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We provide expert, sustainable solutions in records and information management, digital transformation services, data centers, asset lifecycle management, and fine art storage, handling, and logistics. We proudly partner every day with our 225,000 customers around the world to preserve their invaluable artifacts, extract more from their inventory, and protect their data privacy in innovative and socially responsible ways.
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Iron Mountain is seeking an innovative Lead Platform Engineer — Platform Development to join our Enterprise Information Technology team.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to shape the future of our internal developer experience by architecting and evolving our Backstage-based developer platform. As a hands-on technical leader, your expertise will directly empower our engineering teams to build, deploy, and scale modern cloud workloads with speed, security, and autonomy. You will bridge strategic platform direction with daily coding, driving engineering excellence across our modern technology stack.
What You’ll Do:
Lead the technical architecture of our Internal Developer Platform (IDP) and Kubernetes ecosystems by authoring Architecture Decision Records (ADRs).
Contribute directly to the platform codebase (50%+ hands-on) utilizing Python, Go, or TypeScript.
Explore and integrate Generative AI capabilities, such as automated troubleshooting agents and LLM-driven coding guardrails, to boost developer productivity.
Partner with Product Owners to create Golden Path templates, reducing cognitive load and simplifying deployment pipelines.
Mentor and elevate team members through architectural deep-dives, code reviews, and progressive adoption of GitOps deployment models.
Skills & Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
Advanced English skills.
7+ years of experience in a technical role, with at least 2–4 years acting as a technical lead on complex engineering initiatives.
Strong knowledge of Python, Go, or TypeScript/Node.js.
Expert-level proficiency with Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/GKE) and public cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
Hands-on experience building REST APIs, integrating GitOps tooling (e.g., ArgoCD), and automating security controls with Akeyless or HashiCorp Vault.
What We Offer:
Competitive compensation and benefits aligned with experience.
Comprehensive health, wellness, and retirement plans.
Opportunities for continuous learning and professional growth.
Ready to architect the next generation of our platform? Apply today and join us in building what's next.
Category: Information TechnologySkills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline
- Advanced English skills
- 7+ years of experience in a technical role
- 2-4 years acting as a technical lead on complex engineering initiatives
- Strong knowledge of Python, Go, or TypeScript/Node.js
- Expert-level proficiency with Kubernetes, including EKS, AKS, or GKE
- Expert-level proficiency with public cloud infrastructure, including AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Hands-on experience building REST APIs
- Experience integrating GitOps tooling, such as ArgoCD
- Experience automating security controls with Akeyless or HashiCorp Vault
Iron Mountain Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Iron Mountain and has not been reviewed or approved by Iron Mountain.
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Inclusive Benefits Coverage — Inclusive, modern offerings are emphasized, including support for mental health, gender‑affirming care (with travel/lodging where needed), and family‑planning benefits. Recognition for disability inclusion is also highlighted, which aligns with accessible benefits and leave support.
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Retirement Support — A formal 401(k) program is described with automatic enrollment and a clear employer match structure, with immediate vesting referenced in the materials. Access to supporting infrastructure and guidance is noted through dedicated benefits portals and administrators.
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Healthcare Strength — Multiple national medical plan options are outlined, along with care navigation, virtual primary care, and pharmacy coverage. Additional wellbeing support is described via EAP services and structured wellbeing programming.
Iron Mountain Insights
What We Do
Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM) is the global leader for storage and information management services. Trusted by more than 220,000 organizations around the world, Iron Mountain boasts a real estate network of more than 80 million square feet across more than 1,350 facilities in 45 countries dedicated to protecting and preserving what matters most for its customers. Iron Mountain’s solutions portfolio includes records management, data management, document management, data centers, art storage and logistics, and secure shredding help organizations to lower storage costs, comply with regulations, recover from disaster, and better use their information. Founded in 1951, Iron Mountain stores and protects billions of information assets, including critical business documents, electronic information, medical data and cultural and historical artifacts.
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