RIT Co-op: Platform Engineer

Job summary

The Platform Engineer Co-op student helps build and operate automation that provisions accounts, manages environments, and keeps platforms healthy for AI tools including Microsoft Copilot, GitHub Copilot, and Copilot Studio. The role develops provisioning, licensing, and monitoring pipelines using Python and GitHub Actions; works with Azure access and environments; creates tools to flag platform issues; documents systems; and supports colleagues with platform problems.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled as a student at Rochester Institute of Technology
• Familiarity with some of Python, Git and GitHub, APIs and JSON, automation and scripting, cloud platforms, Docker, GitHub Actions, or SQL
• Interest in CI/CD, infrastructure, or platform engineering
• Experience building projects outside the classroom and explaining how they work
• Use of AI development tools to learn and build
• Clear written and verbal communication; willing to ask questions
• Curiosity, self-motivation, and eagerness to learn new technologies

Responsibilities

• Build and improve automation and pipelines for provisioning, licensing, and monitoring using Python, scripting, and GitHub Actions
• Work in Azure cloud environments and help manage access and environments
• Monitor platform usage and health, and build tools that flag problems early
• Document systems so others can operate and extend them
• Collaborate with Emerging Technology, DevOps, platform engineering, and IT Security teams
• Help colleagues resolve platform issues and explain technical topics clearly

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Relocation