Senior Platform Engineer (FedD202)
About The Position
The Senior Platform Engineer will join the Navy Delivery team and work across platform engineering, application development, DevOps, and application security. The role helps application teams integrate, package, secure, deploy, and operate software on the Unicorn Delivery Service (UDS) and in Kubernetes-based environments. The engineer will work across the application/platform boundary, including application source code, APIs, containers, CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes resources, Helm charts, and production runtime concerns. They will collaborate with application teams to understand software build and operational needs, translate those needs into repeatable deployment artifacts and processes, and troubleshoot issues across application and platform layers. Application technologies in use include React, Vue, NGINX-hosted static assets, C#/.NET services, and Python/FastAPI services; experience with every technology is not required. The role supports varied technical baselines and may involve CI/CD components, runner deployments and maintenance, UDS packaging, Kubernetes and Helm configuration, application observability, security controls, and process automation. The engineer will connect custom, commercial off-the-shelf, and open-source applications with the Navy platform environment, advocate best practices, collaborate with application and platform teams, and contribute to strategic planning aligned with mission objectives. Travel is expected 4–12 times per year.
Requirements
- Professional experience developing, deploying, supporting, or operating production applications or platform environments.
- Hands-on experience with cloud-native technologies, containers, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, or Kubernetes-based environments.
- Strong Linux/Unix skills and the ability to troubleshoot technical issues across application and platform layers.
- Experience with application architectures, source code, APIs, containers, runtime dependencies, or deployment requirements.
- Experience with YAML-based configuration, such as Kubernetes manifests, Helm configuration, CRDs, or CI/CD pipelines.
- Familiarity with security practices related to applications, APIs, containers, cloud infrastructure, or vulnerability remediation.
- Strong problem-solving skills, including the ability to work independently and adapt to unfamiliar technologies and ambiguous technical problems.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with application, platform, and external teams.
- Eligible to apply for and maintain a U.S. government security clearance.
- Ability to obtain a DoD 8570 IAT II certification.
Nice To Haves
- Deep expertise in one or more areas such as full-stack application development, Kubernetes, GitOps, CI/CD, Tofu, AWS, Go, or related technologies.
- Production experience with Kubernetes, including EKS, RKE2, or similar distributions.
- Experience designing, implementing, integrating, or troubleshooting APIs and backend services.
- Experience with modern application stacks such as C#/.NET, Python/FastAPI, React, Vue, or NGINX-hosted applications.
- Experience with Helm, GitOps, observability, distributed architectures, security automation, or everything-as-code practices.
- Experience mentoring and developing other engineers through pairing, technical guidance, or code reviews.
- Active U.S. government security clearance and/or current DoD 8570 IAT II certification.
- Department of Defense experience, particularly supporting a production Authority to Operate (ATO) system.
- Experience with UDS Core, Iron Bank, and/or C-ATO processes.
Responsibilities
- Evaluate different approaches to complex technical problems and identify innovative solutions.
- Solve technical problems spanning multiple knowledge domains and contribute expertise in one or more key technologies.
- Contribute to strategic planning that aligns technological advancements with mission objectives.
- Apply strong programming skills and deep familiarity with Linux/Unix operating systems.
- Implement infrastructure as code and contribute to building and maintaining Kubernetes clusters on distributions such as EKS and RKE2.
- Deploy cloud-native technologies using secure coding practices and remediate vulnerabilities.
- Build relationships with external teams and collaborate with other platform teams.
- Connect custom, commercial off-the-shelf, and open-source applications with the Navy platform environment, advocate best practices, and facilitate communication between application and platform teams.
- Help application teams integrate, package, secure, deploy, and operate software on UDS and Kubernetes-based environments.
- Support CI/CD components, runner deployments and maintenance, UDS packaging, Kubernetes and Helm configuration, application observability, security controls, and process automation.
- Travel 4–12 times per year.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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