Senior/Platform engineer
Listed on 2026-09-16
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IT/Tech
Cloud Computing: Infrastructure & Operations, Systems Engineer, SRE/Site Reliability, AWS
Ad-hoc short-notice access to Herndon, VA required
We’re hiring a Senior / Staff Platform Engineer to help extend a production AI platform into highly secure US Government environments and support the growth of a US technical team.
This is not a generic Dev Ops or CI/CD role
. We’re looking for a hands-on engineer who has personally built, deployed and operated production cloud and Kubernetes infrastructure.
Experience with
Gov Cloud, FedRAMP, defence, national security or other highly regulated environments is a major advantage.
What You’ll Do
- Own and improve production Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure
- Build and maintain infrastructure as code and repeatable deployment patterns
- Work across provisioning, deployment, security, reliability and operations
- Adapt an existing platform for US Government and highly secure environments
- Make technical decisions across infrastructure and deployment
- Help establish technical capability as the US team grows
- Remain hands-on while acting as a senior technical reference point
- Strong experience owning production Kubernetes infrastructure
- Hands-on cloud engineering across AWS, Azure, GCP or comparable platforms
- Strong Infrastructure as Code experience with Terraform, Open Tofu, Pulumi or equivalent
- Evidence of personally building, deploying and operating production infrastructure
- Strong understanding of infrastructure security and reliability
- Ability to work autonomously as a senior individual contributor
- AWS Gov Cloud or similar government cloud environments
- FedRAMP
- Defence or national-security technology
- Classified, disconnected or highly regulated environments
An existing security clearance is helpful but not required
.
Security Requirements
- Be eligible to obtain a US Government security clearance
Location:
Primarily remote, with Virginia-based candidates strongly preferred
.
You must be able to reach the Herndon, Virginia area at short notice when required.
- Up to 25% annual bonus
Why This Role?
You’ll work on infrastructure supporting AI systems where security, reliability, sovereignty and deployment constraints genuinely matter
.
This is a high-ownership opportunity spanning cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, secure deployment and operational architecture while helping shape a growing US engineering capability.
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