Senior Platform Engineer
Core
Build and operate hybrid infrastructure for a Digital Twin and Modeling & Simulation platform supporting military test ranges across AWS GovCloud and VMware-based on-premises and disconnected environments.
Role type
Senior Platform Engineer (Hybrid Cloud/Infrastructure)
Builds
Hybrid cloud infrastructure, networking, storage, and Kubernetes foundations for simulation and data-processing workloads
Domain
Defense / Military Simulation / Cloud Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
VMware administration (vSphere, ESXi, vCenter), AWS workloads (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, EKS/ECS), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible), Kubernetes cluster management, Linux system administration, networking fundamentals (subnets, routing, DNS, firewalls, security groups), security hardening (STIGs), hybrid connectivity (Direct Connect, VPN, Transit Gateway)
Preferred skills
AWS GovCloud experience, VMware NSX/vSAN/Tanzu, Rancher/RKE2/hardened Kubernetes, air-gapped environment operations, DoD ATO/RMF processes, GPU-backed simulation workloads
Technologies
AWS, VMware, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, Linux, EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, EKS, ECS, Direct Connect, VPN, Transit Gateway, STIGs
Responsibilities
Design and automate networking, storage, and Kubernetes foundations; manage hybrid-cloud workload portability and lifecycle; collaborate with DevOps and architects to maintain platform security and accreditation readiness
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
