Senior Platform Engineer

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $140k - $200k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🏗️ Platform Engineer

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Systems Planning & Analysis

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1001 - 5000 employees

📦 Logistics

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

Logistics • Healthcare • Consulting

Systems Planning & Analysis is dedicated to enhancing national security through innovative data-driven analysis and technical engineering services. With a rich history of over 50 years, SPA addresses complex challenges faced by government clients, particularly in defense intelligence and homeland security. The company excels in areas such as AI/ML and decision analytics, systems engineering, and modeling and simulation, providing vital support for national security programs across multiple domains.

📋 Description

• Serve as the primary technical partner for assigned mission teams throughout application onboarding, deployment, and operations • Guide software development teams in adopting platform capabilities, engineering standards, and best practices • Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues across cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, networking, platform services, and application integrations • Understand technical requirements and recommend platform capabilities supporting mission objectives • Develop reusable platform capabilities to address recurring technical challenges and improve developer experience • Develop technical solutions for application onboarding, deployment, operations, and lifecycle management • Collaborate with cloud engineers, Kubernetes engineers, cybersecurity specialists, and technical product managers • Improve platform reliability, automation, security, documentation, and operational processes • Develop technical documentation, implementation guidance, knowledge articles, and engineering standards • Participate in architecture discussions, technical reviews, and engineering initiatives • Monitor platform health, identify operational risks, and recommend improvements • Build trusted relationships through responsive technical leadership and customer-focused engineering • Enable mission teams to adopt and effectively use platform capabilities • Improve platform reliability, operational efficiency, customer satisfaction, and developer experience

🎯 Requirements

• Active Secret clearance at time of application • Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical discipline from an accredited university • Minimum 6 years of progressively responsible experience designing, building, and operating production Kubernetes platforms • Current CompTIA Security+ certification or equivalent Department of Defense approved Information Assurance certification • Demonstrated experience engineering and supporting cloud-native platforms, including Kubernetes, hybrid cloud infrastructure, and modern software delivery environments • Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues across infrastructure, networking, platform services, and software deployments while communicating effectively with technical customers • Experience providing mission focused technical engagement by building trusted relationships, understanding customer requirements, and delivering practical engineering solutions • Experience implementing automation, Infrastructure as Code, and operational best practices that improve platform reliability, scalability, and developer productivity • Demonstrated ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary engineering teams while influencing technical decisions and continuously improving platform capabilities • Ability to work remotely on a full-time basis

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • Flexible spending accounts • Health savings accounts • Retirement savings plans • Life and disability insurance programs • Paid and unpaid time away from work • Variable compensation opportunities