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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Platform/DevOps Engineer - **Company:** SCRM CONSULTING INC - **Location:** United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Build Automation, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Databases, Continuous Integration, Data Security, DevOps, Groovy, Monitoring of Systems, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Redis, Prometheus, Data Streaming, Tripwire, Okta, DevOps Tools - Open-source, Amazon ElastiCache, System Availability, Grafana, Technical Debt, AWS Lambda, Git, SC Clearance, Data Layers, Kubernetes, Rancher, Hashicorp, Apache Kafka, Terraform, Dynatrace, Docker, Elk Stack, Jenkins, Servicenow - **Published:** August 25, 2026 - **Apply:** https://computerjobs.com/us/en/mob/job/9C5A781E5847A235DD ## About the Role We are looking for an experienced Platform/DevOps Engineer (SFIA Level 4 - Enable) with 5-8 years of experience to take ownership of running, evolving, and securing our AWS and secure on-premise environments. You will lead on production support, drive automation and observability improvements, and act as a technical authority across the platform, mentoring less experienced engineers along the way. Preferred Tech Stack Expertise * Cloud Infrastructure: AWS (EKS, RDS, Aurora, ElastiCache, Kafka, IAM) * Secure Hosting: Experience working with air-gapped or government-secure environments * Container & Cluster Management: Docker, Kubernetes, Rancher, Jenkins, Helm * Monitoring & Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Dynatrace * Secrets & Identity Management: HashiCorp Vault, Keycloak * CI/CD & DevOps Tooling: Jenkins, Git, ServiceNow, Trivy, Terraform * Streaming & Messaging: Apache Kafka (including Kafka Replication) * Data Layers: PostgreSQL, Redis, RDLs * Automation: IaC, pipeline build automation, event relay tooling * Scripting: Bash, Python, Groovy, Lambda functions, * 5-8 years of experience in a DevOps/Platform Engineering role, ideally within a regulated, secure, or government environment. * Demonstrated ability to independently lead technical initiatives and take ownership of complex platform components. * SC Clearance Required ## Description * Own and continuously evolve the AWS and secure on-premise environments, ensuring high availability and resilience. * Lead Level 3 (L3) production support and non-production environment maintenance, including 24/7 on-call support, acting as an escalation point for complex incidents. * Ensure all services are compliant with security standards and drive adherence to the change and release governance model. * Design, build, and maintain core infrastructure components: event streaming (Kafka), databases (Aurora, RDS, Redis), identity management (Keycloak), and caching layers. * Enhance and maintain CI/CD tooling and self-service developer pipelines for tenant teams, identifying opportunities for platform-wide improvement. * Proactively manage and resolve technical debt, working with central governance bodies and providing visibility to the board. * Drive increased automation, observability, and testing coverage across platform components, enabling data-driven decision-making. * Align delivery with the product roadmap, collaborating with internal/external platform and infrastructure teams to support scalable, resilient services. * Support critical national infrastructure tasks, including platform deployments, incident/problem/change management, and continual service improvement (ITIL-aligned). * Use and integrate ServiceNow (or its successor) to track and manage changes, incidents, requests, and problem records. * Support replication services, match engines, and secure data flows (Impex, Threat, Kafka replication). * Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior and mid-level engineers. ## Related Videos - [Reducing LLM Calls with Vector Search Patterns - Raphael De Lio (Redis)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1714-reducing-llm-calls-with-vector-search-patterns-raphael-de-lio-redis) - [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) - [From Pipelines to Platforms: How DevOps Automation Becomes a Force Multiplier at Scale](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1946-from-pipelines-to-platforms-how-devops-automation-becomes-a-force-multiplier-at-scale) - [Accelerating Authentication Architecture: Taking Passwordless to the Next Level](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/733-accelerating-authentication-architecture-taking-passwordless-to-the-next-level) - [Git for Code Reviews](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/429-git-for-code-reviews) - [My journey into DevOps world - How it all started!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/545-my-journey-into-devops-world-how-it-all-started) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [DevOps Engineer Salary [2023]](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/203-devops-engineer-salary-2023) - [Events like RSAC Get You CISOs. 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