Senior Platform Engineer

System One
Washington, DC, United States
7 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence Amazon Web Services JIRA Audit Trail Cloud Computing Data Centers DevOps VMware ESX Servers Monitoring of Systems Internet Hosting Service Machine Learning Virtualization Technology
+14 more
VMware VSphere Software Vulnerability Management Data Logging HybridCloud Gitlab Containerization Gitlab-ci Kubernetes Machine Learning Operations Hardware Infrastructure Terraform Splunk AWS EKS Vmware

Job description

Join our Enterprise Hosting Services team at the forefront of secure, innovative hybrid infrastructure for one of the nation’s most critical institutions. We’re seeking a talented Platform Engineer to help architect, deploy, and manage our AWS and on-premises platforms while supporting emerging AI capabilities, modern containerized workloads, and enterprise virtualization environments.

What You’ll Do:

  • Design, implement, and maintain hybrid infrastructure spanning AWS GovCloud and on-premises data centers, ensuring compliance with federal security standards

  • Manage Kubernetes fleet operations across AWS EKS, on-premises Mirantis Kubernetes Engine (MKE), and VMware vSphere with Kubernetes (VKS)

  • Lead application modernization initiatives, migrating and optimizing workloads across cloud and on-premises environments

  • Administer and optimize hyper-visor clusters (VMware vSphere, ESXi) for enterprise workloads

  • Manage Splunk infrastructure for centralized logging, monitoring, and security analytics

  • Implement comprehensive audit logging, monitoring, and observability solutions across hybrid environments

  • Support security engineering initiatives including vulnerability management, compliance automation, and security hardening

  • Support emerging AI/ML capabilities and cloud-native solutions

  • Build and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform and GitLab CI/CD pipelines

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an agile environment using Jira for project management

  • Ensure systems meet NIST 800-53 and FISMA compliance requirements

  • Automate operational tasks and improve platform reliability across both cloud and on-premises infrastructure

  • Contribute to architectural decisions and hybrid cloud strategy

Requirements

  • AWS GovCloud and on-premises data center experience

  • Kubernetes fleet management experience (EKS, Mirantis, VKS)

  • VMware vSphere administration and cluster management

  • Splunk administration and enterprise log management

  • Knowledge of NIST 800-53 controls and FISMA compliance frameworks

  • Experience with security engineering, audit logging, and monitoring tools

  • Application modernization and containerization experience

  • Experience with AI/ML infrastructure and services

  • GitLab and Jira experience

  • AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, SysOps Administrator, or DevOps Engineer)

  • VMware or Kubernetes certifications (CKA, CKAD)

Experience in financial services or federal government environments

Benefits & conditions

System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé, ALTA IT Services, CM Access, TPGS, and MOUNTAIN, LTD., are leaders in delivering workforce solutions and integrated services across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible full-time employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.

About the company

System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé and Mountain Ltd., are leaders in delivering outsourced services and workforce solutions across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.

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