Senior Platform Engineer

Platform Engineer

This position is for a Platform Engineer for a technical development program supporting the Sponsor's IdAM/ICAM programs located on a secure network. As a Platform Engineer on this program, you will design, develop, and implement reliable, robust, and resilient systems used by software development teams. Demonstratable, working experience with automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, GitHub Actions), Kubernetes, containers, or serverless is strongly preferred. The Platform Engineer will work with a large team of developers, software engineers, cybersecurity engineers, database administrators, and system architects. Applicants for this position are expected to have significant, hands-on systems engineering experience.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Deliver an innovative product, service, or a combination of products and services that address a customer's specific requirements
• Support the development of enterprise software solutions within the customer's cloud environments
• Provide execution guidance and practical engineering support to mission teams

Required Qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
• BS degree and 8+ years' experience. Additional experience in lieu of degree.
• Must have experience with cloud providers such as AWS
• Experience in platform engineering
• Excellent oral and written communications skills
• Working with the team's security engineer to address and mitigate security findings stemming from system security scans
• Performing regular maintenance of cloud infrastructure resources, to include patching, configuration, upgrading as needed
• Experience interacting with cross functional project teams including Software Development System Engineering, Security Compliance, and Quality Assurance

Desired Qualifications:

• Demonstratable working experience with automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and Packer
• Demonstratable working experience with containers (i.e., Docker/Podman) or their orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes)
• Demonstratable working experience with serverless platforms (e.g., AWS Lambda)
• Experience with security accreditation process
• Experience working in Agile, SAFe, and Scrum environments

About Leidos:

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits:

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

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Commitment to Non-Discrimination:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws. Leidos is an equal opportunity employer/disability/vet.