Platform Engineer

ITCO Solutions, Inc.; Canton (MA); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

ITCO Solutions, Inc. is seeking an experienced Cloud Engineer to lead deployments and optimize cloud infrastructure in a hybrid Canton, MA environment. The role focuses on designing scalable cloud solutions, guiding teams, and ensuring security compliance.

You will architect and implement CI/CD pipelines, automate provisioning with IaC, and collaborate across engineering to deliver reliable, scalable cloud platforms. The position is contract-based for 3–6 months with potential direct hire.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years in Cloud Engineering or DevOps with AWS/Azure/Google Cloud exposure.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineering teams to identify and implement cloud-based solutions.
• Define and document best practices for deployment and infrastructure maintenance.
• Design and implement cloud infrastructure meeting business and security requirements.
• Ensure performance, uptime, scale, and code quality across platforms.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership in cloud deployments.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines for cloud-native apps with security in mind.
• Build and deploy large-scale data processing and analytics workloads.
• Lead remediation of incidents and implement preventive measures.

Skills

Leadership

Collaboration

Communication

Change management

Analytical ability

Well-Architected Framework

Cloud theories

Linux/Windows admin

Terraform

ARM

Ansible

CloudFormation

Jenkins

Bamboo

Azure DevOps

GitHub

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

Microservices

CloudBees/Jenkins

GitLab

GitHub Actions

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or related field

Tools

Terraform

ARM

Ansible

CloudFormation

Jenkins

Bamboo

Azure DevOps

GitHub

Git

GitLab

Docker

Kubernetes

CloudBees/Jenkins

CD/RO

Job description

Location: Canton, MA - hybrid, onsite 1-2 days per week

USC or GC only

Duration: 3-6 months contract

IMPORTANT: There is potential direct hire by client after the initial 3-6 months contract.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with engineering teams to identify and implement optimal cloud based solutions.
• Define and document best practices and strategies regarding application deployment and infrastructure maintenance.
• Design and implement cloud infrastructure solutions that meet business requirements and align with IT strategy.
• Ensure application performance, uptime, and scale while maintaining high standards for code quality and thoughtful design.
• Guide and coach more junior engineers as they grow their skills and gain experience within the Cloud Engineering space.
• Provide technical leadership in the deployment and operational management of cloud solutions.
• Design and maintain cloud provisioning templates required for building and managing cloud platforms while adhering to client security, compliance, and performance standards and policies.
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines for building and managing cloud native applications while adhering to client security, compliance, and performance standards and policies.
• Design, build, and deploy cloud applications, including large scale data processing, computationally intensive statistical modeling, and advanced analytics.
• Participate in all aspects of the SDLC for cloud solutions, including planning, requirements, development, testing, and quality assurance.
• Troubleshoot incidents, identify root causes, fix and document problems, and implement preventive measures.
• Maintain and optimize infrastructure through regular updates and security patches, ensuring compliance with security best practices and long term sustainability.
• Educate teams on the implementation of new cloud based initiatives, providing associated training when necessary.
• Demonstrate exceptional problem solving skills, with an ability to see and solve issues before they affect business productivity.
• Develop and maintain supporting documentation for all automated processes.
• Integrate security measures into the platform architecture to protect sensitive data and ensure compliance with relevant security and industry regulations.
• Work closely with Production and Non Production environment owners to develop and maintain a role based workflow that supports segregated duties.
• Coordinate and lead training and information sharing meetings with the rest of the Cloud Engineering team.
• Oversee and support production deployments during major release activities for components owned by the Cloud Engineering team.
• Serve as a subject matter expert in committees pertaining to Cloud Governance and Architecture

Education

. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.

Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in a Cloud Engineering or DevOps role with knowledge of AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud platforms.
• Demonstrated experience leading large projects or small teams.

Skill Requirements

• Strong leadership, including the ability to influence others, work independently, and exercise appropriate judgment in decision making.
• Proven ability to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams of business analysts, developers, data scientists, and subject matter experts.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with management, peers, and other departments within IT.
• Respect for change management, environmental integrity, and process workflow within a relatively new and rapidly maturing organization.
• Strong analytical and technical ability, including general issue troubleshooting.
• Understanding of and experience with the five pillars of a well architected framework.
• Ability to quickly learn client specific processes, topology, and tools, often with limited documentation.
• Technical experience with OS level administration (Linux, Windows), IaC provisioning tools (Terraform, ARM, Ansible, CloudFormation), SDLC principles, and build orchestration tools such as Jenkins or Bamboo.
• Preferred experience with deployment tools such as CD/RO, Ansible, or Azure DevOps, and source control management tools such as GitHub, SVN, or BitBucket.
• Experience with container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes, and microservices architecture.
• Familiarity with DevOps principles and CI/CD tools such as CloudBees/Jenkins, GitLab, or GitHub Actions.