Sr. Platform Engineer

The Marlin Alliance, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Platform Engineer in San Diego, CA. The successful candidate will play a critical role in operationalizing AI for next-generation naval platforms and systems. Youll focus on building and managing secure, scalable cloud-based environments to support advanced analytics, AI/ML workloads, and autonomous systems. This position involves hands-on engineering with cutting-edge technologies, close collaboration with cross-functional teams, and direct support of mission-critical DoD capabilities.

Your work will directly enhance the warfighters ability to execute distributed maritime operations and maintain tactical superiority.

Incorporated in 2002, The Marlin Alliance is a digital transformation company dedicated to ensuring our clients compete and win in tomorrows digital world. We specialize in creating technical solutions that allow for seamless execution of automated business processes and the generation of governed, machine-consumable data. From strategic planning to advanced analytics and cybersecurity, our team provides cutting-edge, cross-disciplinary solutions. We are seeking motivated professionals who share our agile, solution-oriented mindset and are ready to deliver the real, practical results relied upon by our clients.

Citizenship and Clearance requirements:

US Citizenship

Active TS SCI security clearance

Location:

On-site

San Diego, CA, NAVWAR

Responsibilities:

* Design, build, and maintain secure cloud infrastructure within AWS Gov Cloud environments.

* Configure and manage container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes and Open Shift.

* Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Ansible, Terraform, or Cloud Formation.

* Support secure data flow across multiple systems, ensuring compliance with DoD cybersecurity standards and STIG requirements.

* Collaborate with Dev Sec Ops  teams to streamline deployment pipelines and container management.

* Optimize cloud resources for performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.

* Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues within cloud, networking, and containerized environments.

* Partner with AI/ML engineers and software developers to deploy and integrate advanced analytics platforms and tools.

* Maintain detailed technical documentation to support system operations and compliance.

* Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers and team members.

Required

Skills and Experience:

* At least 10 years' experience working as a cloud engineer, cloud administrator, cloud architecture, Dev Ops engineer, IT Specialist, platform engineer, site reliability engineer, release engineer, systems administrator, systems engineer, or similar role.

* AWS Gov Cloud

* Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)

* Identity and Access Management (IAM)

* Cloud-based networking

* VPCs, Subnets, Routing Tables, Security Groups, Route 53

* RHEL Linux Administration

* Relational Database Service - RDS

* Post Gres

* Secure Storage Service - S3

* Elastic Search

* IaC

* Extensive Ansible scripting experience

* IaC tooling such as Terraform or Cloud Formation

* Linux STIG remediation experience

* Dev Sec Ops

* Docker basics

* Ability to troubleshoot a running container

* Some proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) for automation tasks

* Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

* Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate in a team environment

* Knowledge of Dev Ops practices and CI/CD pipelines (Git Hub Actions, Git Lab CI, Jenkins)

* Familiarity with cybersecurity principles and platform security best practices

* Advanced networking knowledge including TCP/IP, TLS, etc.

Preferred

Skills and Experience:

* Open Shift or Kubernetes

* Airflow

* Kafka

* RabbitMQ

* Apache

* Kibana

* Adapting open-source products to work with Gov Cloud

* Domino Data Labs

* Tobias

* Fiddler

* Experience with monitoring/logging tools such as Cloud Watch or Grafana

* Experience supporting government or military organizations

Education and Certification Requirements:

* Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related STEM field (Masters preferred).

* Relevant certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect, Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), or Security+ strongly preferred.

* Job Classification:

Associate II

$110,000 - $180,000

Disclaimer:

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.

To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant…