Platform Engineer

Heitmeyer Consulting; Plano (TX); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Heitmeyer Consulting is seeking a Senior Associate Platform Engineer in Plano, TX, offering a hybrid work model with 1–2 days per week in the office. You will help develop enterprise platform services, automation, and AI-enabled development lifecycle tools.

The role emphasizes SDLC automation, cloud engineering, DevOps, and AI-driven development. You will implement CI/CD pipelines, IaC, observability, and self-service capabilities to improve engineering productivity and reliability.

Qualifications

• 2–5 years of hands-on software or platform engineering experience.
• Experience programming in one or more modern programming languages.
• Experience building automation solutions, engineering platforms, developer tools.
• Experience with cloud technologies, preferably AWS.
• At least one cloud certification: AWS Cloud Practitioner, Microsoft Azure Fundamentals, or Google Cloud Digital Leader.

Responsibilities

• Platform Engineering & Developer Experience: Build scalable platform services and reusable APIs/tools.
• Automation & AI-Enabled Engineering: Design automation across the SDLC and enable AI-powered workflows.
• AI Engineering & Agent Platforms: Develop AI agents and orchestration for engineering tasks.
• Cloud & DevOps: Develop cloud-native solutions in AWS and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Observability & Reliability: Implement monitoring, logging, and reliability improvements.
• Security & Governance: Integrate security controls and policy enforcement across pipelines.

Skills

Hands-on software/platform engineering

Programming in modern languages

DevOps practices

Problem solving

Collaborating with cross-functional/平台

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS or related

Tools

GitHub Copilot

AWS Kiro

Amazon Bedrock

RAG

MCP

Job description

Senior Associate Platform Engineer

Location: Plano, TX – Hybrid, 1–2 days per week in office

Required Certification

Candidates must hold at least one of the following certifications. A copy of the certification must be provided with the submission:

• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
• Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
• Google Cloud Digital Leader

Position Summary

The Senior Associate Platform Engineer supports the development, configuration, and maintenance of enterprise platform services, automation solutions, and cloud-based infrastructure. This role builds reusable tools, frameworks, platform capabilities, and self‑service solutions that improve engineering productivity, software delivery, reliability, and operational efficiency.

The role has a strong focus on SDLC automation, cloud engineering, DevOps, and AI-enabled development. The Senior Associate Platform Engineer works with engineering and platform teams to implement CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, observability, developer tools, and AI-powered solutions across the AI-Driven Development Lifecycle (AIDLC).

The ideal candidate is a hands‑on engineer who enjoys solving technical problems, automating manual processes, building reusable solutions, and applying emerging technologies to improve software engineering workflows.

Key Responsibilities

Platform Engineering & Developer Experience

• Build and maintain scalable platform services, shared services, and engineering capabilities.
• Develop reusable APIs, SDKs, frameworks, templates, and developer tools.
• Build self‑service capabilities that simplify development and reduce engineering dependencies.
• Improve developer onboarding, development, testing, deployment, and support workflows.
• Establish and follow platform engineering standards, patterns, and secure delivery practices.

Automation & AI-Enabled Engineering

• Design and implement automation solutions across the software development lifecycle.
• Automate development, testing, deployment, operations, governance, and security processes.
• Build reusable automation frameworks, workflows, and engineering tools.
• Leverage AI‑assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity and reduce manual effort.
• Support the implementation of AI agents and intelligent workflows across engineering processes.

AI Engineering & Agent Platforms

• Build AI‑powered engineering capabilities and developer experiences.
• Develop and integrate AI agents, workflow automation, and agent orchestration solutions.
• Work with LLMs, prompt engineering, context engineering, RAG, and MCP integrations.
• Integrate AI tools and platforms such as GitHub Copilot, AWS Kiro, and Amazon Bedrock.
• Evaluate emerging AI technologies and identify opportunities to improve engineering efficiency.

Cloud & DevOps

• Develop and support cloud‑native solutions, primarily within AWS environments.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment processes.
• Support Infrastructure as Code (IaC), cloud automation, and modern DevOps practices.
• Build reliable, scalable, and secure platform capabilities.
• Implement automated controls, deployment guardrails, and policy enforcement.

Observability & Reliability

• Implement monitoring, logging, observability, and operational intelligence capabilities.
• Troubleshoot platform and application issues and perform root‑cause analysis.
• Support reliability, resilience, scalability, and performance improvements.
• Leverage automation and AI‑assisted tools to identify and resolve operational issues.
• Use operational metrics and insights to continuously improve platform performance.

Security & Governance

• Incorporate security and governance controls into platform and engineering solutions.
• Support secure‑by‑design practices throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Implement automated compliance validation and policy enforcement.
• Partner with security and architecture teams to ensure alignment with enterprise standards.
• Help develop guardrails that balance engineering agility with security and compliance requirements.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
• 2–5 years of hands‑on software or platform engineering experience.
• Experience programming in one or more modern programming languages.
• Experience building automation solutions, engineering platforms, developer tools, reusable components, shared services, or self‑service capabilities.
• Experience with cloud technologies, preferably AWS.
• Understanding of DevOps, CI/CD, cloud-native development, and software delivery practices.
• Strong problem‑solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with engineering, product, architecture, and platform teams.
• At least one required cloud certification: AWS Cloud Practitioner, Microsoft Azure Fundamentals, or Google Cloud Digital Leader.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AI‑assisted software development, AI agents, or intelligent automation.
• Experience with GitHub Copilot, AWS Kiro, Amazon Bedrock, RAG, MCP, or LLM‑based applications.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and cloud automation.
• Experience with observability, monitoring, debugging, and reliability engineering.
• Additional certifications in cloud, DevOps, platform engineering, software development, AI/ML, or related technologies.