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# DevOps - Platform Engineer

- **Company:** Associates, Inc
- **Location:** Aurora, CO, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $125,000.0 - $185,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Confluence, JIRA, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Identity and Access Management, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ansible, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Gitlab, Containerization, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Cloudwatch, Terraform, Network Server, Devsecops, Docker, Jenkins, Artifactory
- **Published:** July 23, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9050142/devops-platform-engineer

## About the Role

BS/BA in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, Physics, or related STEM field; up to 5 years' experience

Active TS/SCI with CI Poly (required Day 1); U.S. citizenship

Strong RedHat Linux installation, configuration, and administration experience

Hands-on cloud infrastructure development (preferably AWS)

Proficiency with automation tools (Terraform, Ansible, Chef)

DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification (Security+ CE or equivalent)

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with servers, networks, storage, virtualization

DevSecOps development and delivery experience

AWS services (EC2, EKS, S3, CloudWatch, IAM, VPC)

Containerization (Kubernetes, Docker, Podman)

CI/CD tools (Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, Artifactory, GitLab, Helm)

## Description

Develop, integrate, and optimize cloud-based platform and infrastructure environments across build, integration/test, and production

Apply best practices and automation (Terraform, Ansible, Chef) to improve scalability, consistency, and deployment efficiency

Collaborate with software engineers, data scientists, and Agile teams to deliver resilient, scalable platform solutions

Embed security and compliance controls, including encryption and access management

Provide operational support to maintain platform stability and performance


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