Platform Engineer– Department of Technology – (1043)

The Department of Technology is seeking a Senior IS Engineer to join the Platform Engineering team as a lead cloud migration and modernization engineer. This position provides senior technical leadership for Cloud 2030 the Citys five-year program to migrate approximately 1700 workloads from on-premises data centers to commercial cloud platforms.

The position requires hands-on engineering: writing Terraform daily building CI/CD pipelines executing database migrations modernizing legacy codebases developing custom applications and leading complex multi-cloud deployments from architecture through production cutover. The ideal candidate writes infrastructure-as-code fluently has led cloud migrations of meaningful complexity and is comfortable working across multiple cloud providers.

The Platform Engineering team is undergoing a transformation from traditional systems administration to a modern engineering organization. We use GitHub for version control and CI/CD Terraform for infrastructure-as-code and AI coding tools (Claude Code AWS Kiro) as part of our development workflow. We are accelerating adoption of containerization and cloud-native patterns across the team. You will help develop and further this technical and cultural change. We build and operate cloud environments that host criminal justice systems financial systems and public-facing applications for a city of 880000 residents.

Essential duties include but are not limited to the following: 

• Design and implement multi-cloud infrastructure using Terraform/OpenTofu
• Build and maintain GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deployments
• Lead end-to-end cloud migrations including network architecture compute provisioning database migration and production cutover
• Modernize legacy applications for cloud deployment (containerization framework upgrades CI/CD enablement)
• Develop custom applications automation tools and internal platform services
• Perform database migrations across Oracle SQL Server and PostgreSQL including data transfer performance validation and high-availability configuration
• Implement compliance controls (CJIS HIPAA) as infrastructure-as-code
• Conduct code reviews and establish engineering standards for the team
• Mentor junior engineers on cloud architecture and modern development practices

Qualifications :

These minimum qualifications establish the education training experience special skills and/or license(s) which are required for employment in the classification. Please note additional qualifications (i.e. special conditions) may apply to a particular position and will be stated on the exam/job announcement.

Education: An associate degree in computer science computer engineering information systems or a closely related field from an accredited college or university OR its equivalent in terms of total course credits/units i.e. at least sixty (60) semester or ninety (90) quarter credits/units with a minimum of twenty (20) semester or thirty (30) quarter credits/units in one of the fields above or a closely-related field.

Experience: Three (3) years of experience analyzing installing configuring enhancing and/or maintaining the components of an enterprise network.

Substitution: Additional experience as described above may be substituted for the required degree on a year-for-year basis (up to a maximum of two (2) years). One (1) year is equivalent to thirty (30) semester units/ forty-five (45) quarter units with a minimum of 10 semester / 15 quarter units in one of the fields above or a closely related field.

Completion of the 1010 Information Systems Trainee Program may be substituted for the required degree.

Note: Applicants must meet the minimum qualification requirement by the final filing date unless otherwise noted.  

One-year full-time employment is considered equivalent to 2000 hours (2000 hours of qualifying work experience is based on a 40hour work week). Any overtime hours that you work above forty (40) hours per week are not included in the calculation to determine full-time employment. 

The selection process will include evaluation of applications in relation to minimum requirements and assessment of candidates job-related knowledge skills and abilities. Depending on the number of applicants the Department may establish and implement additional screening mechanisms to evaluate candidate qualifications. This typically includes an oral interview and/or a written or performance exercise. 

If this becomes necessary only those applicants whose qualifications most closely meet the Department needs will be invited to continue in the selection process. Applicants meeting the minimum requirements are not guaranteed advancement in the selection process. 

Desirable Qualifications

At least 2 years of production experience with Terraform or OpenTofu including authoring configurations from scratch and designing reusable modules managing state across environments and implementing policyascode.

Experience provisioning and managing production infrastructure programmatically (IaC automation) with at least 2 years of handson engineering experience on a major cloud provider; multicloud experience strongly preferred.

Demonstrated experience building automated deployment pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions GitLab CI) and working with GitOps workflows automated testing and plan/apply gating.

Experience migrating production databases (Oracle SQL Server PostgreSQL) to cloud platforms including use of migration tooling schema conversion and highavailability configurations.

Ability to write productionquality code in at least one programming language (Python Go JavaScript/TypeScript or equivalent) and work effectively within full application codebases.

Regular use of AIassisted coding tools (e.g. Claude Code GitHub Copilot AWS Kiro Cursor) with the ability to explain how these tools enhance delivery speed and code quality.

Experience modernizing legacy applications (framework upgrades containerization API development).

Additional Information :

How to Apply  

Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately as this recruitment may close at any time but not before Tuesday March 17 2026. 

1. Your application MUST include a resume.  To upload please attach using the additional attachments function. 

2. You may contact Elbi Magana via email at @ with questions regarding this opportunity. 

3. Late or incomplete submissions will not be considered. Mailed hand delivered or faxed documents/applications will not be accepted. 

For best practices on the application process please visit Apply for Jobs in the City and County of San Francisco Best Practices Guide. Applicants may be contacted by email about this announcement and therefore it is their responsibility to ensure that their registered email address is accurate and kept up-to-date. Also applicants must ensure that email from CCSF is not blocked on their computer by a spam filter. To prevent blocking applicants should set up their email to accept CCSF mail from the following addresses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and @).  

Applicants will receive a confirmation email that their online application has been received in response to every announcement for which they file. Applicants should retain this confirmation email for their records. Failure to receive this email means that the online application was not submitted or received. 

We are committed to ensuring that the Citys services are inclusive efficient equitable and culturally competent for San Franciscans of all races ethnic backgrounds religions and sexual orientations. This commitment requires comprehensive review and thorough analysis of existing practices and policies to remove barriers to real inclusion.     

We are also committed to ensuring that we have a safe equitable and inclusive workplace for individuals of all races. This includes creating opportunities for hiring promotion training and development for all employees including but not limited to Black Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC). 

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• Conviction History   

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• Copies of Application Documents   

• Diversity Statement 

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time