Senior Platform Engineer — Remote, Cloud & Automation

drawbridgeco; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Drawbridge is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable infrastructure for our software development teams. You will manage Windows and Linux endpoints, remote Linux appliances, and cloud-native services in Microsoft Azure.

You will work closely with DevOps and development teams to implement IaC, automate repetitive tasks, and harden security across the stack, including CI/CD pipelines and release processes.

Qualifications

• At least three years in systems or platform engineering.
• Linux administration experience (Ubuntu) including services, permissions, and security hardening.
• Bash and Linux CLI proficiency.
• Experience with Azure DevOps or GitHub pipelines, repos, environments, and releases.
• Strong knowledge of Windows/Linux hybrid environments and Azure.
• Solid networking fundamentals (DNS, routing, firewall rules).
• Infrastructure-as-Code using PowerShell, Bicep, JSON, Terraform, or similar.
• Experience with Puppet/Ansible in production environments.
• SQL Server identity and access management (not DB maintenance).
• Experience supporting cloud-native microservices and container workloads.
• Excellent communication and teamwork with distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, administer, and maintain Windows and Linux endpoints and cloud services in Azure.
• Work with CI/CD pipelines, code security, and deployments via Azure DevOps or GitHub.
• Create automation to improve efficiency of repeatable admin tasks.
• Administer Azure and M365 cloud services.
• Manage a fleet of remote Linux appliances and Docker containers at client sites.
• Maintain and improve system security posture and monitor performance.
• Troubleshoot and support development environments and deployments; assist with releases.
• Participate in disaster recovery planning and testing.
• Provide escalation support for end-user tickets where needed.

Job description

Drawbridge is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable infrastructure for our software development teams. You will manage Windows and Linux endpoints, remote Linux appliances, and cloud-native services in Microsoft Azure.

You will work closely with DevOps and development teams to implement IaC, automate repetitive tasks, and harden security across the stack, including CI/CD pipelines and release processes.