Platform Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Set up, manage, and oversee cloud infrastructure on AWS and Microsoft Azure for mission-critical applications, data services, and development environments.

• Provision and oversee compute resources, storage, virtual networking, DNS, and cloud service configurations.

• Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure application connectivity and address dependencies.

• Create and sustain reusable infrastructure as code and scripts for automated provisioning, configurations, and repeatable deployments.

• Assist with CI/CD pipelines and manage version-controlled changes, which include deployment testing, release validation, and rollback processes.

• Configure identity and access permissions, service identities, secrets management, and implement platform security controls.

• Keep monitoring, logging, dashboards, and alerts updated for platform health, availability, capacity, performance, and resource consumption.

• Diagnose platform incidents and integration issues spanning infrastructure, networks, identities, and applications.

• Document root causes and execute corrective measures.

• Conduct platform updates, patching, and configuration reviews; facilitate vulnerability remediation and uphold configuration baselines.

• Ensure backup, recovery, and continuity processes are in place; verify restoration and failover capabilities.

• Convert platform requirements into actionable tasks in collaboration with engineering and mission stakeholders.

• Sustain architecture diagrams, configuration records, deployment guides, and operational procedures.

⛳️ Requirements

• Active Secret security clearance.

• Practical experience in configuring, operating, or supporting cloud environments in both Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure, covering compute, storage, networking, and identity services.

• Proficient understanding of Linux or Windows administration, including system configuration, services, logs, patching, and fundamental security practices.

• Experience with Python, PowerShell, Bash, or a similar scripting language to automate operational tasks and ensure consistent configurations.

• Knowledge of infrastructure as code and the capability to review, update, and troubleshoot reusable infrastructure definitions.

• Familiarity with source control and automated deployment workflows, which encompass testing, release validation, and rollback of infrastructure or application modifications.

• Understanding of IP networking, Domain Name System, routing, network access controls, and cloud service connectivity.

• Capability to analyze logs and monitoring data, troubleshoot infrastructure and access issues, and implement enhancements to platform reliability and performance.

• Proficient in working collaboratively with distributed engineering, cybersecurity, and mission teams, clearly communicating technical challenges, and maintaining accessible technical documentation.

• Experience with Terraform or similar infrastructure automation tools for managing cloud resources across various environments.

• Familiarity with containers, Kubernetes, or managed container services, including their deployment, configuration, and troubleshooting requirements.

• Experience in supporting federal mission environments or implementing DevSecOps practices in systems with established security and compliance criteria.

• Background in backup and recovery testing, capacity planning, or optimizing cloud resources and costs.

🏝️ Benefits

• Commitment to equal employment opportunity.

• Application accommodations available for individuals with disabilities.

• Colorado applicants can redact age-identifying information without penalty.