Staff Platform Engineer

# Staff Platform EngineerApply**Job#: 3054182****Job Description:**Staff Platform Engineer**Location:** Plano, Texas (Hybrid)Role OverviewThe Staff Platform Engineer drives the strategy, architecture, and evolution of enterprise platform engineering capabilities that enable scalable, secure, and efficient software delivery. This role leads the design of platform products, intelligent automation solutions, self-service capabilities, shared services, and cloud-native engineering ecosystems that improve developer productivity and operational excellence. This role specializes in SDLC automation and intelligent engineering, defining the strategic direction for reusable platform products, shared services, frameworks, and self-service capabilities.Key Responsibilities* Define the strategic direction and roadmap for platform engineering capabilities, leading the architecture and design of enterprise platforms, products, and shared services.* Define enterprise automation strategies that accelerate the AI-Driven Development Lifecycle and lead the development of intelligent automation platforms.* Define the vision for AI-enabled engineering platforms and agent ecosystems, leading the adoption of LLMs, agent orchestration frameworks, and emerging AI technologies.* Define and drive the vision for developer experience across engineering platforms, leading the design of self-service ecosystems.* Define strategies for platform reliability, resilience, scalability, and performance, leading delivery enablement and observability capabilities.* Define platform-wide governance, security, compliance, and risk management strategies, establishing enterprise guardrails and secure-by-design principles.Required Qualifications**Education:** Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Software Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics or related field of study or equivalent, relevant work experience.**Experience:** 8-10 years of experience in platform engineering, software engineering, cloud engineering, DevOps, or automation engineering. Proven experience designing, implementing, and scaling enterprise platform capabilities and shared services is required. Demonstrated experience leading large-scale technical initiatives and influencing engineering strategy across multiple teams is also necessary.**Technical Skills:** One of the following certifications is required: AWS Cloud Practitioner, Microsoft Azure Fundamentals, or Google Cloud - Cloud Digital Leader. Strong expertise in cloud-native architectures, platform engineering, automation, DevOps, and modern software delivery practices is also required.Preferred Qualifications* Experience leading enterprise platform transformations, cloud modernization programs, developer experience initiatives, or AI-enabled engineering programs.* Experience defining technology strategy and influencing organization-wide engineering standards and roadmaps.* Relevant industry certifications in cloud platforms, DevOps, platform engineering, software development, automation, AI/ML, or data engineering.Skills* Enterprise Platform Engineering Strategy & Architecture* Platform Products, Shared Services & Engineering Ecosystems* Platform Governance, Standards & Reference Architectures* Developer Experience (DevEx) & Self-Service Platforms* Intelligent Automation & AIDLC Transformation* AI-Powered Engineering & Agentic Systems* Cloud-Native Architecture & Platform Modernization* DevOps, CI/CD & Engineering Productivity Platforms* Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) & Operational Excellence* Security, Governance, Compliance & Engineering Controls* LLM Workflows, Prompt Engineering & Context Engineering* Technical Strategy, Cross-Functional Leadership & Influence *Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.**Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click here for more details. By applying for this job, you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages, or emails from Everforth Apex and its affiliates, and contracted partners. Frequency varies for text messages. Message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You can reply STOP to cancel and HELP for help. You can access our privacy policy at Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.**Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.**If you require an accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act to participate in an interview with a virtual recruiter or to use our website for a search or application, please contact our Benefits Department at View email address on click.appcast.io or View phone number on click.appcast.io. Please note that this contact information is strictly to be used for medical ADA accommodations and that no other inquiries will be answered.**UnitedHealthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine-Readable Files on behalf of Everforth Apex Systems.***Employee Type:** Contract**Location:** Plano, TX, US**Job Type:** Engineering and Technicians**Date Posted:** September 30, 2026**Pay Range:** $65 - $75 per hour #J-18808-Ljbffr