Lead Platform Engineering Architect
About The Position
The Lead Platform Engineering Architect leads hybrid cloud and on-premises platform engineering supporting applications and services for a Department of Defense cyber defense mission. The role designs, builds, and manages highly available, secure, and scalable platform baselines—including Kubernetes distributions and operating systems—across hybrid cloud and on-premises infrastructures. The architect configures, integrates, hardens, and manages Kubernetes environments; integrates DoW Iron Bank hardened containers and certificates; and establishes platform services as a foundational baseline. The role governs disaster recovery, backup, business continuity, and patching strategies for a globally dispersed hybrid environment, including Recovery Point Objectives and Recovery Time Objectives for diverse data and mission-critical systems. The position requires expertise in AWS and hybrid or multi-cloud architecture, Kubernetes administration at scale, IaC/CaC, software-defined networking, and System Integration Lab operations. It also involves installing, configuring, integrating, and sustaining enterprise hybrid network infrastructure, including routing and switching, SDN, SD-WAN, and network segmentation. Daily SCIF access supports hands-on platform builds, patch validation, infrastructure management reviews, change control, and work with classified architecture baselines and JCWA integration data. The role validates patching and update execution in the SIL to reduce exposure windows.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
- 10–12 years of experience in platform engineering.
- At least 5 years of Kubernetes and container orchestration experience.
- At least 5 years of hybrid cloud architecture experience across AWS, Azure, and/or on-premises environments.
- Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
- U.S. citizenship.
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional certification.
- Deep expertise designing, hardening, and operating enterprise-scale Kubernetes environments.
- Experience implementing DevSecOps CI/CD pipelines, IaC/CaC practices such as Terraform and Ansible, and automated security gates.
- Strong hybrid network engineering skills, including SDN, SD-WAN, routing and switching, NAC, and out-of-band management.
- Ability to integrate Iron Bank hardened containers, manage OS baselines, and operate boundary security systems such as NGFW and IDS/IPS.
- Skills in platform-level testing, system update orchestration, virtualization ecosystems, and SIL operations.
- Expertise in AWS architecture and multi-cloud/hybrid infrastructure design.
- Fluency in Kubernetes administration at scale, IaC/CaC, software-defined networking, and System Integration Lab operations.
Responsibilities
- Lead hybrid cloud and on-premises platform engineering for applications and services.
- Design, build, and manage highly available, secure, and scalable platform baselines, including Kubernetes distributions and operating systems.
- Configure, integrate, harden, and manage Kubernetes environments, including resource allocation, namespaces, pod specifications, Helm charts, and orchestration logic.
- Integrate DoW Iron Bank hardened containers and certificates into application platforms.
- Develop and govern enterprise disaster recovery, backup, and business continuity strategies, including RPOs and RTOs.
- Install, configure, integrate, and sustain enterprise hybrid network infrastructure, including routing, switching, SDN, SD-WAN, and network segmentation.
- Perform hands-on platform building, patch validation, infrastructure management reviews, and change control in a SCIF environment.
- Validate patching and system update execution in the System Integration Lab.
- Implement and operate platform-level testing, automated security gates, virtualization ecosystems, and system update orchestration.
Benefits
- 401(k) with company match.
- Medical plan options, including some with Health Savings Accounts.
- Dental and vision plan options.
- Paid education and certifications.
- Paid vacation and holidays.
- Paid time off plans that include vacation, sick, personal, parental, military, bereavement, and jury duty leave.
- Short- and long-term disability benefits.
- Life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness, and business travel and accident insurance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
