Federal Platform Engineer

Job#: 3042159

Platform Engineer

Washington D.C.

TS/SCI Clearance (Polygraph Preferred)

The Federal Platform Engineer is a crucial member of the team who is responsible for the Agentic AI platformʼs scalability and reliability. Serving as the primary architect and operator of the infrastructure required to run complex, agentic applications, you will own the end-to-end lifecycle of the platform—from initial infrastructure-as-code provisioning to high-scale, day-two operations. In this role, you bridge the gap between cloud-native engineering and the unique demands of AI/LLM workloads, ensuring that agentic systems are backed by resilient, secure, and performant environments.

You are deeply passionate about automation, Kubernetes orchestration, and the operational rigor required to support real-time, stateful agent execution. Rather than just deploying "black box" infrastructure, you thrive on solving the complexities of high-scale systems: managing GPU orchestration, optimizing vector database performance, and implementing robust observability pipelines that provide visibility into the "thought process" of live agents.

• Scalable Foundations:
  Design and implement the path from local development to deployed federal cloud clusters (AWS Gov Cloud/Azure Government) using Kubernetes EKS/AKS, Infrastructure as Code, Terraform/Open Tofu/CDK, and Git Ops controllers Flux/Argo CD.
• Optimized Compute:
  Configure and manage specialized compute resources, including GPU-accelerated node groups and serverless scaling policies, to support inference and training workloads.
• Network & Security Hardening:
  Implement Zero Trust architecture principles, ensuring secure communication between microservices, agentic tools, and external APIs through service meshes (e.g., Istio) and egress controls.
• Packaging & Promotion:
  Author and maintain Helm charts for application delivery, managing the promotion path from local-to-AWS and ensuring consistency across environments.

• Current, active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph.
• Current, active Security+ or equivalent certificate for privileged user access.
• 5 years of professional infrastructure, Dev Ops or platform engineering experience, with a focus on cloud-native infrastructure.
• 3 years of experience managing production Kubernetes environments.
• 3 years of experience with Flux (or equivalent Git Ops controller like Argo CD) and authoring/maintaining Helm charts.
• Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and CI/CD tools (Git Lab CI, Git Hub Actions).
• Practical experience operating systems in U.S. Federal or DoD environments.

• Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection.
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP).
• 401K program with company match after 12 months of tenure, can contribute typically within 30 days of starting.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan).
• Support Linc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions.
• Corporate discount savings program and other discounts.
• On-demand training program, access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, plus certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA.
• Full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources available in the ‘Welcome Packet’.

Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

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