Platform Solution Engineer

Company Description

Join us and make YOUR mark on the World!

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has turned bold ideas into world‑changing impact advancing science and technology to strengthen U.S. security and promote global stability.

Our mission spans four critical national security areas nuclear deterrence, threat preparedness, energy security, and multi‑domain defense empowering teams to take on the toughest challenges of today and tomorrow. With a culture built on innovation and operational excellence, LLNL is a place where your expertise can make a real impact.

Are you driven by the transformative power of cloud native technologies and eager to define the future of scalable infrastructure? We're seeking a Platform Solution Engineer who brings infectious enthusiasm and strategic vision to designing and implementing cutting‑edge solutions built on Kubernetes, containerization, and cloud native ecosystems. This role offers the opportunity to shape how our organization leverages modern platform engineering practices while collaborating with talented teams to deliver robust, automated, and developer‑friendly infrastructure.

If you're passionate about turning cloud native principles into production‑ready platforms that empower engineering teams and accelerate innovation, we want to hear from you.

We have an opening for a Platform Solution Engineer. You will work with researchers on helping utilize cloud native technologies for their research and applications. This position will play a key role in helping to define and develop a cutting edge on‑prem cloud native computing platform. This position is in the Global Security Computing Applications Division (GS‑CAD) in Computing, matrixed to the Global Security Directorate.

This position requires part‑time on‑site presence due to the nature of the work.

This position will be filled at either level based on knowledge and related experience as assessed by the hiring team. Additional job responsibilities (outlined below) will be assigned if hired at the higher level.

• Contribute to the architecture of a cloud native compute platform that meets requirements for 24x7 uptime, and efficient, frequent software delivery.
• Function as a team member while architecting, implementing, and managing cloud native applications utilizing tools, such as, Ansible, Helm or Puppet, to configure applications that implement moderately complex operational and security requirements.
• Engage with various teams to assist with the development and deploymentsolutions on a cloud native compute platform.
• Assist in transforming existing applications to cloud native applications.
• Contribute to the design and implementation of Docker/Kubernetes virtualization infrastructure in Linux, to support moderately complex to complex operational, development, and security requirements.
• Investigate and participate in the deployment of infrastructure and/or application monitoring, alerting, and logging tools for the Dev Ops infrastructure.
• Document and version control the IT infrastructure and/or applications, using Git and Confluence; track/report work status in tickets using Gitlab.
• Support and improve Git Lab CI/CD system used for automating deployments of infrastructure servers, Kubernetes cluster(s) and applications.
• Participate in the implementation of automation tools to help with deploying, troubleshooting and maintaining applications and/or cluster environments.
• Contribute to the design and implementation for build and release pipelines.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Serve as a technical contact for complex software development efforts, providing technical direction and mentoring to junior and mid-level developers.
• Contribute to software quality assurance (SQA) activities, including defining testing approaches, reviewing test coverage, and ensuring compliance with project and organizational requirements.
• Perform technical risk assessment and mitigation, identifying potential issues related to architecture, performance, maintainability, or data integrity and proposing effective solutions.

• Ability to…