Senior Platform Engineer, Azure & GitOps Automation

Fervo Energy; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Fervo Energy in Houston is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to build, automate, and operate the Azure-native cloud platform, translating architectural designs into repeatable, well-governed infrastructure. The role emphasizes infrastructure as code, GitHub-based delivery, self-service capabilities, and automated configuration of Linux and Windows systems.

Success requires hands-on engineering, coding ability, and working within version-controlled, peer-reviewed practices rather than manual

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 8 years in infrastructure support or engineering with demonstrated progression.
• 6+ years in cloud engineering, infrastructure automation, or platform engineering.
• Production experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform and/or Bicep), including reusable modules and state management.
• Hands-on experience with Git/GitHub and GitHub Actions for CI/CD or similar product.
• Demonstrated coding ability in Python and/or PowerShell, evidenced by repositories or work samples.
• Experience managing both Linux and Windows systems through automation (e.g., Ansible, Microsoft Intune and/or Group Policy).

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain infrastructure as code (Terraform and/or Bicep) and reusable modules to provision Azure resources consistently across environments and sites.
• Build CI/CD pipelines in GitHub Actions and enforce GitOps workflows where changes flow through version control, pull requests, and peer review.
• Build and iterate golden paths and self-service capabilities, with guardrails codified as policy to keep provisioning within security, cost, and tagging standards.
• Document platform capabilities so internal teams can consume them without one-to-one engineering support.
• Manage Linux and Windows configuration through automation—Ansible and SUSE Manager (or equivalent) for Linux; Microsoft Intune and/or Group Policy for Windows—rather than manual, host-by-host changes.
• Maintain baseline images and standards so new hosts, including field and edge compute, are provisioned in a known, compliant state.
• Operate Azure landing zones and platform services within an Entra ID / Zero Trust model, with observability across monitoring, logging, alerting, and cost.
• Ensure changes flow through auditable pipelines supporting SOX ITGC, and apply NERC CIP-aligned controls where platform components support in-scope systems.

Skills

Python

PowerShell

Git/GitHub

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD

Automation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

Ansible

SUSE Manager

Microsoft Intune

Group Policy

GitHub Actions

Job description

Fervo Energy in Houston is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to build, automate, and operate the Azure-native cloud platform, translating architectural designs into repeatable, well-governed infrastructure. The role emphasizes infrastructure as code, GitHub-based delivery, self-service capabilities, and automated configuration of Linux and Windows systems.

Success requires hands-on engineering, coding ability, and working within version-controlled, peer-reviewed practices rather than manual