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Build and own end-to-end data platform capabilities for cloud, on‑prem, and airgapped environments. Design, deploy, and maintain infrastructure and tooling, write comprehensive tests, produce design docs/ADRs/runbooks, engage with product and defense customers, contribute to open source, and mentor junior engineers. Operate effectively in a remote, mission-focused team.

The Platform Engineer will develop, maintain, and automate the platform environment, ensuring efficient integration and problem-solving, while guiding junior engineers.

As a Platform Engineer, you will automate production environments, validate implementations, problem-solve independently, and facilitate communication between teams.

Join the Navy Certificate to Ship team as a Platform Engineer to design, build, and maintain cloud-native platform infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines. Advocate best practices between application and platform teams, implement infrastructure-as-code, manage Kubernetes clusters (EKS/RKE2), apply secure coding and vulnerability remediation, and mentor engineers while contributing to strategic platform vision.

Administer MDM, identity and SaaS tooling; lead IT projects; provide Tier 2/3 support; manage endpoint lifecycles and compliance reporting; implement NIST/CMMC-aligned security controls and maintain operational runbooks.

Provide Tier 1 helpdesk support for a cloud-based platform: triage tickets, manage access requests, troubleshoot devices and applications, maintain runbooks and documentation, participate in on-call rotation, and pair with senior engineers to learn Kubernetes, AWS, CI/CD, and SRE practices.

Design and implement high-performance Rust software systems for military applications, ensuring reliable deployments and integration with hardware. Collaborate across teams to optimize performance and support mission-critical functions.

The Mission Support Engineer manages software deployments, provides technical support, develops training, and collaborates with teams to enhance customer success and processes.

Responsible for developing complex, data-driven interfaces for Fleet Management systems, collaborating with backend engineers, ensuring tight alignment between UI and APIs, and building scalable frontend applications.

Manage and operate UDS deployments across cloud and on-prem Kubernetes clusters, build IaC packages, provide customer onboarding/training and production support, troubleshoot to meet SLAs, gather feedback to improve delivery, and analyze operational data to optimize platform delivery.