Overview
The Opportunity: Are you looking for an opportunity to leverage your platform engineering expertise in a high-impact role? Booz Allen is building a next-generation end-to-end platform for development, testing, and production workloads to accelerate secure software development. We’re looking for a senior Platform Engineer to join the team. You’ll help operate a secure, reliable, and highly available Cloud, managed hosting, and developer platform.
Job Number: R
Location: McLean, VA, US • Remote work: Yes
Responsibilities
In this role, you will thrive in a fast-paced environment and translate business and development team requirements into automated platform solutions. You’ll be responsible for working with the Security and Compliance team and Platform Engineers to implement secure infrastructure features, configurations, and automation to create a dynamic platform-as-a-service for development teams.
You Have
- 7+ years of experience with DevOps for Containerized and Kubernetes production systems
- 4+ years of experience with AWS
- 4+ years of experience with CI/CD and developer workflow automation, including GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or AWS CodeStar, and IaC, including Terraform, AWS CDK, or AWS CloudFormation
- 3+ years of experience with Kubernetes Deployment and GitOps tooling such as Helm, Flux, or Argo CD
- 3+ years of experience with Cloud and Network Security architecture such as least privilege and IAM, secrets management, RBAC, and Boundary Protection
- Experience with AWS EC2, S3, SQS, SNS, RDS, DynamoDB, KMS, SSM, ELB, VPC, or Route53
- Experience with AWS Organizations, AWS Control Tower, or AWS Landing Zone Accelerator
- Experience leading and mentoring junior Software or DevOps Engineers
- Ability to obtain a Secret clearance
- Bachelor's degree
Nice If You Have
- Experience with Istio, Kyverno, Prometheus, Grafana, or Keycloak
- Experience with vulnerability management and dynamic and static code analysis
- Experience with hardened AMIs and Container Images such as DoD STIGs and CIS Benchmarks
- Experience with SIEMs, Audit, and Logging
- Experience with APM such as Datadog, New Relic, or Splunk
- Experience troubleshooting platform application deployments and configurations
Clearance
Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
Compensation
Salary at Booz Allen is determined by location and the individual's education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $77,600.00 to $176,000.00 (annualized USD). This posting may close within 90 days from the posting date.
Identity Statement
As part of the application process, you are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.
Work Model
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of flexibility and collaboration, whether that happens in person or remotely.
- If this position is listed as remote or hybrid, you’ll periodically work from a Booz Allen or client site facility.
- If this position is listed as onsite, you’ll work with colleagues and clients in person, as needed for the specific role.
Commitment to Non-Discrimination
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.
Seniority level
- Mid-Senior level
Employment type
- Part-time
Job function
- Engineering and Information Technology
Industries
- Business Consulting and Services