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Platform Engineering Lead

Lake Forest, Illinois, United States

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Job Details – Platform Engineering Lead

Compensation: $150,000 - $165,000

Bonus: Discretionary

Role Type: Lead

Location: Lake Forest, IL

Work Environment: Hybrid (Onsite approx. once every 2 weeks)

Travel: Minimal

Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, 401(k) with Match, PTO, Warrants

Job Overview – Platform Engineering Lead

Innovative clean energy software company seeking a Platform Engineering Lead to own and scale the cloud infrastructure behind a battery energy management platform. This leader will drive platform strategy, DevOps, SRE, security, AI-enabled engineering operations, and eventually build and lead a platform engineering team.

Job Responsibilities – Platform Engineering Lead

  • Own and evolve cloud infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
  • Lead platform architecture, reliability, observability, security, and infrastructure automation
  • Drive CI/CD maturity, release automation, deployment standards, and engineering enablement
  • Strengthen edge-to-cloud communications supporting connected energy assets
  • Establish IAM, access controls, secrets management, and operational security best practices
  • Implement and govern AI-powered engineering agents supporting deployments, reviews, incident management, documentation, and troubleshooting
  • Build platform standards and eventually lead a growing Platform Engineering function

Required Background – Platform Engineering Lead

  • 8+ years in Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, Infrastructure Engineering, or Cloud Architecture, with experience supporting large-scale production environments.
  • Strong expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including cloud-native infrastructure, Kubernetes/GKE, Cloud Run, Cloud SQL, IAM, networking, and platform operations.
  • Hands-on experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code, along with ownership of CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and release management.
  • Deep understanding of distributed systems, reliability engineering, observability, monitoring, and incident response in mission-critical production environments.
  • Strong background in cloud security, including IAM, access controls, secrets management, and operational risk management.
  • Proven technical leadership experience with strong Python/scripting skills and exposure to AI-powered engineering tools, AI agents, or AIOps initiatives

Preferred Background – Platform Engineering Lead

  • Energy, IoT, Industrial Automation, SCADA, or Operational Technology environments
  • Protocols such as DNP3, Modbus, or ICCP
  • Experience with Agentic AI, AI Ops, AI governance, or AI-enabled operations
  • GCP certifications
  • Experience building or leading platform engineering teams

Build a rewarding long-term career with us at CFS—when we knock, doors open.

Timing is everything. Whether you are aggressively in a job search or simply passive and looking for the ideal position, we would like to have the chance to share our opportunities with you. We specialize in placement of IT professionals. Please contact me for more information about this role as well as other opportunities.

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