Kentro · 2 days ago
Platform Engineer
McLean, VA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
7+ years expKentro is a company dedicated to innovation and collaboration, seeking a seasoned Platform Engineer for their Innovation team. This role involves shaping and delivering solutions that span cloud, data, AI, and automation, while evaluating emerging technologies to solve complex challenges.
Information Technology & Services
No H1B
Security Clearance Required
Responsibilities
Design and prototype innovative solutions that translate high-level challenges into working proofs of value and provide guidance to mature them into production-ready architectures
Demonstrate prototypes and proof of concepts to existing and potential customers virtually and in person
Design, develop, and deploy innovative solutions across a variety of platforms from high-level business challenges or opportunities and dive into solving them through creative design, critical thinking, and collaboration
Integrate and extend major enterprise platforms (ServiceNow, Salesforce, Databricks, and cloud ecosystems) to deliver connected, intelligent services
Evaluate, champion, and define adoption strategies for emerging technologies that align innovation with enterprise architecture, security, and compliance frameworks that offer genuine competitive advantage and organizational efficiency, and drive value
Build reference implementations, reusable accelerators, and automation patterns that scale innovation beyond individual projects
Partner with cross-functional teams to embed innovation practices, mentor engineers, and evangelize new capabilities across Kentro
Understand and apply architecture and security best practices from inception. Ensure solutions fit effectively within existing cloud or owned infrastructure landscape
Utilize data, AI, and best practices with strong data literacy and knowledge of AI and ML concepts to enhance and optimize solutions for performance, intelligence, and organizational impact
Demonstrate exceptional problem-solving skills and deal effectively with ambiguity. Be self-sustained in your ability to dig into complex issues, rapidly learn and apply new technologies directly to problems or opportunities
Actively participate in the evaluation of new software, platforms, and solutions
Develop whitepapers and playbooks that contribute to our knowledge base and provide guidance and understanding of complex technical issues facing our customers and industry
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field
7+ years of relevant experience
Enterprise Implementation Success - Proven track record delivering large‑scale, complex system integrations and operational optimizations across multi‑vendor environments
Exceptional communication skills, writing and verbal
Exceptional problem solver with a proven ability to handle complex technical challenges and translate high-level direction into actionable, effective solutions
Ambitious and self-sustained highly motivated self-starter who is continually driven to learn and autonomously complete projects with little supervision
Platform versatility with hands-on experience working across multiple major enterprise platforms like ServiceNow, Salesforce, Databricks, and Cloud Services
Technical breadth with strong foundational understanding how solutions interact across cloud providers (Azure, AWS, GCP, Oracle) and traditional owned infrastructure in connected and air-gapped environments
Integration proficiency with experience building and maintaining platform-to-platform integrations
Security-minded with demonstrated ability to incorporate architectural and security best practices early in the development lifecycle
Creative thinker with a track record of leveraging technology in novel ways to create distinguished and impactful business solutions
Technical understanding of software architecture, lifecycle, scalability, sustainability, and cost
Utilize AI responsibly and incorporate into solutions and processes and tools to create them
Preferred
Active or ability to obtain and maintain Security Clearance is highly preferred
Benefits
Paid time off
Healthcare benefits
Supplemental benefits
401k including an employer match
Discount perks
Rewards
Education reimbursement for certifications, degrees, or professional development
Company
Kentro
IT Concepts has transformed into Kentro - your center for innovation, excellence, and growth.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageCompany data provided by crunchbase