United States - Field

Canada - Ontario Field

Full time

R004303

**Join us at Entrust**

At Entrust, we’re shaping the future of identity centric security solutions. From our comprehensive portfolio of solutions to our flexible, global workplace, we empower careers, foster collaboration, and build solutions that help keep the world moving safely.

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Headquartered in Minnesota, Entrust is an industry leader in identity-centric security solutions, serving over 150 countries with cutting-edge, scalable technologies. But our secret weapon? Our people. It’s the curiosity, dedication, and innovation that drive our success and help us anticipate the future.

We are seeking a highly technical and hands-on

Sr. Platform Engineer

to help design and lead the

implementation of private datacenter Infrastructure-as-a-Service capabilities

.

This role is responsible for translating service architecture into

working, automated, and consumable infrastructure services

, starting with

self-service networking

and expanding into

compute, storage, load balancing and adjacent platform capabilities

.

The ideal candidate is deeply experienced in building

real-world private cloud or platform engineering solutions

, and is equally comfortable working across networking, virtualization, and automation domains.

This is not an architecture-only role — this is a

hands-on builder role

responsible for delivering the first generation of your internal infrastructure-as-a-service platform.

Responsibilities:

Partner with the Infrastructure Architect, Infrastructure Leadership, and domains leads to implement the organization's

private cloud and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) strategy

Drive the shift from ticket-based infrastructure fulfillment to

controlled self-service

and

automated provisioning

Translate target-state architecture into

scalable

,

automated

, and

supportable infrastructure

services

Lead the design and implementation of self-service infrastructure capabilities, including with

networking services

and expanding to

compute

,

storage

,

load balancing

and adjacent platform services

Partner with Infrastructure Architect and domain leads to build

AIOps capabilities

in Infrastructure CoE

Design and implement self-service networking capabilities that allow product teams to provision approved

network connectivity

,

security flows

and

IP whitelisting

Build and maintain

automation workflows

,





infrastructure templates

,

service blueprints

, and

orchestration processes

that enable

standardized

service delivery

Build

reusable automation modules

,

templates

,

pipelines

, and

service blueprints

for networking, compute, storage, and adjacent infrastructure services

Develop integration patterns between virtualization, network, storage, security, and service management platforms

Develop API-based integrations across infrastructure platforms, service management systems, orchestration tools, and approval workflows

Establish Git-based development practices for infrastructure automation, including branching, code review, testing, release management, and rollback patterns

Define and implement the technical components required to support a service catalog, onboarding model, and infrastructure consumption framework

Evaluate existing infrastructure platforms and recommend improvements to enable automation, self-service, and platform scalability

Help establish platform engineering practices, standards, and operating procedures to support Infrastructure-as-a-Service delivery

Drive implementation of Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Network as Code (NaC), and automated provisioning capabilities where appropriate

Ensure infrastructure services are secure, auditable, resilient, and compliant with enterprise governance requirements

Act as the aaS technical SME and hands-on contributor, providing implementation guidance, troubleshooting complex platform challenges, and removing technical roadblocks

Document service architectures, automation workflows, operational procedures, and technical standards to support long-term sustainability and operational excellence

Contribute to the roadmap for future capabilities including compute services, storage services, lifecycle automation, capacity management, and consumption-based service models

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in

computer science

,

Network engineering

,

Software Engineering

, or equivalent combination of education and experience

10+ years of experience in





infrastructure engineering

,

platform engineering

,

cloud engineering

,

Infrastructure

DevOps

, or

infrastructure automation

roles.

Must have strong hands-on knowledge and experience of

enterprise networking concepts

,

including routing

,

switching

,

segmentation

,

firewalls

,

load balancing

,

DNS

,

IPAM

, and

security policy enforcement

Strong hands-on experience designing and building

automation-driven infrastructure

services in enterprise environments.

Proven experience

implementing private cloud

, internal

Infrastructure-as-a-Service, platform engineering

, or

self-service infrastructure

capabilities.

Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation frameworks such as

Terraform

,

Ansible

,

PowerShell

,

Python

, or equivalent tools.

Experience building

automated provisioning workflows

for infrastructure services, including

networking

,

compute

,

storage

, or

security services

.

Experience working with APIs and integrating infrastructure platforms, service management tools, orchestration platforms, and automation pipelines.

Strong understanding of

DevOps practices

, including

Git-based change control

,

CI/CD pipelines

,

code review

,

testing

, and

release management

for infrastructure automation.

Experience with Network as Code, network automation, or policy-driven network provisioning

Strong hands-on experience with VMware vSphere or similar enterprise virtualization platforms

Experience with enterprise storage platforms such as NetApp or equivalent storage technologies

Ability to translate architecture, standards and operational requirements into reliable, version-controlled, automated implementation patterns

Experience operating in large-scale enterprise environments supporting multiple internal product teams, tenants, or business units

Strong troubleshooting and systems integration skills across infrastructure, automation, networking, and platform services

Demonstrated ability to lead technical implementation across multiple teams without direct management authority

Robust communication skills with the ability to work effectively with architects, infrastructure engineers, security teams, operations teams, and technical leadership

Ready to Make an Impact? If you’re excited by the prospect of innov

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📌 Sr. Platform Engineer (Winnipeg)
🏢 Entrust
📍 Winnipeg