Platform Architect

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Job role- Platform Architect

Location: San Antonio, TX • Findlay, OH • Denver, CO • Hybrid (4 days onsite / 1 day remote)

Duration: 1-Year Contract

Overview

Client is seeking an Infrastructure Architect / Lead Engineer to support mission‑critical Operational Technology (OT) environments for Marathon Petroleum Corporation—one of the largest downstream energy companies in the United States.

This team is filling two roles:

1. Platform Architect / Lead Engineer (Windows + Linux)

The manager is open to hiring either profile immediately.

Both roles blend architecture + hands-on engineering, supporting new capability design, implementation, operational readiness, and high‑priority production support.

Platform Architect / Lead Engineer (Windows + Linux)

Key Responsibilities

· Lead strategy and design for a future 65% Windows / 35% Linux platform environment.

· Define enterprise-supported Linux OS patterns and operational models.

· Architect and implement Configuration & Patch Management solutions (Ansible, Puppet, Chef, SaltStack).

· Lead creation of on‑prem DevOps tooling, CI/CD workflows, and infrastructure automation.

· Design and deploy enterprise backup capabilities (Rubrik, Commvault, Veeam).

· Build and optimize logging and observability pipelines (Cribl, Bindplane).

· Support escalations, RCAs, hardening, and production operations.

Must‑Have Expertise

· Strong Windows engineering AND strong Linux engineering (RHEL preferred).

· Platform automation, on‑prem IaC, and CI/CD workflows.

· Configuration management tooling (Ansible/Puppet/Chef/SaltStack).

· Logging and pipeline tools (Cribl, Bindplane).

· Backup/recovery technologies (Rubrik, Veeam, Commvault).

· Ability to design and drive operationalization: RACI, SOPs, training.

Secondary / Nice-to-Have Skills

· Networking fundamentals: BGP, OSPF, RSTP, Cisco IOS, Arista EOS, SONiC.

· Storage, compute, and virtualization: VMware vSphere/vSAN.

· Scripting: PowerShell, Bash, Python.

· Backup platforms: Rubrik, Commvault, Avamar, Veeam.

· Additional IAM/IGA: Saviynt, CyberArk.

What You Bring

· Ability to design enterprise solutions AND execute hands-on builds.

· Comfort jumping into outages, RCAs, and operational escalations.

· Ability to drive strategy, maturity, and process adoption across teams.

· Strong communication skills and the ability to interact with leadership.