infrastructure
Posted 19 hours agoStaff Platform Engineer
United StatesRemote
Responsibilities
- Architect and maintain scalable runtime production environments across cloud-native and containerized systems, including transforming applications into Kubernetes-friendly formats for bare-metal deployment
- Own the technical roadmap for the platform vertical, identifying gaps, planning initiatives, and aligning engineering effort to mission objectives
- Identify technical overlap across projects and guide teams on leveraging each other for efficient delivery
- Collaborate with product teams, providing feedback on product fit and contributing to product direction based on production usage
- Advocate for and enforce DevSecOps practices across the platform layer, including security automation, container security, and compliance
- Evaluate and select optimal methods for solving complex business problems, assessing new products and their potential impact on mission objectives
- Drive continuous improvement in CI/CD pipelines, deployment patterns, and operational tooling
- Proven track record of evaluating and selecting optimal methods for solving complex business problems
- responsibilities are not exhaustive and additional
Requirements
- Expertise in solving highly technical problems that span multiple knowledge domains
- Deep knowledge in 1-2 key technologies such as pipelines, GitOps, Kubernetes, or Go Demonstrated
- experience with Kubernetes and container-based systems Expert with YAML
- Proficient with security automation and familiarity with API Security, Container Security, and Cloud Security
- Experience with continuous delivery, distributed architectures, everything-as-code, containerization, and cloud services
- Proficient in identifying and articulating gaps in existing processes and iterating toward better ways of working
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams •
- Experience working on a team following an Agile framework in a remote environment Preferred
- DoD 8570 IAT II certification or ability to obtain •
- Experience in Department of Defense work, specifically on a production ATO system •
- Experience with Big Bang, Iron Bank, and/or C-ATO processes
- Expert in DevSecOps/DevOps and CI/CD theory and implementation The listed
- experience delivering technology programs across the federal market. What We Do
- We proudly support defense and civil agencies across the U.S. government and we work closely with the creators of leading-edge software solutions to deliver value to the mission-owner by improving the security and consumability of commercial software products. What We Work On Kubernetes
- Cloud Environments (AWS/GCP and Azure)
- Infrastructure-as-code (like Terraform/Pulumi)
- Building Kubernetes and cloud native applications
Benefits
- We share a vision of freedom and security for the advancement of progress and innovation.
- Our commitment to this vision, and to our mission-driven customers, means a commitment to speed, user
- Medical/Dental/Vision
- Premiums are 100% Company Paid
- Health Savings Account Life Insurance
- Disability Insurance Financial:
- 401k Retirement Plan
- Home Office Budget Leave:
- We offer all full-time Unicorns Flexible Time Off (FTO) plus all Federal Holidays, one week for Thanksgiving, and two weeks for Christmas and New Year’s
- Paid Parental Leave Learning:
Additional details
- EMPLOYER IS A CONTRACTOR FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. THIS POSITION WILL REQUIRE AN ACTIVE SECRET CLEARANCE TO APPLY.
- This role is responsible for designing, building, and owning the runtime production environment that bridges applications (custom development, COTS, and OSS) to the underlying platform.
- You will drive platform architecture decisions, set engineering standards, and serve as the technical anchor between application teams and platform teams.
- You will own platform strategy and implementation end-to-end: defining technical roadmaps, solving complex problems that span multiple domains, driving cross-team delivery efficiency, and mentoring engineers across the team.
- We are looking for someone who builds and owns platforms, not someone who operates within infrastructure others have designed. Key Responsibilities
- Provide mentorship to engineers across the team, fostering professional development and raising the technical bar
- Work closely with Mission Managers, providing insights on engineering competency, capacity, velocity, and alignment with mission objectives
- Work with customers to define technical roadmaps that align to mission objectives
- US citizenship and eligible to obtain a Secret security clearance
- Proficient in architecture security design, monitoring, and performance instrumentation in complex enterprise environments •