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# VP, Platform Engineering

- **Company:** True Anomaly
- **Location:** Long Beach, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $185,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Systems Engineering, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Continuous Integration, Information Engineering, Data Infrastructure, DevOps, Reliability Engineering, Azure Machine Learning, Multi-Cloud, AI Platforms, Kubernetes
- **Published:** August 1, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9070886/vp-platform-engineering

## About the Role

* 12+ years of experience in infrastructure, platform, or systems engineering, with 5+ years leading engineering organizations of 15+ people across multiple technical disciplines
 * Hands-on expertise in cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GovCloud variants), Kubernetes, container orchestration, networking, and CI/CD at scale
 * Direct experience building and operating DoD Impact Level 5 or higher accredited environments, with working knowledge of NIST 800-53, STIGs, RMF, and the ATO process
 * Track record of building engineering organizations from scratch in high-growth environments: recruiting teams, establishing culture, and delivering platforms that other teams depend on
 * Experience managing teams that operate across classification levels with mixed clearance requirements
 * Strong executive communication skills and the ability to represent infrastructure strategy to government customers, program leadership, and C-suite stakeholders, * Experience in aerospace, defense, or national security technology companies
 * Background spanning multiple infrastructure disciplines: AI/ML platforms, data engineering, networking, and SRE/DevOps
 * Experience with multi-cloud and hybrid architectures including on-premises, GovCloud, and customer-deployed or disconnected environments
 * Prior experience at a high-growth startup (Series B through IPO) building infrastructure that scales with rapid headcount and contract growth
 * Familiarity with platform engineering "paved roads" operating models that balance standardization with engineering team autonomy
 * Active U.S. Top Secret or TS/SCI clearance

## Description

* Build and lead the Platform Engineering organization from the ground up: hiring managers, setting technical direction, and scaling a team to 24+ in 2026 with significant continued growth as the company expands its program portfolio and prime capabilities
 * Own the company's compute infrastructure platform strategy across commercial, CUI, and classified environments, including cloud, containers, networking, and CI/CD
 * Define and deliver the technical architecture for DoD Impact Level 5 and IL-6 accredited compute environments, replacing subcontractor dependency with a reusable, internally owned platform
 * Drive AI enablement infrastructure as the company's top strategic priority, including the AI platform, data infrastructure, and enterprise AI tooling that the rest of the company depends on
 * Lead the Systems Working Group: technology evaluation, approval, and standardization across the company, backed by the engineering capacity to drive outcomes
 * Partner with engineering leadership, program teams, and government customers to ensure infrastructure scales with the contract pipeline and positions True Anomaly to offer accredited compute as a prime capability


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