Job Description
At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We?re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that?s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.
The Boeing Company has an exciting opportunity for a Platform Engineer (Experienced or Senior) to join Boeing Defense, Space & Security in Berkeley, MO. This role focuses on platform engineering, build automation, legacy systems support, and cloud modernization in support of mission-critical engineering and software development environments.
You will help maintain and modernize internal engineering tools, build systems, and automation workflows in support of a secure, cloud-based infrastructure environment. In this role, you will work closely with software developers, mission systems engineers, and other technical stakeholders to improve developer productivity, streamline release processes, and enable reliable software delivery across the program.
The ideal candidate is a strong technical problem solver with experience in software development, infrastructure automation, and cloud engineering. This position requires a hands-on engineer who can support legacy environments while helping improve tools, pipelines, and deployment infrastructure across the program.
Position Responsibilities:
Lead platform engineering efforts in support of mission-critical software development and delivery environments
Maintain, troubleshoot, and refactor legacy internal engineering tools, build scripts, and automation utilities
Design and develop custom software tools and automation solutions to support engineering workflows and program needs
Support and improve secure, cloud-based infrastructure environments used by the program
Architect, provision, and maintain infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code practices
Modernize legacy build and release processes into secure, repeatable CI/CD workflows
Containerize legacy applications, build tools, and dependencies to improve reproducibility and consistency
Work closely with software developers to improve local development environments and remove build bottlenecks
Collaborate with mission systems engineers and other technical stakeholders to support platform stability and engineering efficiency
Apply analytical problem-solving skills to resolve infrastructure, tooling, and build-related issues
Document engineering practices and platform processes to support replication, scaling, and continuous improvement
Provide technical leadership and guidance to junior engineers as needed
This position is expected to be 100% onsite.The selected candidate will be required to work onsite in Berkeley, MO.
Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/ Experience):
This position requires the ability to obtain a US Security Clearance for which the US Government requires ship as a condition of employment (An interim and/or final U.S. Secret Clearance Post-Start may be required)
Bachelor\'s Degree
3+ years of experience with programming in C, C++ or C#
Experience with scripting, particularly in shell scripting in sh and csh variants, Bash, Python, and PERL
1+ years of experience with AWS Services, E.g. VPC, IAM, EC2, Auto-scaling, ELB, ECR, S3, DynamoDB, Postgres (RDS), Lambda, SQS, SNS, RDS, VPC, Route 53, Cloud Front, Cloud Watch, AWS Config, Cloudtrail, AWS Developer Tools etc.
Experience with Terraform,, Jenkins, Git, and Ansible, Cloud formation, etc.
Experience with build and test tools such as (or similar to) BoostBuild, BoostTest, CMake, and Make
Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):
Level 4: 9 or more years? related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience
Ability to troubleshoot and support legacy engineering tools, build scripts, and automation workflows
Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Docker or Podman
Working knowledge of secure system administration practices and support for protected or regulated environments
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to work across technical teams
Experience supporting defense, aerospace, or highly regulated government systems
Experience working in mission systems, embedded software, simulation, or flight software environments
Experience modernizing, refactoring, or containerizing legacy applications, build environments, or engineering tools
Experience with AWS GovCloud, JWCC, or other government cloud environments
Experience with CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, or similar automation platforms
Experience improving developer productivity through tooling, automation, and standardized environments
Experience working in Agile development environments
Experience with configuration management and collaboration tools such as Git, JIRA, Collaborator, Beyond Compare, or VersionOne
Experience leading technical tasks, platform initiatives, or mentoring junior engineers
Conflict of Interest:
Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company?s Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process.
Drug Free Workplace:
Boeingis a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.
CodeVue Coding Challenge:
To be considered for this position you will be required to complete a technical assessment as part of the selection process. Failure to complete the assessment will remove you from consideration.
Pay & Benefits:
At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, anda number ofprograms that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.
The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.
Summary Pay Range
Experienced - Level 3: $112,200 - $151,800
Senior ? Level 4: $136,850 - $185,150
Applications for this position will be accepted until Sept. 25, 2026
Export Control Requirements:
This position must meet U.S. export control compliance requirements. To meet U.S. export control compliance requirements, a ?U.S. Person? as defined by 22 C.F.R. 120.62 is required. ?U.S. Person? includes U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.
Export Control Details:
US based job, US Person required
Education
Bachelor\'s Degree or Equivalent Required
Relocation
This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.
Security Clearance
This position requires the ability to obtain a U.S. Security Clearance for which the U.S. Government requires U.S. Citizenship. An interim and/or final U.S. Secret Clearance Post-Start is required.
Visa Sponsorship
Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.
Shift
This position is for 1st shift
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
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