Platform Engineer - Navy (FedD174/FedD175)
About the role
EMPLOYER IS A CONTRACTOR FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. THIS POSITION WILL REQUIRE AN ACTIVE SECRET CLEARANCE TO APPLY.
Role Description
We are seeking a talented Platform Engineer to join the Navy Delivery team, which translates to a mix of a DevOps and a platform application security team. The ideal candidate will play a crucial role in the development and maintenance of our platform, demonstrating a strong understanding of system architecture, problem-solving skills, and the ability to guide other engineers. An experienced professional who can fulfill both technical responsibilities and contribute to the strategic vision and innovation of our products will succeed in this role.
As a Platform Engineer within our organization, you will join a team of dedicated unicorns who are focused on advancing freedom and independence globally. Our teams work on various different technical baselines depending on specific engagements. We focus our Products on the Platform layer but to deliver for our Heroes, we may also work on CI/CD components, runner deployments and maintenance, UDS packaging, and automating processes.
Responsibilities
You will serve as a crucial link between applications, either custom development, COTS, or OSS, and the Navy platform environment, advocating best practices and facilitating communication between application teams and platform teams.
In this position, you will be expected to:
- Innovate and Solve Problems: Evaluate and weigh different methods for solving complex technical problems; identify innovative solutions.
- Demonstrate Technical Skill: Solve technical problems that span 2-3 knowledge domains, showcasing a broad understanding of diverse technological landscapes. Demonstrate expert knowledge in 1-2 key technologies such as full-stack application development, CI/CD, GitOps, Kubernetes, Tofu, AWS, Go, or others, contributing to the team's technical excellence.
- Influence the Strategic Vision: Contribute to the strategic planning that aligns technological advancements with the mission objectives.
- Exhibit strong programming skills and deep familiarity with Linux/Unix operating systems.
- Implement infrastructure as code and contribute to the build/maintenance of kubernetes clusters on various distributions (i.e EKS & RKE2).
- Apply extensive experience with cloud native technology deployments, emphasizing secure coding practices and vulnerability remediation.
- Build relationships with external teams and collaborate with other platform teams.
Travel Expectations: 4-12 times per year.
The listed responsibilities are not exhaustive and additional responsibilities may be assigned based on the evolving needs of the organization. We are seeking a dynamic individual who is able to adapt and take on new responsibilities as they arise.
Preferred Experience and Qualifications
- Expertise in solving technical problems that span multiple knowledge domains.
- Deep knowledge in 1-2 key technologies, demonstrating proficiency in areas such as full-stack application development, GitOps, Kubernetes, Tofu, AWS, Go, or others.
- Experience working with YAML to create Kubernetes manifests, Kubernetes CRDs, and pipeline configurations.
- Proficient with security automation and familiarity with API Security, Container Security, and Cloud Security.
- Proficient in architecture security design, monitoring, and performance instrumentation in a complex enterprise environment.
- Experience with conti