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Senior​/Platform engineer

Job in Herndon, Fairfax County, Virginia, 22070, USA
Listing for: Acceler8 Talent
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-09-16
Job specializations:
  • IT/Tech
    Cloud Computing: Infrastructure & Operations, Systems Engineer, SRE/Site Reliability, AWS
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 140000 - 190000 USD Yearly USD 140000.00 190000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

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.

Position Requirements
10+ Years work experience
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