Sr Platform Engineer

Mount Indie is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer. As a Senior Platform Engineer supporting Naval Operational Architecture, you will play a critical role in operationalizing AI for next-generation naval platforms and systems. You'll 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 warfighter's ability to execute distributed maritime operations and maintain tactical superiority.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain secure cloud infrastructure within AWS GovCloud environments.
• Configure and manage container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes and OpenShift.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Ansible, Terraform, or CloudFormation.
• Support secure data flow across multiple systems, ensuring compliance with DoD cybersecurity standards and STIG requirements.
• Collaborate with DevSecOps 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, DevOps 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
• PostGres
• Secure Storage Service - S3
• Elastic Search
• IaC
• Extensive Ansible scripting experience
• IaC tooling such as Terraform or Cloud Formation
• Cyber
• Linux STIG remediation experience
• DevSecOps
• 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 DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins)
• Familiarity with cybersecurity principles and platform security best practices
• Advanced networking knowledge including TCP/IP, TLS, etc.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• OpenShift or Kubernetes
• Airflow
• Kafka
• RabbitMQ
• Apache
• Kibana
• Adapting open-source products to work with GovCloud
• Domino Data Labs
• Tobias
• Fiddler
• Experience with monitoring/logging tools such as CloudWatch or Grafana
• Experience supporting government or military organizations

Education and Certification Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related STEM field (Master's preferred).
• Relevant certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect, Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), or Security+ strongly preferred.

Citizenship and Clearance requirements:

• US Citizenship
• No Dual Citizenship
• Active TS SCI security clearance