# Senior Platform Engineer

**Company**: Dark Wolf Solutions
**Location**: Herndon, VA
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $155,000.00 -$185,000.00
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Dark Wolf Solutions is looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to join their team in Herndon, VA, with a hybrid work arrangement. The engineer will design, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure and services to ensure high availability, scalability, and security of cloud-based applications.

Key Responsibilities:

- Deploy and maintain common Kubernetes platform services on cloud-native architecture

- Integrate a Kubernetes platform with common enterprise services to satisfy organisational security requirements

- Implement secure automation, effective monitoring, and Infrastructure as Code

- Deploy and maintain Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines across multiple environments

- Support and work alongside a cross-functional engineering team on the latest technologies

- Develop and iterate best practices to increase the quality and velocity of deployments

- Implement industry best practices for system hardening and configuration management

Required Qualifications:

- 8+ years of experience working with commercial cloud service providers such as AWS, GCP, or Azure with at least 2 years of specific experience working in cARMY, Cloud One, or Platform One at IL6

- Experience architecting and maintaining common Kubernetes or Docker platform services on cloud-native architecture, ensuring high availability and scalability for mission-critical applications

- Experience integrating and providing cloud platform services within a Kubernetes cluster

- Experience designing and implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform to enforce DISA STIG compliance and baseline configuration management across all environments

- Experience with DevSecOps tools and processes such as GitLab CI, Artifactory, ArgoCD, FluxCD, Helm, Kustomize

- Experience deploying and maintaining Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines across multiple environments

- Demonstrated knowledge in Agile, Scrum, DevSecOps processes, and DoD cybersecurity requirements

- Solid problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and critical thinking abilities

- B.A. or B.S. in Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, or related discipline (or relevant experience in lieu of a degree)

- DoD Approved 8570 Baseline Certifications (e.g. CompTia Security+ CE Certification)

- US Citizenship and an active DoD Secret security clearance or higher

Desired Qualifications:

- Experience with Oracle and PostgreSQL DBMS

- Experience deploying and maintaining Platform One’s Big Bang suite of tools

- Experience working with the DHA

- Experience with DoD FedRAMP authorised cloud platforms such as AWS GovCloud and/or Cloud One

- Experience standing up and maintaining AWS services including RDS, EMR, ECR, EKS and S3

- Experience deploying Kubernetes using Rancher RKE2

- Knowledge of the Risk Management Framework (RMF) accreditation process and security requirements

- Experience using DISA enterprise security products including HBSS and ACAS and performing security hardening to satisfy STIG requirements

- Experience installing and configuring a service mesh for cluster ingress/egress, mTLS, and authorisation and authentication of services

- Experience providing Identity Management services within a cloud or Kubernetes environment such Open ID Connect (OIDC) or SAML SSO

The compensation for the senior level role is estimated to be approximately $155,000.00 -$185,000.00 commensurate on experience.

## Skills

### Required
- Kubernetes
- AWS
- Terraform
- DevSecOps
- GitLab CI
- Artifactory
- ArgoCD
- FluxCD
- Helm
- Kustomize
- Agile
- Scrum
- DoD cybersecurity requirements

### Nice to have
- Oracle
- PostgreSQL DBMS
- Platform One’s Big Bang suite of tools
- DHA
- DoD FedRAMP authorised cloud platforms
- Rancher RKE2
- Risk Management Framework (RMF) accreditation process
- DISA enterprise security products
- Service mesh
- Identity Management services

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