Senior Platform Engineer
Focused · Denver, Colorado, United States · On-site
Pay: USD 130,000 – 180,000 a year
Posted Aug 18, 2026
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Who we are:
At Focused, we move quickly to deliver quality software that achieves client outcomes and meets their customer’s needs. We strategically partner with our clients to leverage our expertise in design and software, while our clients bring their own domain expertise. We work with a variety of clients from different industries, collaborating as we get new products to market, modernizing legacy systems, or helping teams learn the skills they need to be successful.
Our values:
Listen first • We are experts in product practices but life long learners in the domain of our customers. We research, collaborate, and understand.
Learn why • We ask questions and talk to users to understand problem spaces, objectives, and goals, which allows us to deeply invest and drive towards the outcomes of our clients.
Love your craft • We love diving into a variety of domains and solving problems. We take pride in delivering value, in communicating progress, and guiding our clients to success.
We are seeking an experienced Senior Platform Consultant to help organizations implement, optimize, and scale their infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities:
Platform Engineering & Infrastructure
Augment existing infrastructure with with integrated observability solutions
Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation, etc.
Architect and manage Kubernetes clusters with comprehensive monitoring and logging
Build CI/CD pipelines with embedded observability and automated testing
Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
Establish and maintain Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Objectives (SLOs), and Agreements (SLAs)
Implement error budgets, toil reduction strategies, and capacity planning
Support incident response procedures and post-mortem processes
Cloud & DevOps Engineering
Deploy and manage observability infrastructure across AWS, GCP, and Azure
Establish security, compliance, and governance frameworks for telemetry data
Experience automating Agent Evaluations in CI/CD pipelines and observability backends.
Required Qualifications:
Platform Engineering & DevOps
3+ years of Platform Engineering or DevOps experience
Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation, CDK)
Strong experience with CI/CD platforms (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, ArgoCD)
Cloud & Infrastructure
Hands-on experience with major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure) and their observability services
Experience with container technologies (Docker, Podman) and container registries
Knowledge of networking, security, load balancing, and distributed systems concepts
Site Reliability Engineering
Experience implementing SRE practices including error budgets and toil metrics
Proficiency in incident management, on-call procedures, and post-mortem culture
Experience with capacity planning, performance optimization, and scalability design
Programming & Automation
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