Platform Engineer Jobs in Colorado
Platform Engineer jobs in Colorado are among the most active in the Mountain West, with strong demand concentrated in cloud infrastructure, site reliability, and developer tooling across the state's aerospace, defense, and technology sectors. The largest hiring markets are Denver, Boulder, and Colorado Springs, where employers such as Lockheed Martin, Palantir Technologies, and Ping Identity maintain long-term engineering operations. The most sought-after specialties are Kubernetes and container orchestration, CI/CD pipeline development, and infrastructure-as-code with Terraform or Pulumi. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.
Position Summary
CVS Health is seeking a Senior Varicent Integration & Platform Engineer with expertise in technical architecture and integration to join the Human Resources Technology team. This experienced and motivated professional will support Compensation business operations by delivering optimal, scalable technology solutions. As an integral member of the team responsible for the Varicent Sales Performance Management (SPM) platform, its integrations, and its technical architecture, this role will address the needs of Total Rewards and Human Resources business partners and stakeholders.
The ideal candidate will combine deep technical and platform expertise with a demonstrated ability to collaborate with technical and non-technical partners. The role will provide essential support to the Compensation organization for sales incentive technology needs and will collaborate with HR Technology, Centers of Excellence (COEs), and HR Shared Services across all business segments. This individual will establish cross-functional relationships throughout HR Technology and Human Resources to ensure that solutions and initiatives are effectively designed and implemented, with colleague satisfaction as a key goal.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with business and technical partners to support the Varicent technical architecture and integration roadmap, including the established list of global priorities.
- Create and maintain technical documentation, architecture diagrams, integration specifications, and operational support procedures for the Varicent platform.
- Understand the needs of the business and evaluate platform capabilities through research and testing.
- Maintain a clear and up-to-date list of key deliverables and timelines, develop plans to achieve those targets, and proactively communicate progress to a variety of stakeholders.
- Ensure that the delivered product meets or exceeds the business' needs and business objectives.
- Support enhancements, project requests, and defect resolution by providing optimal, scalable technical solutions.
- Work with Architecture and Integration teams to design and implement end-to-end integration solutions between Varicent and enterprise systems such as Workday, Salesforce, and Google Cloud Platform.
- Configure, customize, and develop Varicent applications, including calculations, workflows, incentives, rules, and compensation plan components, and creates the necessary documentation at each stage.
- Collaborate with key cross-functional partners to maintain transparency, consistency in delivery, and set expectations.
- Actively participate in Varicent's vendor release process by engaging with the release team on cross-functional initiatives, liaising with business leads regarding critical impacts and upcoming enhancement opportunities, supporting regression testing, and guiding regression testing teams.
- Maintain awareness of new and planned Varicent functionality, actively engaging with the vendor to prepare and communicate changes that could impact business.
- Lead the translation of business requirements into technical solutions and create appropriate timelines.
- Conduct fit-gap analysis and functional design; configures the application; supports user acceptance testing; and maintains the software solution.
- Maintain up-to-date documentation in tracking tools, including architecture diagrams and integration specifications.
- Perform and support user acceptance testing and creates the necessary documentation, including test plans, scenarios, cases, and results.
- Ensure adherence to industry’s best practices, actively engage with the Varicent vendor community regarding future releases, and encourage product innovation and alternative approaches to business challenges.
- Integrate relevant data and information, applies the findings to strengthen the Varicent platform strategy, and shares key insights and actions based on data and metrics.
- Design, build, and maintain complex Varicent reports, dashboards, analytics, and audit capabilities to support operational and business reporting requirements.
- Monitor platform health, troubleshoot issues, and drive root cause analysis and resolution for production incidents.
- Establish and maintain platform governance, including security administration, access controls and compliance monitoring.
- Mentor team members and promote engineering excellence through code reviews and technical standards.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years Varicent SPM platform experience, including calculations, workflows and configuration.
- 5+ years of experience configuring and building integrations between Varicent and enterprise systems.
- 5+ years of experience configuring and debugging Business Processes and building solutions in Varicent.
- 5+ years of experience with calculations, complex reports, and various configurations in Varicent.
- 4+ years of experience with Varicent integration architecture and design patterns.
- 4+ years of experience working in the HR technology landscape, including cloud computing and mobile technologies.
- 4+ years of experience designing, building, and maintaining complex Varicent reports, dashboards, analytics, and audit capabilities to support operational and business reporting requirements.
- 4+ years of experience demonstrating strong organizational, analytical, time management, and problem-solving skills.
- 4+years of experience developing and sustaining relationships with business partners and stakeholders.
- 3+ years of experience providing timely resolution for defects and collaboration with SaaS vendors to achieve this.
- 3+ years of experience working with business partners to optimize their business processes.
- 3+ years of experience working effectively in a team environment while managing multiple tasks.
- 3+ years of experience demonstrating excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- A strong work ethic, self-starter, and able to be highly productive in a dynamic, collaborative environment.
- Experience supporting HR and Compensation systems for large organizations having non-exempt employees.
- Project Management experience.
- Experience with change management and communications.
Education
- Bachelor's Degree Required
Anticipated Weekly Hours
40Time Type
Full timePay Range
The typical pay range for this role is:
$83,430.00 - $222,480.00This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above.
Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.
Great benefits for great people
We take pride in offering a comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits that reflects our commitment to our colleagues and their families.
This full‑time position is eligible for a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the physical, emotional, and financial well‑being of colleagues and their families. The benefits for this position include medical, dental, and vision coverage, paid time off, retirement savings options, wellness programs, and other resources, based on eligibility.
Additional details about available benefits are provided during the application process and on Benefits Moments.
We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 10/15/2026
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.
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What Colorado Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in platform engineer jobs across Colorado.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related technical field
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and container orchestration at scale
- Proficiency building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins or GitHub Actions
- Infrastructure-as-code experience with Terraform, Pulumi, or Ansible in cloud environments
- Demonstrated work with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform production deployments
- Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, or Go for automation and platform tooling
Platform Engineer Jobs in Colorado: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a platform engineer in Colorado?
Platform engineering has no state-issued license in Colorado, so the path runs through education and demonstrated technical skill. Most employers expect a bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related discipline, though candidates who pair an associate degree with strong project portfolios and cloud certifications from AWS, Google, or Microsoft are competitive. Colorado's dense tech and aerospace hiring community also values certifications such as the Certified Kubernetes Administrator as a concrete differentiator.
Which companies hire platform engineers in Colorado?
Companies currently hiring platform engineers in Colorado include True Anomaly, CVS Health, and Flexential, per current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Colorado's mix of aerospace contractors, enterprise software firms, and growing cloud-native startups in the Denver-Boulder corridor means openings appear across a wide range of industries and team sizes.
Which Colorado cities have the most platform engineer jobs?
Denver, Boulder, and Broomfield hold the greatest concentration of platform engineer openings in Colorado. Denver anchors demand through its large base of enterprise technology companies and financial services firms, Boulder draws cloud-native and developer-tooling startups, and Colorado Springs supports platform roles tied to defense contractors and the military installations concentrated along the Front Range.
Are there remote platform engineer jobs in Colorado?
Yes, and more than most fields. Platform engineering is inherently infrastructure-focused work that runs entirely through code, terminals, and cloud consoles, making it one of the more remote-compatible disciplines in software. About 91% of platform engineer openings tied to Colorado are remote or hybrid as of September 2026, reflecting how widely distributed these teams tend to be. CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code work is especially well-suited to fully remote arrangements.
How can I get hired as a platform engineer in Colorado with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is a site reliability engineering associate or junior DevOps role at one of Colorado's mid-size technology companies or aerospace contractors, where on-the-job mentorship is common. Employers such as Lockheed Martin's Denver campus and Boulder-based SaaS companies regularly hire from adjacent roles like systems administrator, QA engineer, or backend developer. Building a public GitHub portfolio with Terraform modules, a working Kubernetes cluster, and a documented CI/CD pipeline strengthens applications meaningfully, and earning the Certified Kubernetes Administrator credential before applying gives candidates a concrete edge.
Where can I find and apply to platform engineer jobs in Colorado?
You can find and apply to platform engineer jobs in Colorado on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings across the state. Search the listings for roles that match your experience level and preferred location, then apply directly to the ones that fit.
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