OT Platform Engineer

Position Overview:
Engineer, OT Platforms | Denver, CO (hybrid onsite 2-3 days a week) | 6-month contract-to-hire

Responsibilities:

• Support foundational technology platforms, workplace services, and support mechanisms required to deliver resilient, scalable, and efficient IT services, integrating Operational Technology (OT) and Information Technology (IT) systems using advanced technologies.
• Shape platform strategy and maintain platform product roadmaps, including new functionality and enhancements, while designing and implementing optimal operating models.
• Ensure infrastructure and platform functions align to business needs and enable operational excellence and security.
• Provide ongoing support, maintenance, and optimization of products and platforms to ensure reliability, performance, and availability.
• Lead technical development and engineering of products and platforms, focusing on robust, scalable, high-performing solutions.
• Assess and resolve platform issues while minimizing disruption to business operations.
• Prioritize and schedule platform fixes and enhancements based on business impact, security needs, and technical complexity.
• Collaborate with development teams to ensure timely and effective improvements.
• Administer user acceptance testing for platform fixes and enhancements.
• Monitor and troubleshoot integrated systems to maintain effective service levels.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Network Engineering, or a related field.
• Extensive knowledge of Information Technology across multiple disciplines and an understanding of complex, interconnected systems and technology.
• Understanding of platform engineering, self-service automation workflows, and agentic solutions.
• Expertise in OT and IT systems, edge computing, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and advanced analytics.
• Deep understanding of cybersecurity, risk management, regulatory compliance, and OT/IT integration best practices.
• Skills in designing and activating platform solutions, organizing talent, and fostering a platform mindset.
• Proficiency in platform management, with familiarity in enterprise architecture and agentic solutions.
• Ability to validate results, investigate abnormalities, and ensure platform consistency and operational excellence.
• Expertise in infrastructure and service management.
• Competency in cybersecurity principles, secure end-user computing, and device management policy enforcement.
• Competency in platform technologies.
• Mastery of Microsoft Office productivity software.
• Experience in the mining or natural resources industry is highly desirable.

Tools and Technologies:
Operational Technology (OT), Information Technology (IT), platform engineering, self-service automation workflows, agentic solutions, edge computing, AI and machine learning, advanced analytics, cybersecurity, enterprise architecture, infrastructure and service management, secure end-user computing, device management, and Microsoft Office productivity software.