Platform Engineer

Clear Fracture LLC

19d

About The Position

Clear Fracture is inventing new AI-driven data integration solutions, empowering organizations to utilize their data for informed decisions and more agile operations. We're looking for a highly skilled and motivated Platform Engineer to lead the cloud and on-prem deployment implementation of Clear Fracture's multi-agent data integration products. This role is a core part of the development team and will be highly impactful for our customers.

Requirements

• Experience: 4+ years of Platform Engineering experience with a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Citizenship: Due to the nature of the work, U.S. Citizenship and the ability to obtain a Secret Clearance are required.
• CI/CD pipelines: Experience with CI/CD pipeline implementation, especially GitHub Actions to automate the code build, test, and deployment lifecycle.
• Cloud & Data Technologies: Expertise in cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Containerization: Experience with Docker artifact management across a complex microservices application.
• Container Orchestration: Experience using Helm Charts and/or Argo CD to manage multi-container deployments in both cloud and on-premises environments.
• Kubernetes Packaging & Distribution: Experience packaging and distributing complex software products on Kubernetes, including creating deployment artifacts and distribution pipelines (not limited to running workloads).
• Marketplace deployment: Experience provisioning applications for deployment in environments like the AWS Marketplace, especially more complex Kubernetes-based applications. Terraform experience is a plus.
• Security: Experience building security-hardened Kubernetes platforms for regulated or restricted environments.
• Software Development Lifecycle: Familiarity with GitOps practices and the ability to work with legacy codebases.
• Troubleshooting: Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills with a focus on system performance optimization.
• Best Practices: Experience developing platforms using industry standards and repeatable processes to maintain project timelines and budgets.
• Validation: Ability to review, test, and document platform and deployment functionality against design requirements.
• Communication: Excellent communication skills for collaborating with technical and non-technical stakeholders and capturing instructions and explanations in documents and presentations.
• Teamwork: Proven ability to work effectively in remote team environments.
• Adaptability: Commitment to continuous learning, adaptability to changing priorities, and ability to thrive in fast-paced environments.
• Problem-Solving: Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Performance Testing: Experience with performance and load testing tools.

Nice To Haves

• Security Clearance: Active security clearance.
• Advanced Degree: Master's degree or higher in a relevant field (e.g., Computer Science, Data Science).
• Observability: Grafana or similar monitoring platform deployment and dashboard building.
• Other technologies: Expertise in data integration platforms (e.g., Databricks, Oracle Data Flows, Informatica), database technologies (e.g., Postgres, Trino, SparkSQL), and search engines (e.g., ElasticSearch).
• AI/ML Systems: Experience working deployments of AI systems, including locally provisioned/served LLM models.

Responsibilities

• Platform deployment: building portable platform deployments for both online marketplace and fully disconnected, on-prem environments.
• CI/CD Integration: Integrate automated tests into the CI/CD pipeline to enable continuous delivery and improve code quality.
• Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, developers, and other stakeholders to understand requirements, provide feedback, and ensure product quality throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Documentation: Create clear and concise documentation for deployment processes, especially for on-prem, disconnected environments.
• Process Improvement: Contribute to the continuous improvement of platform and DevOps processes, tools, and methodologies.

Benefits

• Be part of a dynamic and rapidly growing team at the forefront of AI and data integration.
• Opportunity to work on innovative multi-agent solutions for critical government missions.
• Make a significant impact on how government agencies leverage data for decision-making and operational efficiency.
• Collaborative and supportive work environment focused on innovation and customer success.
• foster an environment of growth and development, with an emphasis on opportunity, recognition, and work-life balance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level