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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Platform Engineer - **Company:** Guidehouse Inc. - **Location:** Washington, DC, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $98,000.0 - $163,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Amazon S3, Bash Shell, Groovy, Identity and Access Management, Java Web Services, Python (Programming Language), Systems Development Life Cycle, YAML, Scripting, Spring-boot, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Backend, Event Driven Architecture, Deployment Automation, AWS Fargate, Low-code, Functional Programming, Cloudwatch, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Terraform, Virtual Private Clouds, Jenkins, Servicenow - **Published:** June 12, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=d59028393827e5c7 ## About the Role Do you have experience in Virtual Private Clouds?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, * Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD "PUBLIC TRUST"; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred. * Bachelor's degree or additional FOUR (4) years experience in Lieu of degree * Minimum of SEVEN (7) years Platform Development experience * Strong AWS experience, especially ECS, IAM, S3, SQS, Lambda, VPC, and CloudWatch. * Hands-on Terraform experience, including module design and backend/state management. * Jenkins pipeline expertise, preferably shared libraries and multibranch pipelines. * Experience creating reusable platform abstractions for multiple services. * Good scripting ability in Bash or Python. * Understanding of SDLC, deployment strategies, and release governance. What Would Be Nice To Have: * Experience designing IDP (Internal developer platforms). * Experience with Spring Boot or containerized Java services. * Experience with approval gates, policy enforcement, and environment promotion. * Experience with multi-account AWS design. * Familiarity with event-driven architectures and asynchronous patterns. * Experience onboarding application teams to shared tooling. * Experience supporting ServiceNow-based low-code applications. ## Description * Build and maintain a self-service application delivery platform for AWS workloads. * Design reusable Jenkins shared libraries and pipeline standards. * Create Terraform module stacks for ECS, S3, SQS, Lambda, IAM, and related AWS services. * Define the YAML-based application contract used by application teams. * Implement promotion workflows, approvals, drift prevention, and environment separation. * Partner with developers, security, and operations to deliver secure golden paths. * Design and develop end-to-end Jenkins Declarative and Scripted pipelines using Groovy to automate seamless code promotion from development through to production environments. * Build Terraform modules and root-module compositions for multi-service applications. * Support ECS Fargate and optional AWS capabilities such as S3, SQS, Lambda, IAM. * Standardize build, test, deploy, and approval workflows. * Establish Terraform state and environment management practices. * Create documentation, templates, and onboarding guides for application teams. * Improve reliability, observability, security, and cost efficiency. ## Related Videos - [Backstage in Practice: Offloading Developer Operational Work Through Platform Self-Service](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1922-backstage-in-practice-offloading-developer-operational-work-through-platform-self-service) - [CI/CD with Github Actions](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/856-ci-cd-with-github-actions) - [Give your build some love, it will give it back!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/514-give-your-build-some-love-it-will-give-it-back) - [The Road to MLOps: How Verivox Transitioned to AWS](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1050-the-road-to-mlops-how-verivox-transitioned-to-aws) - [Our GitOps approach for deploying an Identity Provider and an API Gateway in a SaaS company](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/776-our-gitops-approach-for-deploying-an-identity-provider-and-an-api-gateway-in-a-saas-company) - [Enterprise-Cloud-Native - Fast-Paced Development & Deployment in a Highly Secure Banking Environment](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/671-enterprise-cloud-native-fast-paced-development-deployment-in-a-highly-secure-banking-environment) ## Related Articles - [Find a Developer Job: 12 Best Job Sites For Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/165-find-a-developer-job-12-best-job-sites-for-developers) - [Best Companies to work for in London: Top 25 Companies in 2023](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/187-best-companies-to-work-for-in-london-top-25-companies-in-2023) - [The Best Job Search Websites of 2025](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/368-the-best-job-search-websites-of-2025) - [Should senior developers refuse interview coding challenges?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/29-should-senior-developers-refuse-interview-coding-challenges) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Where to Find Entry-Level Software Engineering Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/397-where-to-find-entry-level-software-engineering-jobs)