Senior Cloud Platform Engineer

Nextech Systems

Senior Platform Engineer improving developer enablement through cloud automation and engineering best practices for a healthcare tech leader. Delivering secure and reliable products used by customers.

Posted 6/3/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleAzureChefCloudLinux.NETPuppetPythonTCP/IPTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

The Senior Platform Engineer drives developer enablement through infrastructure automation, cloud platform optimization, standardized engineering workflows, strong security practices, and mentorship of junior engineers; as a result, improving the reliability, security, and scalability of Nextech products used by our customers.
Design, implement, and operate scalable, secure CI/CD workflows and deployment strategies that enable teams to deliver Nextech products to customers with greater speed, reliability, and confidence.
Lead the creation and maintenance of a robust Infrastructure as Code ecosystem that promotes consistency, reusability, ease of use, cost efficiency, and high engineering quality across the platform.
Embed security and compliance controls across cloud platforms, pipelines, networking, and infrastructure, partnering with engineering and security teams to ensure the secure delivery of customer‑facing products.
Lead the design and adoption of monitoring, logging, and alerting capabilities to support proactive performance tuning, improve system visibility, and enhance reliability for customers.
Own platform stability through on call procedures and incident response, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), and continuous operational improvement to minimize customer impact and service disruption.
Design and support highly available, multi‑region architectures with strong resiliency, recoverability, and disaster recovery (DR) patterns to ensure uninterrupted customer access to Nextech products.
Develop automation for provisioning, configuration, patching, and performance optimization to improve efficiency, consistency, and operational excellence across environments.
Provide technical leadership by mentoring junior engineers, modeling engineering best practices, and owning delivery quality across shared platform services.
Communicate technical decisions clearly to engineering teams and leadership, align platform initiatives with business priorities, and anticipate customer needs to deliver long‑term value.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years hands-on cloud technologies (IaaS/SaaS/PaaS)
3+ years Azure cloud experience
3+ years working with CI/CD tools (preferably Azure DevOps or Github Actions)
2+ years cloud networking (WAF, routing, vWAN, etc.)
Scripting (PowerShell, Python, .NET)
Terraform for IaC
Configuration management (Ansible/Puppet/Chef)
Strong Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) understanding
TCP/IP and OSI fluency
Certificate management
Experience with infrastructure, network, and application security best practices
Experience with APM (Dynatrace, Datadog, New Relic)
Proven experience in both Windows and Linux environments
Agile experience

Benefits

Comp & perks

Generous annual bonus opportunity
401(k) with Employer Match
Flexible Time Off: take time off when you need it without worrying about available hours
11 paid holidays
Your Day Your Way - Celebrate a day of cultural or social significance to you
Insurance: Choice of Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
Health Savings Account with employer match
Flexible Spending Account
100% Company-Paid Parental leave (After 6 months with the company)
100% Company-Paid Life Insurance and Short/Long Term Disability Insurance
Nextech Luminary Peer Recognition Program
Wellness Program including discounts on medical premiums
Employee Assistance Program with free counseling sessions available
Corporate Discounts on Retail, Travel, and Entertainment

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Hard Skills & Tools

cloud technologiesAzure cloudCI/CD toolscloud networkingscriptingTerraformconfiguration managementTCP/IPcertificate managementapplication security

Soft Skills

mentorshipcommunicationtechnical leadershipincident responseproactive performance tuningoperational improvementmodeling engineering best practicesaligning initiatives with business prioritiesanticipating customer needsdelivery quality