Platform Automation Engineer; Information Technology Subject Matter Expert - FR

Introduction

The State of Connecticut, CT Paid Leave Authority (the 'Authority') has an exciting opportunity for a Platform Automation Engineer (Information Technology Subject Matter Expert) in Hartford, CT. The position is full‑time, 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday, with a combination of in‑office and telework. The Authority offers professional growth, development opportunities, and a healthy work/life balance.

• Full time, 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday
• First shift;
  Hybrid schedule (combination of in office/telework)

The Platform Automation Engineer will be responsible for building and fine‑tuning Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) processes, automating manual processes, monitoring production operations, and collaborating with development teams to optimize application performance, scalability, and reliability. The ideal candidate must be willing to learn and adapt to new platforms, tools, and technologies as the organization evolves.

• Architect, develop, implement, and manage robust Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) processes to facilitate efficient software delivery.
• Manage Git and Bit Bucket processes as a version control system.
• Design, develop and maintain secure automated solutions across platforms that eliminate repetitive tasks, optimize business processes, enhance operational productivity, and speed up workflow.
• Continuously evaluate new technologies with the goal of improving efficiency, and present well‑supported recommendations for their adoption and implementation.
• Collaborate with operations, architecture, development, and quality assurance teams to identify automation opportunities.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to cross‑functional team members, fostering professional growth and promoting best practices and knowledge sharing.
• Monitor Dev Ops and platform workflows to resolve observed or reported issues, and optimize system performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Utilize Agile methodology to participate in sessions such as refinement, deployments, and retrospectives.
• Create and maintain documentation and knowledge sharing for automated solutions and automation best practices.
• Collaborate with State of Connecticut Dev Ops, Cloud and Application Engineering teams.

The CT Paid Leave Authority is a quasi‑governmental agency formed by statute and signed into law in 2019. Its mission is to help Connecticut’s workforce navigate health challenges and life changes with greater financial security. Through a trust funded by workers, the Authority makes benefits payments to eligible workers when the worker takes a leave from work to care for themselves or a family member.

• Nine (9) years of experience in infrastructure systems support, programming, database administration, systems/software development, networking or technical support.

• Two (2) years of the General Experience must have been performing advanced technical level duties or as a working supervisor in such areas as: designing, configuring and implementing complex networks; configuring, installing and upgrading host‑based applications packages and host and/or operating system software; system software/application development, performing any closely related advanced technical function. For state employees this experience is interpreted at the level of an Information Technology Analyst 3.

• College training in management information systems, computer science or information technology related area may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equalling one‑half (1/2) month of experience to a maximum of four (4) years for a Bachelor's degree.
• A Master's degree in management information systems, computer science or electrical engineering may be substituted for one (1) additional year of the General Experience.

• Experience implementing and maintaining Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) processes.
• Experience with implementing automated solutions for cloud platforms such as Salesforce, Mule Soft, Atlassian and Microsoft.
• Experience with scripting and markup languages, such as Bash, YAML and Python.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or ARM templates.
• Experience implementing containerization strategies using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience utilizing object‑oriented programming languages for software development.

AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

EMPLOYER:

The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.