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Job overview
ManpowerGroup’s client is seeking a Platform Engineer for its IT Platform Operations team. The role supports administration and optimization of enterprise Windows and Linux environments, Windows-based infrastructure, VDI, and virtualization workloads. The engineer will develop automation workflows and help deploy resources across on-premises environments and AWS, collaborating with platform and cross-functional teams to improve reliability, performance, and operational efficiency.
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Full job description
Our client is seeking a Platform Engineer to join their team. As a Platform Engineer, you will be part of the IT Platform Operations team supporting the administration and optimization of enterprise Windows/Linux environments. The ideal candidate will bring strong problem-solving skills, a hands-on automation mindset, and a customer-focused approach to improving reliability and performance.
Job Title: Platform Engineer
Location: Foster City, CA
Pay Range: $80-$85/hour + Benefits
What's the Job?
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Administer and maintain Microsoft Windows Server environments, including Active Directory Domain Controllers, with a focus on secure and optimized configurations.
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Support and troubleshoot Windows-based infrastructure, including Horizon virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI).
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Assist with on-premises hardware hosting corporate workloads running on VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), including familiarity with vSphere/vSAN and experience managing ESXi hosts.
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Develop scripting and automation workflows to streamline common tasks, reduce error rates, and improve operational efficiency.
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Deploy and manage resources across on-prem and AWS, collaborating with IT Platform team members and cross-functional partners to identify and document system optimization opportunities.
What's Needed?
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Minimum of eight years of relevant experience in an enterprise environment or an equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant experience.
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Demonstrated proficiency managing and troubleshooting Windows-based environments.
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Experience supporting VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) workloads and managing ESXi hosts; familiarity with vSphere/vSAN.
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Ability to work with Horizon VDI environments, including validating new use cases/features.
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Scripting/automation experience to enhance capabilities and enable efficient, repeatable operations.
What's in it for me?
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Opportunity to work at the intersection of Windows server administration, VDI operations, and virtualization infrastructure.
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Chance to build automation that improves efficiency, reduces error rates, and supports reliable customer experiences.
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Collaboration with Platform team members, Platform Administrators, Endpoint Engineers, and IT Client Services to deliver internally hosted virtual machine resources.
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Exposure to both on-prem and AWS deployments, helping you broaden platform engineering impact.
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A role where your documentation and optimization efforts directly contribute to measurable improvements in system performance and reliability.
Upon completion of waiting period consultants are eligible for:
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Medical and Prescription Drug Plans
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Dental Plan
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Vision Plan
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Health Savings Account
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Health Flexible Spending Account
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Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
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Supplemental Life Insurance
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Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance
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Business Travel Insurance
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401(k), Plus Match
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Weekly Pay
If this is a role that interests you and you'd like to learn more, click apply now and a recruiter will be in touch with you to discuss this great opportunity. We look forward to speaking with you!
About ManpowerGroup, Parent Company of: Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells.
ManpowerGroup® (NYSE: MAN), the leading global workforce solutions company, helps organizations transform in a fast-changing world of work by sourcing, assessing, developing, and managing the talent that enables them to win. We develop innovative solutions for hundreds of thousands of organizations every year, providing them with skilled talent while finding meaningful, sustainable employment for millions of people across a wide range of industries and skills. Our expert family of brands – Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells – creates substantial value for candidates and clients across more than 75 countries and territories and has done so for over 70 years. We are recognized consistently for our diversity - as a best place to work for Women, Inclusion, Equality and Disability and in 2023 ManpowerGroup was named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for the 14th year - all confirming our position as the brand of choice for in-demand talent.
ManpowerGroup is committed to providing equal employment opportunities in a professional, high quality work environment. It is the policy of ManpowerGroup and all of its subsidiaries to recruit, train, promote, transfer, pay and take all employment actions without regard to an employee's race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
How this job compares
Set against the 4,005 open Platform Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$80–85/hr
- US median$65–80/hr60 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $82.50/hr, is 11% above the US median midpoint ($75/hr) — in the middle half of Platform Engineer hourly ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 797 open Platform Engineer jobs in California and 4,005 across the US. 12% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- NVIDIA32 open
- ServiceNow, Inc.27 open
- Apple19 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Platform Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years at the median (3,300 postings).
- Education
- 890 of the 4,005 open Platform Engineer jobs (22%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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