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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Platform Engineer (Software/DevOps) - **Company:** AQUA IT - **Location:** Washington, DC, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $67,000.0 - $100,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), JavaScript (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Application Configuration Access Protocols, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, C Sharp (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Configuration Management, Code Review, Computer Programming, Computer Networks, DevOps, Distributed Systems, Domain Name System (DNS), Github, Python (Programming Language), Key Management, Network Troubleshooting, Linux System Administration, Ansible, Service Discovery, Software Deployment, Software Engineering, TypeScript, Management of Software Versions, Software Vulnerability Management, Data Logging, Diagnostic Tools, Scripting, Transport Layer Security, Google Cloud, Load Balancing, Delivery Pipeline, Kubernetes Helm Charts, Git, Containerization, Gitlab-ci, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Information Technology, Deployment Automation, Api Design, Terraform, Software Version Control, Docker, Jenkins, Vulnerability Analysis - **Published:** July 30, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/job/us27d3e65f40a7580c03a82098d6f800bc/eaa ## About the Role * Active Top Secret clearance (TS/SCI preferred) * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent professional experience. * Approximately 2-6 years of software engineering, DevOps, platform engineering, or cloud engineering experience, depending on level assessment. * Professional experience developing or operating containerized applications. * Hands-on experience with Docker, Podman, or similar container technologies. * Practical experience with Kubernetes or another container orchestration platform. * Proficiency in at least one programming or scripting language, such as: * Python * Go * Java * JavaScript or TypeScript * C# * Bash * Experience with Git-based source control and collaborative software development practices. * Experience creating or maintaining CI/CD pipelines using platforms such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or similar. * Understanding of application networking concepts, including DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, TLS, load balancing, service discovery, and ingress. * Understanding of Linux system administration and troubleshooting. * Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud. * Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and documentation skills. ## Description Overview: We are seeking a Platform Engineer to design, implement, and support modern application deployment platforms with a focus on containerization, orchestration, automation, and operational reliability. The successful candidate will work with application development and infrastructure teams to containerize applications, enhance deployment pipelines, operate Kubernetes-based platforms, and improve the scalability, security, and observability of production services., * Containerize applications using Docker or compatible container technologies. * Design and maintain Kubernetes workloads, including Deployments, StatefulSets, DaemonSets, Jobs, Services, Ingress resources, ConfigMaps, and Secrets. * Develop and maintain Helm charts, Kustomize overlays, or equivalent deployment templates. * Build and improve CI/CD pipelines for application build, test, security scanning, deployment, and rollback. * Automate infrastructure and platform operations using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or cloud-native alternatives. * Support deployments across development, test, staging, and production environments. * Implement application configuration, secrets management, health checks, readiness probes, liveness probes, and resource governance. * Troubleshoot container, networking, storage, deployment, and application-runtime issues. * Improve platform reliability through monitoring, logging, tracing, alerting, and operational dashboards. * Apply secure software supply chain practices, including image scanning, vulnerability remediation, artifact management, and least-privilege access. * Collaborate with software developers to improve application readiness for containerized and distributed environments. * Participate in incident response, root-cause analysis, and post-incident improvement activities. * Contribute to technical standards, documentation, runbooks, architecture discussions, and engineering best practices. * Mentor less-experienced engineers and provide constructive technical guidance where appropriate., Containerization * Builds efficient, secure, and maintainable container images. * Applies multi-stage builds, image-layer optimization, non-root execution, and vulnerability reduction practices. * Understands container runtime behavior, resource constraints, networking, and persistent storage. Orchestration * Deploys and manages applications on Kubernetes or equivalent platforms. * Configures workload scheduling, scaling, service exposure, health checks, and rolling updates. * Troubleshoots failed scheduling, crash loops, networking issues, configuration errors, and deployment failures. Automation and Delivery * Creates repeatable and automated deployment workflows. * Implements versioning, promotion, rollback, and environment-management practices. * Integrates testing, security checks, artifact management, and deployment approvals into delivery pipelines. Reliability and Operations * Designs services for availability, recoverability, observability, and operational support. * Uses logs, metrics, traces, and diagnostic tools to identify and resolve issues. * Participates in on-call or operational support activities as required. Software Engineering * Produces maintainable, tested, and documented code. * Applies sound design principles and contributes to code reviews. * Understands API design, configuration management, dependen ## Related Videos - [My journey into DevOps world - How it all started!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/545-my-journey-into-devops-world-how-it-all-started) - [How a Small Team Shrank a Microsoft Monorepo by 94%](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1236-how-a-small-team-shrank-a-microsoft-monorepo-by-94) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [From DevOps to Scaled DevOps: How We’re Rebuilding Continuous Delivery as a Platform](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100018-from-devops-to-scaled-devops-how-we-re-rebuilding-continuous-delivery-as-a-platform) - [Platform Engineering vs. DevOps Why not both?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/885-platform-engineering-vs-devops-why-not-both) - [Shipping Faster with Less: Render on Cloud Hosting, AI Workloads, and the Future of DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1894-shipping-faster-with-less-render-on-cloud-hosting-ai-workloads-and-the-future-of-devops) ## Related Articles - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [7 Cloud Computing Trends Coming in 2025 for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/412-7-cloud-computing-trends-coming-in-2025-for-developers) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [The 12 Best Jobs for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/401-the-12-best-jobs-for-software-engineers) - [The Most Popular IT Jobs on the Market](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/376-the-most-popular-it-jobs-on-the-market) - [What’s the Difference between a Junior, Mid, and Senior Developer?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/238-what-s-the-difference-between-a-junior-mid-and-senior-developer)