Sr. AI Platform Engineer (Security & IT)

Job Description

Job Description

Duration:  Permanent/Direct Hire
Compensation: $140k-195k Base + Bonus + Benefits
Location:  Fort Collins, CO (if on-site)
Remote State Eligibility: CA, DC, FL, GA, IL, IN, MN, MS, NC, NV, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, and WA

We are seeking a hands-on Senior AI Platform Engineer with deep expertise in cloud security, IAM, and, infrastructure.  This is not a traditional IT administration or DevOps role. You will operate as a Platform/Cloud Engineer, building reusable capabilities, guardrails, automation, and self-service tooling that allow application teams to securely own their environments end-to-end.

This is a greenfield opportunity to help rebuild and refactor an existing infrastructure environment for significant scale, with AI embedded into how engineering work gets done.

Requirements:

• 7+ years of Platform, Cloud, Security, or Infrastructure Engineering experience.
• 5+ years of hands-on AWS, Azure, or GCP experience.
• 3+ years of cloud security, IAM, identity/access, or security automation experience.
• 3+ years of infrastructure automation/IaC experience using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar.
• 1+ year using AI/LLMs, AI agents, or AI-driven automation in professional engineering workflows.
• Experience building reusable platform tooling, automation, or self-service infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

• Design and build secure, scalable cloud/platform infrastructure with a focus on identity, access, provisioning, and security controls .
• Build reusable security and IT capabilities that enable self-service rather than centralized gatekeeping.
• Automate access, infrastructure, security, and operational workflows using AI and agentic solutions .
• Establish guardrails around IAM, least privilege, security, auditability, and infrastructure access.
• Partner across Cloud, Networking, Database, Engineering, and IT to build a highly automated platform.

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience personally building AI agents or agentic workflows.
• Networking and database infrastructure knowledge.
• Experience in payments, fintech, or other regulated environments.

Ideal Profile:  You are strongest in Security/IT Infrastructure + Cloud , but can comfortably work across Network and Database domains. You believe Platform Engineering should enable teams rather than control them , and you actively use AI to make engineering dramatically faster and more autonomous.

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