Job Title: DevOps Engineer
Location: San Antonio, TX (On-site)
Clearance: This role requires a current Top Secret or Top Secret w/SCI level security clearance.
Certification: CompTIA Security+ or (must be willing to obtain within six months of hire)
Position Summary:
The Principal Systems and Integration Engineer provides senior technical leadership supporting the Government Product Manager for Platform One’s Big Bang product. This role is responsible for the architecture, integration, and continuous technical evolution of the Big Bang platform and its supporting Amazon Web Services (AWS)-based development infrastructure, with a primary Kubernetes environments orchestrated via Helm and governed by modern DevSecOps practices.
The engineer serves as a trusted technical advisor to the Government, ensuring platform capabilities align with mission needs, security requirements, and the system’s Authority to Operate (ATO), while enabling rapid, secure delivery of software to Department of War (DoW) programs.
Key Responsibilities
Platform Architecture & Systems Engineering
- Lead the design, architecture, and technical evolution of the Big Bang product and its supporting infrastructure.
- Define and maintain system-level architectures for Kubernetes-based platform services operating primarily in AWS.
- Translate product requirements and mission needs into actionable technical designs and architectural decisions.
Kubernetes & Helm Expertise
- Serve as a technical authority for Helm-based orchestration of Kubernetes platforms and workloads.
- Design, manage, and evolve Helm charts supporting platform services, applications, and integrations.
- Ensure Kubernetes clusters and platform components follow best practices for configuration management, upgrades, and lifecycle management.
DevSecOps Leadership
- Champion DevSecOps principles, ensuring security is integrated across the full software delivery lifecycle.
- Guide CI/CD pipeline design, automated testing, vulnerability scanning, and policy enforcement.
- Advise on secure software supply chain practices, container security, and continuous compliance approaches.
Cloud Engineering & AWS
- Architect and oversee AWS infrastructure supporting Big Bang, including networking, compute, storage, identity, and security services.
- Ensure cloud resources are configured, maintained, and updated in accordance with approved security baselines and the system ATO.
- Evaluate and recommend cloud service changes to improve performance, cost efficiency, security, and operational resilience.
Government Advisory & Product Support
- Act as a senior technical advisor to the Government Product Manager, providing recommendations on platform capabilities, architectural tradeoffs, and roadmap decisions.
- Assess proposed changes to the product or infrastructure for technical feasibility, security impact, and ATO alignment.
- Support audits, assessments, and technical reviews related to cybersecurity, compliance, and operational readiness.
Integration & Stakeholder Collaboration
- Coordinate with platform engineers, security teams, cloud providers, and mission partners to ensure successful system integration.
- Support onboarding of new capabilities, tools, and services into the Big Bang ecosystem.
- Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
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