Sr. Platform Engineer
About The Position
Reporting to the MCP DevOps Lead, Mayo Clinic Platform, the Senior Platform Engineer supports cloud financial operations (FinOps), security operations (SecOps), and Mayo Clinic compliance across GCP, Azure, and on-premises environments. The role works with MCP program and product teams, Mayo Clinic Finance, Mayo IT Security, and enterprise compliance partners to ensure platform resources are governed, cost-accountable, and audit-ready. Under the direction of the MCP DevOps Lead, this team member designs, builds, and operates reporting and tooling that make Mayo Clinic Platform cloud spending and vulnerabilities transparent and keep Tech Ops aligned with Mayo Clinic policy. The role serves as a technical liaison between platform engineering, other MCP teams, Mayo FinOps, Mayo OIS, Mayo ALM, and other Mayo departments and compliance stakeholders. The position designs and maintains cloud policy guardrails; monitors compliance and configuration drift; builds cost allocation, chargeback, capacity, and utilization reporting; and supports cloud resource reservations and optimization. It also integrates security and compliance tools into platform workflows, triages findings and tracks remediation, maintains audit evidence, supports risk-register efforts, and develops process documentation. The role translates technical, financial, and security findings for non-technical stakeholders and stays current with FinOps, cloud security, and compliance practices. The vacancy is not eligible for sponsorship, and Mayo Clinic will not sponsor or transfer visas for this position. Mayo Clinic does not participate in the F-1 STEM OPT extension program.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant information technology field or a minimum of 7 years of direct full-stack engineering experience with increasing complexity.
- 3–5 years of experience working in diverse environments using Agile software-development principles.
- Proven experience as a Full Stack Engineer, with a strong emphasis on healthcare interoperability.
- Proficiency in Java and/or .NET for backend development, including API and service design and implementation.
- Expertise in JavaScript, particularly React and React frameworks such as Next.js, for building responsive front-end applications.
- Hands-on experience with GCP or equivalent services and cloud-native application development.
- Familiarity with healthcare interoperability standards such as HL7, FHIR, and OMOP.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a collaborative, cross-functional team environment.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Proactive, self-driven approach and interest in staying current with emerging technologies and industry best practices.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Knowledge of healthcare data security and compliance requirements, including HIPAA.
- Experience with solutions integration and delivery in a healthcare setting.
- Experience driving and leading technology development, with the technical capability to guide strategy and manage resources.
- Experience with technology change management, particularly SDLC end-of-life and feature migration processes.
- Business acumen to assess what can be delivered cost-effectively and sustainably.
- Ability to promote and explain technology initiatives to business leaders outside the technology organization and to external partners and customers.
- Strategic skills to help develop a platform strategy that enables Mayo Clinic to capitalize on emerging technologies.
- Ability to understand business drivers and ensure technology investments provide substantial value or customer improvements.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain cloud policy guardrails across GCP, Azure, and on-premises environments in alignment with Mayo Clinic standards.
- Use and optimize tools such as ServiceNow, Cloudability, and Archer to monitor policy compliance, track CMDB inventory, remediate configuration drift, and support policy exceptions.
- Build and maintain unified billing and cost-allocation dashboards and reports, including tagging and labeling standards and cost-center mapping, in partnership with MCP Finance.
- Produce recurring cost and chargeback reports for MCP Program leaders and MCP Finance, and identify cost-optimization opportunities.
- Build reporting and operational support for cloud resource reservations, commitments, and capacity utilization, including GPU utilization; track usage against commitments and recommend rightsizing.
- Provide utilization trends and capacity forecasts based on historical data to inform budgeting and planning.
- Operate and integrate Veracode, Prisma Cloud, and other Mayo IT security and compliance tools into platform workflows and CI/CD pipelines.
- Operate, optimize, and maintain MCP-built ServiceNow dashboards that support vulnerability management and CMDB compliance.
- Triage security and compliance findings, assign ownership, and track remediation to closure with responsible teams.
- Collect and maintain evidence for Mayo Clinic compliance requirements, security reviews, and internal or external audits.
- Support the MCP DevOps Lead in directing risk-register efforts, including maintaining risk items, driving mitigation plans, and reporting status.
- Translate technical, financial, and security findings into clear guidance for non-technical stakeholders.
- Develop and maintain runbooks, standards, and documentation for FinOps, SecOps, and compliance processes.
- Stay current with FinOps, cloud security, and compliance practices across GCP, Azure, and on-premises environments.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
