Remote Cloud/Platform Engineer #1768466
Remote Cloud/Platform Engineer #1768466
Posted 51 days ago
SENIORITY
Lead
About the role
- U.S. Citizenship is required
- Must be able to obtain a Public Trust clearance.
- This position is primarily remote; however, must be able to come on-site in Washington, DC, as required.
- Bachelor degree in Computer Science or related
- Minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience
- Certifications, such as AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Architect, CKA) are preferred
- Experience designing and operating AWS cloud environments (GovCloud preferred)
- Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes (EKS or OpenShift) and container platforms
- Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform strongly preferred)
- Experience with GitOps workflows (ArgoCD) and CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions)
- Experience building or supporting platform services for multiple development teams
- Knowledge of cloud networking, IAM, storage, and compute servicesExperience with observability and monitoring tools (Datadog, Splunk, Prometheus, CloudWatch)
- Familiarity with secrets management solutions (Vault, AWS Secrets Manager)
- Understanding of high-availability, scalability, and distributed systems design
- Experience supporting VA Platform One / BIP or similar federal DevSecOps platforms
- Experience implementing GitOps and declarative infrastructure patterns
- Knowledge of Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) in federal environments
- Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd) (nice-to-have)
- Familiarity with container hardening standards (DoD STIGs, CIS benchmarks)
- Experience with federal cloud environments (GovCloud, Azure Government)
- Knowledge of Platform One or enterprise platform servicesExperience with hybrid cloud and multi-cloud strategies
- ResponsibilitiesCloud Architecture & Platform Engineering:
- Design and implement secure, scalable cloud architectures in AWS GovCloud (preferred) and hybrid environments
- Build and maintain Kubernetes-based platform services (EKS/OpenShift) to support multi-team workloads
- Develop and manage shared platform services (networking, ingress, service mesh, CI/CD integration points)
- Establish golden paths and reusable platform patterns to accelerate developer onboarding and delivery
- Infrastructure as Code & Automation:
- Automate infrastructure provisioning using Terraform (preferred) and other IaC tools
- Implement immutable infrastructure and environment standardization practices
- Integrate infrastructure workflows with GitHub Actions and GitOps (ArgoCD)
- Container & Application Platform:
- Deploy and manage containerized workloads using Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm
- Develop and maintain Helm charts and Kubernetes manifests for standardized deployments
- Support multi-environment (dev/test/prod) Kubernetes strategies and cluster lifecycle management
- Observability, Reliability & Performance:
- Implement and maintain enterprise observability solutions (Datadog, Splunk, Prometheus, CloudWatch)
- Define and monitor SLIs/SLOs to ensure system reliability and performance
- Support high availability, scalability, and disaster recovery strategies
- Security & Compliance Alignment:
- Ensure platform services align with VA security policies, Zero Trust principles, and ATO requirements
- Integrate identity, access, and secrets management (e.g., IAM, Vault, AWS Secrets Manager)
- Support continuous compliance and audit readiness in FedRAMP/FISMA High environments
- Migration & Collaboration:
- Support migration of legacy applications to containerized, cloud-native architectures
- Collaborate with DevSecOps, security, and development teams to enable secure application delivery
- Participate in Agile ceremonies and contribute to continuous platform improvement
- Why This Role Matters:
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