Overview
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$180000
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Job Details
Platform Engineering Lead | 447386
DETAILS
Location: Plano, TX 75074 (onsite 4-days per week M-TH)
Position Type: Direct-Hire
Hourly / Salary: to $180K + 15% bonus structure
JOB SUMMARY
Vaco Technology is currently seeking a Platform Engineering Lead for a Direct-Hire opportunity located in Plano, TX 75074 (onsite 4-days per week M-TH). The Platform Engineering Lead will spearhead the transformation of the SDLC by establishing scalable, cloud-native platforms and fostering a culture of engineering excellence. The Platform Engineering Lead will act as a hands-on leader with deep expertise in test automation, modern DevOps practices, and cross-functional team leadership. The Platform Engineering Lead candidate will build and mentor a high-performing offshore team to support global operations while driving platform standardization, quality, and compliance across initiatives.
About the Project: The overall goal of the Platform Engineering Lead is to set up comprehensive regression testing for all applications and institute best practices around functional and non-functional testing. The Platform Engineering Lead will be joining a greenfield environment, where automation testing does not exist yet and where manual testing is being utilized sparsely, at best. The career growth for this role is a direct path to owning and running the entire platform for the entire organization. The ideal Platform Engineering Lead will come from a strong background in Quality Assurance with an emphasis on Automation and Reliability. A significant part of this role will involve designing and implementing automated testing and deployment frameworks, where no testing frameworks currently exist. Additionally, experience within AI-Driven Tools is strongly preferred as they are moving in the direction of improving testing efficiency, code quality, and incident response. The primary focuses of this role are as follows:
JOB REQUIREMENTS
PEFERRED (not required)
DETAILS
Location: Plano, TX 75074 (onsite 4-days per week M-TH)
Position Type: Direct-Hire
Hourly / Salary: to $180K + 15% bonus structure
JOB SUMMARY
Vaco Technology is currently seeking a Platform Engineering Lead for a Direct-Hire opportunity located in Plano, TX 75074 (onsite 4-days per week M-TH). The Platform Engineering Lead will spearhead the transformation of the SDLC by establishing scalable, cloud-native platforms and fostering a culture of engineering excellence. The Platform Engineering Lead will act as a hands-on leader with deep expertise in test automation, modern DevOps practices, and cross-functional team leadership. The Platform Engineering Lead candidate will build and mentor a high-performing offshore team to support global operations while driving platform standardization, quality, and compliance across initiatives.
- Platform Engineering – Design / Implement Scalable / Secure / Cloud Native Solutions | Drive Adoption of “Paved Path” Technologies / Standardizing Development Pipelines Across Teams | Collaborate with Cross-Functional Teams (Dev / QA/QE / Solution Architecture / Agile Coach) to Ensure End-to-End Platform Alignment
- Quality Engineering Enablement – Build Foundational Tooling for Quality Initiatives (Source Code Repositories / CI/CD Pipelines / Automated Testing Frameworks) | Leverage AI-Powered Tools (Windsurf IDE / Cursor IDE) to Accelerate Code Quality Analysis / Debugging Workflows | Implement Test Management Solutions (JIRA / X-RAY, etc.) to Centralize Test Case Creation / Execution / Reporting
- Team Building / Mentorship – Recruit / Train / Manage Offshore Platform Engineering Team to Expand Global Capabilities | Technical Mentorship to Engineers on DevOps Practices / Automation Frameworks / Cloud Architecture | Foster Culture of Continuous Improvement (Enablement Sessions / Cross-Team Collaboration
- Governance / Compliance – Establish Governance to Ensure Compliance with PHI/PII Regulations (SOC2 / ISO27001) | Implement Robust Monitoring Solutions (NewRelic, etc.) to Enhance Operational Resilience | Develop Dashboards to Track Platform Usage Metrics / Test Case Coverage / Production Issue Prevention Rates
- Operational Excellence – Drive Adoption of ITIL-Based Processes for Change Management / Incident Resolution | Collaborate with Production Support Teams to Ensure Seamless Deployments / Minimize Downtime | Conduct Root-Cause Analysis for Recurring Issues / Implement Preventive Measures
About the Project: The overall goal of the Platform Engineering Lead is to set up comprehensive regression testing for all applications and institute best practices around functional and non-functional testing. The Platform Engineering Lead will be joining a greenfield environment, where automation testing does not exist yet and where manual testing is being utilized sparsely, at best. The career growth for this role is a direct path to owning and running the entire platform for the entire organization. The ideal Platform Engineering Lead will come from a strong background in Quality Assurance with an emphasis on Automation and Reliability. A significant part of this role will involve designing and implementing automated testing and deployment frameworks, where no testing frameworks currently exist. Additionally, experience within AI-Driven Tools is strongly preferred as they are moving in the direction of improving testing efficiency, code quality, and incident response. The primary focuses of this role are as follows:
- Code Quality Transformation / Team Enablement
- Prioritizing Improvements Across Multiple Tech Stacks
- Automated Regression Testing / Measurable Impacts
- Traceability from Requirements to Productions
- AI-Accelerated Code Quality / Testing
- Distributed Team Building / Enablement
- Standardizing CI/CD Across Teams
- Compliance / Security / Audit Readiness
- Root Cause Analysis / Preventing Recurring Incidents
- Fostering a Culture of Continuous Improvement
- “Build With, Not For” Mindset
- Managing Change / Overcoming Resistance
- SDLC Maturation / Vertically Integrated Teams
- Test Data Management for Legacy / Modern Systems
- Measuring / Reporting Quality Improvements
JOB REQUIREMENTS
- Platform Engineering Lead – QA / Test Automation / Moden DevOps / Cloud Native Solutions
- Automation Testing – Establish Greenfield Automation Platform / Selenium / Playwright / Appium | C# / Python / JavaScript / Java Scripting for Automated Testing (hands-on)
- JIRA / X-Ray / Azure DevOps Integration – SDLC Traceability, etc.
- Agile Methodologies – SCRUM / SAFe / Kanban, etc.
- DevOps Tools – Jenkins / Argo CD (GIT Continuous Delivery / Kubernetes) / Playwright Integration / Pact Broker (Contract Testing / APIs / CI/CD / MicroServices) / JMeter / CI/CD Pipeline Optimization
- CI/CD Pipeline Optimization (expertise) – Jenkins, etc.
- AI-Driven Tools – Windsurf IDE / Cursor IDE for Code Analysis / Optimization
- Offshore Team Management – Manage / Build / Grow Offshore Teams to Scale Engineering Operations
PEFERRED (not required)
- Certifications – SAA-C03 (AWS Certified Solutions Architect) / CTAL-TAE (ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level- Test Automation Engineering) / ITIL 4 Foundation Certification, etc.
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