Platform Engineer (CI-Poly)

Serve as a Platform Engineer

Design, deploy, maintain, and secure platform infrastructure

Build infrastructure from a bare-metal deployment

Automate security practices to ensure compliance of critical infrastructure

Be responsible for the detection and mitigation of security risk

Support Artificial Intelligence (AI) workloads

Deliver simple, sustainable, and repeatable solutions and processes

Trouble-shoot network routing, interconnectivity, platforms, and configuration issues

• Including low level application interaction
• Linux systems
• Next-gen networking software tools

Maintain security best practices across infrastructure to ensure systems compliance

Innovate new security solutions that enable us to move faster and meet key milestones

Work closely with ISSO to ensure product roll-outs meet security compliance

Assist with deployment and sustaining platform infrastructure and tooling

Do you have experience in Tooling?, Automation Scripting:

• Strong scripting skills in languages like Python, Go, Bash, or similar

Proficient with:

• Prometheus
• Grafana

Cluster Management:

Extensive experience with Kubernetes clusters to include:

• Designing, deploying, securing, maintaining
• Upgrading highly available and scalable (e.g., EKS, AKS, GKE, OpenShift)
• Including the control plane components, worker nodes, and their interactions

Containerization & Orchestration:

• Proficient with Docker and containerization best practices

Networking:

• Strong understanding of Kubernetes networking concepts

Security:

• Expertise in securing Kubernetes environments and network security

Performance & Optimization:

• Optimize resources and implement best practices for cluster tuning

CI/CD Tooling:

• Hands-on experience with popular CI/CD platforms like Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code (IaC):

• Proficiency with tools such as Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation

Linux/Unix:

Background in Linux, including networking, file systems, and process management

Experience with Helm charts and customize for Kubernetes application packaging and deployment.

Relevant certifications such as:

• CKA, CKAD, CKS, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert., * hands-on platform engineering: 5 years (Preferred)
• python and/or Go programming: 5 years (Preferred)
• building out datacenter architectures from scratch: 5 years (Preferred)
• Prometheus : 3 years (Preferred)
• Grafana: 3 years (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• CI Polygraph Security Clearance (Preferred)

Security clearance:

• Top Secret (Required)

4.14.1 out of 5 stars McLean, VA 22103 $200,000 - $250,000 a year - Full-time, Pulled from the full job description

• Professional development assistance
• Tuition reimbursement
• Parental leave
• 401(k)
• Health insurance
• Retirement plan
• 401(k) matching, * 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Relocation assistance
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance