DevOps Platform Engineer, Senior

Booz Allen Hamilton•San Diego, CA
•$77,600 - $176,000

About The Position

As a Senior DevOps Platform Engineer at Booz Allen, you will develop, manage, and secure container platforms that address client needs and make use of cloud capabilities. You will use current container software to support seamless orchestration, inform platform strategy and design, and ensure standards are met throughout the containerization process. You will recommend resources to help clients manage and securely adopt containers while supporting the development of critical cloud platforms and strengthening your DevOps skills. The position requires a Secret clearance and a bachelor's degree. The projected annualized compensation range is $77,600 to $176,000. The posting is expected to close within 90 days of its posting date. Booz Allen describes a people-first culture that prioritizes collaboration; the specific workplace type for this position is not identified. Employees may be expected to have cameras on during virtual meetings, and the hiring process includes identity verification. AI tools are prohibited when assisting with interview responses unless expressly permitted.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience developing tools and processes to drive DevOps or DevSecOps maturity through automation of builds, regression testing, monitoring, and releases across environments.
  • 10+ years of experience troubleshooting, triaging, and resolving CI/CD pipeline failures or slowness.
  • Experience serving as a technical lead, principal engineer, lead systems engineer, solution architect, chief engineer support lead, or technical authority for a complex platform, product, or mission system.
  • Experience leading container-platform modernization, platform-as-a-service implementation, cloud-native transformation, enterprise infrastructure modernization, or tactical-edge platform engineering.
  • Experience with GitOps, policy-as-code, automated compliance validation, container-image scanning, software bills of materials, artifact provenance, and secure software supply-chain implementation.
  • Experience developing enterprise cloud-native solutions.
  • Experience developing, managing, and securing containers.
  • Experience working with application development teams across the software development lifecycle and creating solutions to complex problems within a collaborative team environment.
  • Secret clearance.
  • Bachelor's degree.

Nice To Haves

  • Experience supporting Department of the Navy, Department of War, joint, maritime, afloat, expeditionary, tactical-network, command-and-control, or mission-system programs.
  • Experience with platform engineering in disconnected, intermittent, limited-bandwidth, edge-computing, afloat, expeditionary, or contested-network environments.
  • Experience developing enterprise cloud-native solutions involving Kubernetes, Docker, AWS, Jenkins, or Azure.
  • Experience creating and improving continuous automation across multiple technical stacks.
  • Experience creating and improving continuous deployment tools built on Kubernetes.
  • Experience triaging and resolving issues related to open-source and commercial tools in public cloud environments.
  • Knowledge of scripting languages such as Python or Linux Shell Script.
  • Top Secret clearance.
  • Master's degree.

Responsibilities

  • Develop tools and processes to drive DevOps or DevSecOps maturity, automating builds, regression testing, monitoring, and release promotion across environments.
  • Troubleshoot, triage, and resolve issues related to CI/CD pipeline failures or slowness.
  • Lead container-platform modernization, platform-as-a-service implementation, cloud-native transformation, enterprise infrastructure modernization, or tactical-edge platform engineering.
  • Develop, manage, and secure containers and enterprise cloud-native solutions.
  • Inform platform strategy and design and ensure standards are met throughout the containerization process.
  • Recommend resources that help clients manage and securely adopt containers.
  • Work with application development teams across the software development lifecycle to create solutions to complex problems in a collaborative environment.
  • Support the development of critical cloud platforms.

Benefits

  • Health, life, and disability benefits.
  • Financial and retirement benefits.
  • Paid leave.
  • Professional development.
  • Tuition assistance.
  • Work-life programs.
  • Dependent care.
  • Recognition awards for exceptional performance and demonstration of company values. Employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible for Booz Allen benefit programs, subject to the stated eligibility terms.
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