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# Lead/Staff Platform Engineer

- **Company:** NTT DATA, Inc.
- **Location:** Worcester, MA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $111,172.0 - $131,700.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Command Language, Continuous Integration, Linux, DevOps, Domain Name System (DNS), Event-Driven Programming, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Python (Programming Language), Windows PowerShell, Software Engineering, TypeScript, Data Logging, Scripting, Enterprise Software Applications, Load Balancing, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Backend, Serverless Computing, Jenkins, Golang, Programming Languages, Microservices
- **Published:** October 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/lead-staff-platform-engineer-worcester-ma--5e868049-2eac-445b-a9b3-4f71a1f0fc9b

## About the Role

Strategic Planning, Enterprise Applications, Software Development, Testing, Leadership, Automation, Application Programming Interface (API), Interface Programming Languages, Self Programming Language, Functional Testing, *

 * 1+ years coding in either Python, Typescript, or Golang
 * 1+ years scripting experience in bash or powershell
 * 5+ years of networking experience (security, DNS, VPN, Cloud, load balancing)
 * 5+ years of systems administration experience with at least one operating system (Linux or Windows)
 * 3+ years experience with one of the following public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)

Desired Experience & Skills:
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 * 4+ years of CI/CD experience
 * 4+ years of serverless or container-based architecture experience
 * 4+ years of Infrastructure as code (IAC) experience
 * Can autonomously contribute to cloud and application orchestration code and actively involved in peer reviews
 * Can deploy and manage the common tools we use (Jenkins, monitoring, logging, SCM, etc) from code
 * Advance networking (tcpdump, network flow security analysis, can collect and understand metric between microservices)
 * Experience with advance authentication technologies (federated auth, SSO)
 * Fluent in DevOps principles and patterns
 * Fluent in Agile practices

## Description

A Staff Platform Engineer is first and foremost a software developer who specializes in the domain of the processes and resources necessary to enable the development, build, test, deploy, and release of changes to enterprise applications delivered to market while ensuring this occurs as frequently as needed, with the least amount of error possible, and the maximum uptime. Our product, a dynamic virtual platform and its resources include an automated software factory, its logistics and utilities, a digital showroom, and consumer feedback loops. Our customers encompass the entire IT organization including ourselves., * Development of event driven functions, APIs, backend services, Command Language Interfaces, and Self-Service Developer Portals.

 * We eat our own dog food; all your work will be covered with unit, security, governance, and functional testing utilizing appropriate frameworks.
 * Armed with these accelerators you will be among the first on the ground to customize and deploy the delivery platform that will enable the application developers that follow us to rapidly create, demonstrate, and deliver value sprint over sprint for much of the Global Fortune 500.