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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Your primary responsibility will be managing technical issues and service requests submitted by teams using IronSled. You will own issues from initial review through resolution, coordinate with senior engineers when deeper expertise is required, and ensure tenants receive clear and consistent communication throughout the process.
This is not a traditional help desk position. You will investigate issues across applications, Kubernetes environments, deployment pipelines, identity services, cloud infrastructure, and platform integrations. You will also have opportunities to automate recurring tasks, improve documentation, and contribute directly to the platform as your experience grows.
This position requires an active TS/SCI security clearance.
About the Team
At the same time, our users depend on IronSled to operate critical applications, making reliability, security, communication, and attention to detail essential.
LMI is a new breed of digital solutions provider dedicated to accelerating government impact through innovation and speed. By investing in technology and prototypes ahead of need, LMI delivers commercial-grade platforms and mission-ready artificial intelligence capabilities to federal agencies at commercial speed.
Headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, LMI supports the defense, space, healthcare, and energy sectors, helping agencies navigate complexity, modernize critical capabilities, and strengthen mission outcomes.
What You’ll Do
- Manage tenant issues and service requests from initial intake through resolution.
- Troubleshoot problems involving Kubernetes, application deployments, CI/CD pipelines, identity, networking, cloud services, and platform integrations.
- Communicate clearly with tenants about issue status, required information, next steps, and resolution.
- Escalate complex issues to senior engineers while maintaining ownership and coordination.
- Document solutions, recurring problems, and platform procedures in the IronSled knowledge base.
- Identify repetitive support work that can be improved through automation or platform enhancements.
- Assist with tenant onboarding, access requests, environment configuration, and deployment support.
- Contribute to platform maintenance, testing, monitoring, and engineering work as your skills develop.
What We’re Looking For
- Active TS/SCI security clearance
- 1–3 years of experience in platform engineering, cloud engineering, DevOps, software development, systems administration, or technical support.
- Foundational understanding of Linux, containers, Kubernetes, cloud services, networking, and CI/CD concepts.
- Experience troubleshooting technical issues and working through problems methodically.
- Familiarity with Git, GitLab or GitHub, command-line tools, and infrastructure or application logs.
- Ability to communicate technical information clearly to users with varying levels of experience.
- Strong ownership, organization, and follow-through when managing multiple issues.
- Willingness to learn unfamiliar technologies and seek assistance when appropriate.
Target salary range is $922,075 - $158,138
Disclaimer: The salary range displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is not a guarantee of compensation. Individual salaries are determined by various factors including, but not limited to location, internal equity, business considerations, client contract requirements, and candidate qualifications, such as education, experience, skills, and security clearances.
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Your primary responsibility will be managing technical issues and service requests submitted by teams using IronSled. You will own issues from initial review through resolution, coordinate with senior engineers when deeper expertise is required, and ensure tenants receive clear and consistent communication throughout the process.
This is not a traditional help desk position. You will investigate issues across applications, Kubernetes environments, deployment pipelines, identity services, cloud infrastructure, and platform integrations. You will also have opportunities to automate recurring tasks, improve documentation, and contribute directly to the platform as your experience grows.
This position requires an active TS/SCI security clearance.
About the Team
At the same time, our users depend on IronSled to operate critical applications, making reliability, security, communication, and attention to detail essential.
LMI is a new breed of digital solutions provider dedicated to accelerating government impact through innovation and speed. By investing in technology and prototypes ahead of need, LMI delivers commercial-grade platforms and mission-ready artificial intelligence capabilities to federal agencies at commercial speed.
Headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, LMI supports the defense, space, healthcare, and energy sectors, helping agencies navigate complexity, modernize critical capabilities, and strengthen mission outcomes.
What You’ll Do
- Manage tenant issues and service requests from initial intake through resolution.
- Troubleshoot problems involving Kubernetes, application deployments, CI/CD pipelines, identity, networking, cloud services, and platform integrations.
- Communicate clearly with tenants about issue status, required information, next steps, and resolution.
- Escalate complex issues to senior engineers while maintaining ownership and coordination.
- Document solutions, recurring problems, and platform procedures in the IronSled knowledge base.
- Identify repetitive support work that can be improved through automation or platform enhancements.
- Assist with tenant onboarding, access requests, environment configuration, and deployment support.
- Contribute to platform maintenance, testing, monitoring, and engineering work as your skills develop.
What We’re Looking For
- Active TS/SCI security clearance
- 1–3 years of experience in platform engineering, cloud engineering, DevOps, software development, systems administration, or technical support.
- Foundational understanding of Linux, containers, Kubernetes, cloud services, networking, and CI/CD concepts.
- Experience troubleshooting technical issues and working through problems methodically.
- Familiarity with Git, GitLab or GitHub, command-line tools, and infrastructure or application logs.
- Ability to communicate technical information clearly to users with varying levels of experience.
- Strong ownership, organization, and follow-through when managing multiple issues.
- Willingness to learn unfamiliar technologies and seek assistance when appropriate.
Target salary range is $922,075 - $158,138
Disclaimer: The salary range displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is not a guarantee of compensation. Individual salaries are determined by various factors including, but not limited to location, internal equity, business considerations, client contract requirements, and candidate qualifications, such as education, experience, skills, and security clearances.
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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, Raytheon, and CACI International, per current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 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, Colorado Springs, and Aurora 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 65% of platform engineer openings tied to Colorado are remote or hybrid as of November 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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