Platform Engineer - Navy (FedD174/FedD175)
Core
Platform Engineer responsible for developing and maintaining the Navy platform environment, acting as a link between custom/COTS/OSS applications and the platform, while advocating best practices and facilitating communication.
Role type
Senior IC Platform Engineer (DevOps & AppSec)
Builds
Kubernetes clusters (EKS & RKE2), CI/CD pipelines, UDS packaging, and automated processes for cloud-native deployments.
Domain
US Federal Government / Defense / Cloud Native Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Pulumi), Cloud Native deployments, Linux/Unix, Go, AWS, GitOps, Container Security, API Security, Architecture Security Design, Mentoring
Preferred skills
Full-stack application development, YAML (Kubernetes manifests/CRDs), Continuous Delivery, Distributed architectures, Everything-as-code, UDS Core, Iron Bank, C-ATO processes
Technologies
Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Azure, Terraform, Pulumi, Go, Helm, Kustomize, EKS, RKE2
Responsibilities
Evaluate and implement innovative solutions for complex technical problems spanning multiple domains; Implement infrastructure as code and maintain Kubernetes clusters; Apply secure coding practices and vulnerability remediation in cloud-native deployments; Collaborate with external teams and platform teams; Mentor junior engineers through pairing and code reviews.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with strategic influence