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# Platform Engineer

- **Company:** Cornerstone Defense
- **Location:** Colorado Springs, CO, United States
- **Salary:** $150,000.0 - $180,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Firewall, User Authentication, Cloud Computing Security, Configuration Management, Cyber Security, Linux, Information Systems Security Architecture Professional, Python (Programming Language), Network Security, Windows PowerShell, Systems Development Life Cycle, Cloud Services, Ansible, Secure Coding, Software Engineering, Network Access Control, Backend, Gitlab, Kubernetes, Software Version Control, Programming Languages
- **Published:** October 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/8585011/platform-engineer

## About the Role

* Development experience creating and deploying secure services in any modern programming language (including but not limited to Python, Rust, Go)
 * Strong familiarity with software development lifecycle (SDLC) processes and source control technologies
 * Familiarity with cloud security services, concepts, and best practices
 * Experience developing security architectures

Desired Skills:

 * Automating processes between tools and systems (using tools such as Ansible, Powershell, et al)
 * Familiarity with enterprise security controls and security best practices for Linux systems

## Description

* Design, build, and maintain technology solutions and systems that provide security for on-prem systems, networks, and data. This can include:
 + Authentication and identity services, including multi-factor solutions, network access control identity servers, and related authentication and authorization technologies.
 + Network security systems and the backend infrastructure that powers such services.
 + Application level security controls (e.g. web application firewalls)
 + Enabling and enforcing Secure Coding pattern implementation, verification, and validation
 + Cloud deployments security policy enforcement, centralized configuration management, monitoring, etc.
 + Work collaboratively with Cybersecurity and IT teams to identify threats and problem areas, using that feedback to further strengthen tools and technologies.
 + Create solutions that are scalable, repeatable, maintainable, and secure.
 * Assisting with Kubernetes deployments, troubleshooting, and improving security posture using Gitlab pipelines and ArgoCD GitOps patterns