AI-Driven Cloud Platform Engineer (Security & Self-Service)

The Brixton Group; Fort Collins (CO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

The Brixton Group in Fort Collins, CO is seeking a hands-on Senior AI Platform Engineer with deep expertise in cloud security, IAM, and infrastructure. This is not a traditional IT administrator or DevOps role.

You will operate as a Platform/Cloud Engineer, building reusable capabilities, guardrails, automation, and self-service tooling that allow application teams to securely own their environments end-to-end.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in platform, cloud, security, or infra engineering.
• 5+ years hands-on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• 3+ years cloud security, IAM, or security automation.
• 3+ years IaC using Terraform or CloudFormation.
• 1+ year using AI/LLMs or AI-driven automation in professional engineering workflows.
• Experience building reusable platform tooling or self-service infra.

Responsibilities

• Design and build secure, scalable cloud/platform infrastructure with identity, access, provisioning, and security controls.
• Build reusable security and IT capabilities that enable self-service rather than gatekeeping.
• Automate access, infrastructure, security, and operational workflows using AI and agentic solutions.
• Establish guardrails around IAM, least privilege, security, auditability, and infrastructure access.
• Partner across Cloud, Networking, Database, Engineering, and IT to build a highly automated platform.

Skills

Platform Engineering

Cloud Security

IAM

Automation

AI/LLMs in engineering

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

AWS / Azure / GCP

AI agent tooling

Job description

The Brixton Group in Fort Collins, CO is seeking a hands-on Senior AI Platform Engineer with deep expertise in cloud security, IAM, and infrastructure. This is not a traditional IT administrator or DevOps role.

You will operate as a Platform/Cloud Engineer, building reusable capabilities, guardrails, automation, and self-service tooling that allow application teams to securely own their environments end-to-end.