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Brooksource

Lead Platform Engineer

Hybrid

Detroit, United states

$ 65 /hour

Senior

Freelance

03-12-2025

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Skills

Leadership GitHub Ansible Organization Azure Terraform

Job Specifications

Lead Platform Engineer

Hybrid: Detroit, MI (1 day/wk onsite)

Long-term Contract (W2)

$58.00 – 65.00/hour+ (D.O.E.)

A major utility provider in Michigan is seeking a Lead Platform Engineer to join the Cloud Platform team focusing on enabling the organization to take a self-service approach to cloud usage. Your role would be to mentor engineers, build new features for the enterprise cloud, and plan for the future of automation and cloud enablement across the company. If you are seeking a mentorship role where you will own cloud enablement roadmaps and develop innovative cloud features, keep reading and apply!

Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

Create and deploy new infrastructure and cloud features with the goal of enabling the organization to be more self-sufficient in cloud utilization.
Plan sprints, develop IaC, security-as-code, and policy-as-code utilizing modern cloud technology, as well as support deployments.
Lead, mentor, and develop skills in an enterprise cloud engineering team, helping to troubleshoot, teach, and guide other engineers.
Lead demos and presentations of new products and/or features to high-level leaders and stakeholders.
Collaborate with user groups to identify pressing needs then create plans and develop solutions accordingly.

Minimum requirements:

Innate leadership skills in mentoring engineering teams and communicating with high-level stakeholders.
7+ years of experience as a cloud engineer or similar infrastructure-intensive role in enterprise cloud environments.
Significant experience in enterprise Azure environments managing cloud instances, deployments, and infrastructure changes.
Strong expertise in utilizing Terraform to execute infrastructure, policy, and security changes.
Familiarity with the following is preferred: Ansible, GitHub, Opa.

What’s in it for you…?

Take on a role with high visibility with leadership and decision-makers in IT in a major enterprise.
Opportunity to build and guide the cloud strategy from an early stage, shaping and molding strategy and features, overall affecting the entire company.
Opportunity to mentor and guide less experienced engineers in this cloud journey.
Ability to enroll in comprehensive health benefits and weekly paychecks.

About the Company

Here at Brooksource, relationships are at the center of everything we do. Since 2000, we have established and maintained lasting relationships with our clients, consultants, and internal employees to create an unparalleled experience. Brooksource is a trusted provider of Engineering & Technology solutions for Fortune 500 organizations, specializing in Experience-Driven Staffing, Professional Services, and our innovative Workforce Transformation program, Elevate. Leveraging our partnerships with Salesforce, AWS, Microsoft, ... Know more