Senior Platform Engineer

Key Responsibilities Include: - Serve as the primary technical partner for assigned mission teams, providing mission focused technical engagement throughout application onboarding, deployment, and operations. - Guide software development teams in adopting platform capabilities, engineering standards, and best practices to improve delivery speed, security, and operational reliability. - Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues spanning cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, networking, platform services, and application integrations. - Collaborate with customers to understand technical requirements and recommend platform capabilities that best support mission objectives. - Identify recurring technical challenges and partner with engineering teams to develop reusable platform capabilities that improve the overall developer experience. - Develop technical solutions that simplify application onboarding, deployment, operations, and lifecycle management. - Work closely with cloud engineers, Kubernetes engineers, cybersecurity specialists, and technical product managers to resolve cross-functional engineering challenges. - Contribute to the continuous improvement of platform reliability, automation, security, documentation, and operational processes. - Develop technical documentation, implementation guidance, knowledge articles, and engineering standards that improve customer success and platform adoption. - Participate in architecture discussions, technical reviews, and engineering initiatives that shape the future direction of the platform. - Monitor platform health, identify operational risks, and proactively recommend improvements that increase platform stability and customer satisfaction. - Build trusted relationships through responsive technical leadership, clear communication, and a commitment to customer success. Expected Outcomes: - Enable mission teams to rapidly adopt and effectively utilize platform capabilities with minimal engineering friction. - Resolve complex technical challenges while improving customer confidence, platform adoption, and overall developer experience. - Identify opportunities to eliminate recurring customer issues through automation, standardization, and reusable platform capabilities. - Improve platform reliability, operational efficiency, and customer satisfaction through proactive engineering and continuous improvement. - Serve as a trusted technical advisor who strengthens long-term partnerships between platform engineering and mission teams. Must Haves: - Requires BS and 8+ years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6+ years of prior relevant experience, additional years of experience will be accepted in lieu of a degree. - Minimum 6 years of progressively responsible experience designing, building, and operating production Kubernetes platforms. - Strong expertise in Azure Cloud Engineering and Cloud Infrastructure. - Demonstrated experience engineering and supporting cloud-native platforms, including Kubernetes, hybrid cloud infrastructure, and modern software delivery environments. - Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues across infrastructure, networking, platform services, and software deployments while communicating effectively with technical customers. - Experience providing mission focused technical engagement by building trusted relationships, understanding customer requirements, and delivering practical engineering solutions. - Experience implementing automation, Infrastructure as Code, and operational best practices that improve platform reliability, scalability, and developer productivity. - Demonstrated ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary engineering teams while influencing technical decisions and continuously improving platform capabilities. - Active Secret security clearance. - United States citizenship - Current CompTIA Security+ certification or equivalent Department of Defense approved Information Assurance certification