Platform Engineer

STAND 8; Englewood (CO); On-site; USD 103,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental/Vision

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off

Employee Assistance Program

Discount programs

Job summary

Stand8 is seeking two Platform Engineers for a contract-to-hire role in Englewood, CO to design, build, and operate an internal developer platform. You will automate infrastructure, ship code, and empower teams with self-service workflows while focusing on automation, security, observability, reliability, and cost management.

This onsite role reports to the Head of Platform Engineering & AI. The ideal candidate will own IaC, CI/CD pipelines, security-first design, and FinOps practices while

Qualifications

• Proficient in Python for automation and API interactions.
• Hands-on cloud (AWS or Azure) and containerized infra experience.
• Strong CI/CD design with modern identity-based deployments.
• IaC experience with Terraform or similar tools.
• Security, secrets management, and RBAC embedded in platforms.
• Cost awareness and FinOps mindset for cloud spend.
• Ability to expose performance metrics via APIs or dashboards.
• Experience partnering with developers to ship platform features.

Responsibilities

• Build the internal developer platform (IDP) with self-service workflows.
• Automate provisioning and configuration with Terraform or equivalent.
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows.
• Establish observability with monitoring, logging, tracing, and alerts.
• Create metrics endpoints and dashboards for cost and reliability insights.
• Integrate security controls, secrets management, and RBAC into the platform.
• Monitor and optimize cloud spend and efficiency.
• Support containerized workloads on platform-infrastructure.

Skills

Python automation

APIs

CI/CD pipelines

GitOps practices

Security mindset

FinOps / cost management

Observability & dashboards

Developers collaboration

Tools

Terraform

AWS

Azure

Kubernetes

Self-service platforms

Job description

Stand8 provides end to end IT solutions to enterprise partners across the United States and with offices in Los Angeles, New York, New Jersey, Atlanta, and more including internationally in Mexico and India.

Stand8 is seeking two Platform Engineers for a contract-to-hire opportunity supporting the design, development, and operation of an internal developer platform. This role will help engineering teams provision infrastructure, ship code, and access data through self-service workflows while reducing friction and repetitive work. The ideal candidate treats the platform as a product, with strong attention to automation, security, observability, reliability, and cost management. This position reports to the Head of Platform Engineering & AI.

Location & Work Type

Location: Englewood, CO

Work Type: Onsite

Key Responsibilities

• Build the internal developer platform (IDP): create and maintain self-service workflows, often called Golden Paths, that let developers provision infrastructure and ship code on their own

• Manage infrastructure as code: automate provisioning and configuration with Terraform or similar tools, so environments stay consistent and repeatable

• Run CI/CD pipelines: design and maintain the build, test, and deployment pipelines that let engineering ship reliably and often, applying GitOps-style practices where it fits

• Build in observability: set up monitoring, logging, tracing, and alerting so teams can see what is happening in their own services

• Report on platform performance: build metrics endpoints and dashboards that make cost, reliability, and delivery performance visible to the rest of the organization on a regular cadence

• Bake in security and access control: integrate secrets management, least-privilege access, and role-based access control (RBAC) directly into the platform

• Manage cost: track platform spend and help the team make informed tradeoffs on cloud costs

• Support containerized workloads: build and maintain the container-based infrastructure most services deploy onto

Qualifications

Required:

• Programming and automation: strong Python skills, with real experience automating workflows and working against APIs

• Cloud and containers: hands-on experience with a major cloud provider (AWS or Azure) and building on containerized infrastructure

• CI/CD and delivery practices: solid experience designing and running pipelines, with modern, identity-based authentication for deployments

• Infrastructure as code: experience automating provisioning and configuration with Terraform or similar tools

• Security mindset: treats security, secrets management, and access control as a core part of the build

• Cost awareness: comfortable tracking cloud spend and applying FinOps or similar cost-management practices to help the team make informed tradeoffs

• Reporting and transparency: experience exposing performance or usage metrics through APIs or dashboards that people outside the immediate team can see and use

• Working with developers: comfortable treating the platform’s users as customers: gathering feedback, explaining tradeoffs, and adjusting course based on what actually helps them ship

Preferred (Optional):

• Experience building or maintaining self-hosted CI/CD infrastructure across cloud and on-premises environments

• Experience with observability or log management platforms

• Familiarity with hybrid on-premises and cloud environments

• Exposure to cloud cost management or FinOps practices

• Certifications are a plus but not weighted heavily. Hands-on experience matters more.

Benefits

• Medical coverage and Health Savings Account (HSA) through Anthem

• Dental/Vision/Various Ancillary coverages through Unum

• 401(k) retirement savings plan

• Paid-time-off options

• Company-paid Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Discount programs through ADP WorkforceNow

Additional Details

The base range for this contract position is $75 – $85 / per hour, depending on experience. Our pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hires of this position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered.

About Us

Stand8 provides end-to-end IT solutions to enterprise partners across the United States and globally with offices in Los Angeles, Atlanta, New York, Mexico, Japan, India, and more. Stand8 focuses on the “bleeding edge” of technology and leverages automation, process, marketing, and over fifteen years of success and growth to provide a world-class experience for our customers, partners, and employees.

Our mission is to impact the world positively by creating success through PEOPLE, PROCESS, and TECHNOLOGY.

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