AI Platform Adoption Engineer Build (Architect)
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 26, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 16, 2026. Cognizant scores A on the Alion truth index.
Job summary
Installs configures hardens and extends the Flowsource instance inside the clients cloud environment Azure AWS or GCP Owns the catalog architecture plugin development golden path templates authentication wiring and ongoing platform health Translates the clients engineering standards into scaffolding templates so Flowsource becomes the authoritative developer portal across every registered application not an optional layer on top of legacy tooling
Responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
Deploy and configure the Flowsource platform on the clients chosen cloud Azure AWS or GCP per the Technical Prerequisites baseline
Configure authentication and authorization GitHub SSO Azure AD AWS Cognito or Keycloak and map client identity roles to Flowsource permissions
Architect and govern the Flowsource catalog component model ownership taxonomy namespace strategy lifecycle states
Develop and publish golden path scaffolding templates that encode the clients engineering standards language framework repo layout CICD wiring security gates
Develop custom Backstage plugins and TypeScript extensions where client specific tooling needs to surface inside the Flowsource portal
Manage Flowsource platform upgrades patching and platform layer monitoring maintain the control plane health within agreed SLA
Partner with the clients platform engineering team to progressively transition catalog governance to client ownership Medium to Large engagements
Required Skills and Experience
8 plus years platform or DevOps engineering experience 3 plus years on internal developer platforms Backstage strongly preferred
Hands on Backstage internals entity model software templates custom plugins scaffolder actions
Proficiency in TypeScript and Nodejs for plugin development
Infrastructure as code expertise Terraform mandatory Pulumi CloudFormation Bicep helpful
Multi cloud IAM literacy at least one of Azure AD AWS IAM GCP IAM at depth aware of the others
Container and orchestration foundations Docker Kubernetes
Flowsource Tooling and Tech Stack
Flowsource core Backstage based catalog YAML software templates
Cloud providers Azure AWS GCP deployment targets
Identity GitHub SSO Azure AD AWS Cognito Keycloak 23x
Source control GitHub Enterprise Cloud Azure Repos AWS CodeCommit Bitbucket
IaC Terraform container runtime Docker orchestration EKS AKS GKE
TypeScript Nodejs for plugin and scaffolder development
Success Metrics
Platform availability against agreed SLA target 99.5 percent or higher
Number of published governed golden path templates in active use
Mean time to onboard a new application via templates target 1 day or less
Plugin extension delivery velocity against client roadmap
Successful platform upgrade cadence zero downtime target on minor planned window on major updates
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