration of this project position is up to thirty-six (36) months

Work Location: Incumbent will conductthe majority ofwork at the Department of Technology,(1 S Van Ness, Ave San Francisco, CA 94103).However, there may be situations where the incumbent willbe requiredto work at other sites throughout the Cityand CountyofSan Franciscoas necessary.

Nature of Work:This is a full-time position. The department supports a hybrid work schedule in compliance with City & County of San Francisco policies on remote work.

Are you ready to make an impact in one of the most innovative cities? TheSan Francisco Department of Technology (DT) is looking for passionate IT professionals to help shape the future of technology in San Francisco! As the centralized technology services provider for the City and County of San Francisco (CCSF), DT delivers critical infrastructure and services to over 33,000 employees—supporting public safety, municipal broadband, cybersecurity, cloud solutions, and more! With a $140M+ annual budget and a team of 300+ experts, DT is leading the charge in digital transformation.DT provides services throughour core areas of IT Excellence:

IT Project Management Office

Cloud Center of Excellence

IT Operations and Support including the Service Desk and NOC

City Infrastructure including the Network, Telcom and Data Centers

Office of Cybersecurity including Cyber Defense, Identity Management and Disaster Recovery

Public Safety Systems and Municipal Broadband Fiber

SFGovTVBroadcasting Services

IT Finance and Administration Services

Emerging Technologies

Why Join Us?Innovative &impactfulworkat DT, youwon’tjust work on IT—you’llpower a city.Yourexpertisewill directlyimpactthe residents of San Francisco, from closing the digital divide to ensuring secure, efficient city operations.

Benefits of Working for CCSF: In addition to challenging and rewarding work, the City provides a generous suite of benefits to its employees.

Competitive pay, benefits, and retirement options

Career growth opportunities through training, internal mobility, and subsidized education

Diverse work environment in a diverse city

Join the team that’s shaping the future of technology in San Francisco.

The Department of Technology is seeking a Senior IS Engineer to join the Platform Engineering team as a lead cloud migration and modernization engineer. This position provides senior technical leadership for Cloud 2030, the City’s five-year program to migrate approximately 1,700 workloads from on-premises data centers to commercial cloud platforms.

The position requires hands-on engineering: writing Terraform daily, building CI/CD pipelines, executing database migrations, modernizing legacy codebases, developing custom applications, and leading complex multi-cloud deployments from architecture through production cutover. The ideal candidate writes infrastructure-as-code fluently, has led cloud migrations of meaningful complexity, and is comfortable working across multiple cloud providers.

The Platform Engineering team is undergoing a transformation from traditional systems administration to a modern engineering organization. We use GitHub for version control and CI/CD, Terraform for infrastructure-as-code, and AI coding tools (Claude Code, AWS Kiro) as part of our development workflow. We are accelerating adoption of containerization and cloud-native patterns across the team. You will help develop and further this technical and cultural change. We build and operate cloud environments that host criminal justice systems, financial systems, and public-facing applications for a city of 880,000 residents.

Essential duties include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Design and implement multi-cloud infrastructure using Terraform/OpenTofu
• Build and maintain GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deployments
• Lead end-to-end cloud migrations including network architecture, compute provisioning, database migration, and production cutover
• Modernize legacy applications for cloud deployment (containerization, framework upgrades, CI/CD enablement)
• Develop custom applications, automation tools, and internal platform services
• Perform database migrations across Oracle, SQL Server, and PostgreSQL, including data transfer, performance validation, and high-availability configuration
• Implement compliance controls (CJIS, HIPAA) as infrastructure-as-code
• Conduct code reviews and establish engineering standards for the team
• Mentor junior engineers on cloud architecture and modern development practices

How to qualify

These minimum qualifications establish the education, training, experience, special skills and/or license(s) which are required for employment in the classification. Please note, additional qualifications (i.e., special conditions) may apply to a particular position and will be stated on the exam/job announcement.

Education: An associate degree in computer science, computer engineering, information systems, or a closely related field from an accredited college or university OR its equivalent in terms of total course credits/units [i.e., at least sixty (60) semester or ninety (90) quarter credits/units with a minimum of twenty (20) semester or thirty (30) quarter credits/units in one of the fields above or a closely-related field].

Experience: Three (3) years of experience analyzing, installing, configuring, enhancing, and/or maintaining the components of an enterprise network.

Substitution: Additional experience as described above may be substituted for the required degree on a year-for-year basis (up to a maximum of two (2) years). One (1) year is equivalent to thirty (30) semester units/ forty-five (45) quarter units with a minimum of 10 semester / 15 quarter units in one of the fields above or a closely related field.

Completion of the 1010 Information Systems Trainee Program may be substituted for the required degree.

Note: Applicants must meet the minimum qualification requirement by the final filing date unless otherwise noted.

One-year full-time employment is considered equivalent to 2000 hours (2000 hours of qualifying work experience is based on a 40hour work week). Any overtime hours that you work above forty (40) hours per week are not included in the calculation todeterminefull-time employment.

The selection process will include evaluation of applications in relation tominimumrequirements and assessment of candidates’ job-related knowledge,skillsand abilities. Depending on the number of applicants, the Department mayestablishand implementadditionalscreening mechanisms to evaluate candidate qualifications. This typically includes an oral interview and/or a written or performance exercise.

If this becomes necessary, only those applicants whose qualifications most closely meet the Department needs will be invited to continue in the selection process. Applicants meeting theminimumrequirements are not guaranteed advancement in the selection process.

Desirable Qualifications

• At least 2 years of production experience with Terraform or OpenTofu, including authoring configurations from scratch and designing reusable modules, managing state across environments, and implementing policy‑as‑code.
• Experience provisioning and managing production infrastructure programmatically (IaC, automation), with at least 2 years of hands‑on engineering experience on a major cloud provider; multi‑cloud experience strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience building automated deployment pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, GitLab CI) and working with GitOps workflows, automated testing, and plan/apply gating.
• Experience migrating production databases (Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL) to cloud platforms, including use of migration tooling, schema conversion, and high‑availability configurations.
• Regular use of AI‑assisted coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, AWS Kiro, Cursor), with the ability to explain how these tools enhance delivery speed and code quality.
• Experience modernizing legacy applications (framework upgrades, containerization, API development).