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# Sr Platform Engineer (GitLab practice)

- **Company:** INflow Federal
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $150,000.0 - $250,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Github, Performance Tuning, Subversion, Backup and Restore, Agentic-AI, Gitlab, Kubernetes, Bitbucket, Terraform, Devsecops, Jenkins, Static Application Security Testing, Vulnerability Analysis, Dynamic Application Security Testing
- **Published:** October 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=9ab5018eccafdae5

## About the Role

* 3+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps or platform engineering.
 * Hands-on GitLab administration experience in production (Self-Managed or Dedicated).
 * Experience designing, running, and troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines at enterprise scale.
 * Strong consulting instincts: clear written and verbal communication, ability to lead a customer meeting, and discipline working to a defined scope.
 * Willingness to travel to customer sites for workshops, cutovers, and secure facilities when needed., * Active GitLab certifications (GitLab Certified Associate, Professional, or Services Engineer).
 * Experience with Kubernetes and Terraform in production.
 * Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure in a DevSecOps context.
 * Prior work on federal, defense, or intelligence community programs.
 * Experience with GitLab Duo, DAP, agentic AI, or AI-assisted development adoption.
 * Experience with security scanning toolchains, STIG compliance, or cATO frameworks., Minimum of a DoD Secret clearance is required. Top Secret highly desired.

## Description

INflow is standing up a GitLab Professional Services practice as a subcontracting partner to GitLab. As a Senior GitLab DevSecOps Engineer, you will deliver GitLab-scoped engagements for GitLab's enterprise and public sector customers, working alongside the GitLab PS team under GitLab's methodology, on GitLab-managed statements of work.
The work is cleared, customer-facing, and runs against defined scopes. You will install and operate GitLab at enterprise scale, migrate agencies off legacy platforms, design CI/CD and DevSecOps pipelines, and roll out GitLab Duo and the Duo Agent Platform (DAP) in environments where the mission depends on getting it right the first time., * Administer GitLab Self-Managed and Dedicated environments: install, upgrade, backup and restore, user and group management, runners, Geo replication, and performance tuning.

 * Lead enterprise migrations into GitLab from GitHub, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or SVN. Use Congregate and direct transfer. Deploy GitLab reference architectures.
 * Design and optimize CI/CD pipelines, including security scanning (SAST, DAST, dependency, container) and compliance framework integration.
 * Configure and roll out the GitLab Duo Agent Platform (DAP): build and customize agents and flows, enable AI-assisted development workflows, and advise customers on governance and adoption.
 * Deliver customer-facing advisory, clear documentation, and knowledge transfer to agency teams. Lead workshops, cutovers, and secure-environment deployments.
 * Operate against defined SOWs with GitLab managing the customer relationship. Scope, estimate, and ship work on schedule., * Direct GitLab enablement, training on GitLab PS delivery methods and tooling, and a defined path to GitLab certifications.
 * Work on cleared, high-impact engagements across DoW, IC, and civilian federal customers.
 * The opportunity to build INflow's GitLab practice from the ground up as a founding member.