Senior SaaS Platform Engineer
CapTech Consulting · Richmond, VA
$90,000–$125,000from the description
Jul 6, 2026
Richmond, VA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior, hands-on engineering role responsible for owning and evolving a portfolio of enterprise SaaS and cloud platforms. Day-to-day work centers on building automation, managing SSO and identity integrations, administering tools across the Microsoft ecosystem and major cloud providers, and partnering with security and IT teams on governance and access controls. Best suited to an experienced platform or systems engineer comfortable operating independently across both technical architecture and operational process improvement.
Senior level · 5+ years · Richmond, VA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 7 people in the Richmond, VA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (network and computer systems administrators). range 4–15
Applicant volume Light — Few people clear these requirements, so an application that does clear them gets looked at. Worth applying to even if you miss a nice-to-have.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $101,944 (middle half $79,511–$130,876). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The SOC classification is a genuine judgment call. The role is framed as 'SaaS platform engineer' and emphasizes platform administration, SaaS governance, and identity management (15-1244 territory), but also calls for automation scripting, API integrations, and AI agent development, which lean toward 15-1252. On balance, the primary day-to-day work is administering and operating a portfolio of SaaS/cloud platforms rather than shipping new software, so 15-1244 is the primary code with 15-1252 as a close runner-up.
No specific office location is stated in the posting. CapTech is headquartered in Richmond, VA; the Virginia Equal Pay disclosure reinforces a Virginia nexus, so Richmond, VA is used as the best-available metro. The role does not appear to be fully remote.
The long list of platforms under 'Advanced experience administering' reads as a single required block. All named tools are treated as hard gates. Copilot is listed in the same block but is also referenced in the 'AI-enabled tools' narrative context, so it is marked preferred to reflect the ambiguity.
SAML and OIDC are listed together as a single SSO integration requirement; OIDC is captured as an alternative to SAML rather than a separate skill.
CI/CD is mentioned only in the context of GitHub's capabilities ('CI/CD enablement'), not as a standalone required skill, so it is marked preferred.
The $90,000–$125,000 range is stated as a base pay range and is quoted on an annual basis.
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