Platform Engineer/Senior Platform Engineer (NGPO Strategy – Ecosystems Development)
Core
Design, implement, and maintain cloud or on-premises infrastructure and platform services for safety-critical Air Navigation System applications.
Role type
Senior Platform Engineer (Infrastructure & Cloud)
Builds
Robust, scalable infrastructure solutions for the Next Generation Air Navigation System (ANS)
Domain
Aviation / Critical Infrastructure / Cloud & On-Premises Infrastructure
Deliverable
infrastructure
Required skills
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation), Container Orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, OpenShift), Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure), Virtualization (VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, KVM), Configuration Management (Ansible, Puppet, Chef), Scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell, Go), Networking (VPCs, VLANs, Load Balancers, DNS, Service Mesh), Monitoring & Observability (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog), CI/CD pipelines, Disaster Recovery, High-availability system design
Preferred skills
Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) background, Government Commercial Cloud (GCC) environments experience, Data platform technologies and streaming systems, Cost optimization strategies, Compliance frameworks for aviation and critical infrastructure
Technologies
Terraform, CloudFormation, Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, OpenShift, Helm, Kustomize, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, Datadog, AWS, Azure, VMware vSphere, Hyper-V, KVM, Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Python, Bash, PowerShell, Go
Responsibilities
Architect and maintain mission-critical platform solutions in cloud or on-premises environments; Implement infrastructure automation using IaC tools; Manage containerized environments and orchestration platforms; Collaborate with developers and architects to deploy scalable solutions; Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions; Apply security controls and ensure regulatory compliance; Maintain and optimize data pipeline infrastructure; Perform deployment, integration testing, and validation; Troubleshoot and optimize performance and reliability issues; Maintain documentation for infrastructure and operational procedures
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC