Platform Engineer (Azure

Platform Engineer (Azure), Boulder, CO (Hybrid or Remote)

The Platform Engineer is responsible for the design, build, and day-to-day operation of Ascend Analytics' Azure cloud platform, working in conjunction with the Senior Platform Engineer to support production and development environments for PowerSIMM, PowerVAL, Smart Bidder, BatterySIMM, and Market Intelligence. This role sits at the intersection of cloud infrastructure, Dev Ops, and identity/security administration. An individual in this position will partner closely with Development, Model Support, and client-facing teams to deliver reliable hosted environments, support the ongoing migration of clients from on-premises hosting into Azure, and help maintain the company's security and compliance posture.

A successful Platform Engineer should have strong hands-on Azure skills, a habit of automating and documenting everything they build, and the communication skills to work effectively with both technical teams and non-technical stakeholders.

At Ascend Analytics, our mission centers on creating sustainable economic value for energy buyers and producers to transform the power industry. Our team combines advanced analytics, cloud-based technology, and deep market expertise to help our clients solve complex challenges across grid reliability, power market volatility, renewable integration, infrastructure development, and energy investment strategy. As a high-growth, private equity–backed company, Ascend continues to expand its market leadership while investing in innovation, talent, and scalable solutions for an increasingly dynamic energy market.

• Real influence.
• High-impact work. Shape the tools and decisions that drive the clean energy transition.
• Direct exposure. Work alongside executive leadership and key utility and corporate clients.
• Room to grow. A rapidly scaling SaaS business with real advancement opportunities.
• Collaborative culture. A team that values creative thought, inclusion, and work-life balance.

• Design, deploy, and maintain Azure resources, including virtual machines, App Services and deployment slots, container apps, batch accounts, storage accounts, file shares, and key vaults.
• Build and maintain Azure networking, including VNets and subnets, site-to-site and point-to-site VPN, private endpoints, NAT gateways for static IP requirements, and Front Door routing.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure as code with Terraform, delivered through Azure Dev Ops pipelines.
• Configure and manage Azure Virtual Desktop host pools, images, scale plans, auto-shutdown policies, and published applications for analyst and developer workstations.
• Maintain VM backup, monitoring, and alerting coverage across development and production environments.
• Build and maintain Azure Dev Ops pipelines for application build, versioned deployment, and environment promotion, including service connections, self-hosted agents, and federated identity credentials.
• Support development teams in moving build and test workloads from legacy on-premises environments into Azure.
• Administer Entra , including user and group provisioning, conditional access, MFA, SSO integrations, and app registrations, with automated monitoring of expiring secrets and certificates.
• Manage Privileged Identity Management role eligibility, access reviews, and approval of elevation requests.
• Administer role-based access and permissions for client-facing platforms and resolve customer authentication and MFA issues escalated through the IT case queue.
• Deploy and maintain endpoint security tooling, including Microsoft Defender for Endpoint.
• Provide evidence, control descriptions, and technical clarification for SOC 2 Type II audits and…