CareerPlan

Platform Engineer

Columbia, MDFull-time$104k–$191k2026-10-22 → 2026-11-10
HybridCitizens onlySecurity clearance required

Core

Design, implement, and enhance secure cloud and Big Data platforms, building resilient environments using Linux, AWS, and Kubernetes.

Role type

Senior Platform Engineer (Cloud/Infrastructure)

Builds

Virtual and container infrastructure, Kubernetes environments, and platform automation tools.

Domain

Cloud Infrastructure & Big Data

Deliverable

infrastructure

Required skills

Linux administration, AWS infrastructure, Kubernetes management, Go or Python programming, Infrastructure as Code, Systems integration, Bash scripting

Preferred skills

OS/container hardening (STIGs/CIS), CI/CD platforms (GitLab/Jenkins), Big Data platforms (Hadoop/Spark), Virtualization (VMware)

Technologies

AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Podman, Helm, Kustomize, Flux, Ansible, Puppet, Go, Python, Bash

Responsibilities

Design and deploy cloud platform capabilities, manage container infrastructure, automate OS provisioning, integrate open-source technologies, troubleshoot platform components, strengthen security and monitoring.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC