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Senior Platform Engineer
SAIC is seeking a cleared (TS/SCI) Senior Platform Engineer in support of NAVWAR's Naval Operational Architecture (NOA) Program in San Diego, CA. As a Platform Engineer supporting Naval Operational Architecture, you will play a critical role in operationalizing AI for next-generation naval platforms and systems. You'll focus on building and managing secure, scalable cloud-based environments to support advanced analytics, AI/ML workloads, and autonomous systems. This position involves hands-on engineering with cutting-edge technologies, close collaboration with cross-functional teams, and direct support of mission-critical DoD capabilities. Your work will directly enhance the warfighter's ability to execute distributed maritime operations and maintain tactical superiority. This is a recently awarded contract, funded for five years. Work is performed on site in San Diego, CA. Responsibilities: Design, build, and maintain secure cloud infrastructure within AWS GovCloud environments. Configure and manage container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes and OpenShift. Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Ansible, Terraform, or CloudFormation. Support secure data flow across multiple systems, ensuring compliance with DoD cybersecurity standards and STIG requirements. Collaborate with DevSecOps teams to streamline deployment pipelines and container management. Optimize cloud resources for performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness. Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues within cloud, networking, and containerized environments. Partner with AI/ML engineers and software developers to deploy and integrate advanced analytics platforms and tools. Maintain detailed technical documentation to support system operations and compliance. Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers and team members. Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related STEM field and nine (9) or Master's degree and seven (7). Relevant certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect, Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), or Security+ strongly preferred. Citizenship and Clearance Requirements: US Citizenship Active TS SCI security clearance Required Skills and Experience: At least 9 years' experience working as a cloud engineer, cloud administrator, cloud architecture, DevOps engineer, IT Specialist, platform engineer, site reliability engineer, release engineer, systems administrator, systems engineer, or similar role. AWS Gov Cloud: Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) Identity and Access Management (IAM) Cloud based networking VPCs, Subnets, Routing Tables, Security Groups, Route 53 RHEL Linux Administration Relational Database Service - RDS PostGres Secure Storage Service - S3 Elastic Search IaC: Extensive Ansible Scripting experience IaC Tooling such as Terraform or Cloud Formation Cyber: Linux STIG remediation experience DevSecOps: Docker basics Ability to troubleshoot a running container Preferred Skills and Experience: Openshift or Kubernetes Airflow Kafca RabbitMQ Apache Kibana Adapting open-source product to work with GovCloud: Domino Data Labs Tobias Fiddler
SAIC is seeking a cleared (TS/SCI) Senior Platform Engineer in support of NAVWAR's Naval Operational Architecture (NOA) Program in San Diego, CA. As a Platform Engineer supporting Naval Operational Architecture, you will play a critical role in operationalizing AI for next-generation naval platforms and systems. You'll focus on building and managing secure, scalable cloud-based environments to support advanced analytics, AI/ML workloads, and autonomous systems. This position involves hands-on engineering with cutting-edge technologies, close collaboration with cross-functional teams, and direct support of mission-critical DoD capabilities. Your work will directly enhance the warfighter's ability to execute distributed maritime operations and maintain tactical superiority. This is a recently awarded contract, funded for five years. Work is performed on site in San Diego, CA. Responsibilities: Design, build, and maintain secure cloud infrastructure within AWS GovCloud environments. Configure and manage container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes and OpenShift. Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Ansible, Terraform, or CloudFormation. Support secure data flow across multiple systems, ensuring compliance with DoD cybersecurity standards and STIG requirements. Collaborate with DevSecOps teams to streamline deployment pipelines and container management. Optimize cloud resources for performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness. Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues within cloud, networking, and containerized environments. Partner with AI/ML engineers and software developers to deploy and integrate advanced analytics platforms and tools. Maintain detailed technical documentation to support system operations and compliance. Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers and team members. Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related STEM field and nine (9) or Master's degree and seven (7). Relevant certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect, Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), or Security+ strongly preferred. Citizenship and Clearance Requirements: US Citizenship Active TS SCI security clearance Required Skills and Experience: At least 9 years' experience working as a cloud engineer, cloud administrator, cloud architecture, DevOps engineer, IT Specialist, platform engineer, site reliability engineer, release engineer, systems administrator, systems engineer, or similar role. AWS Gov Cloud: Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) Identity and Access Management (IAM) Cloud based networking VPCs, Subnets, Routing Tables, Security Groups, Route 53 RHEL Linux Administration Relational Database Service - RDS PostGres Secure Storage Service - S3 Elastic Search IaC: Extensive Ansible Scripting experience IaC Tooling such as Terraform or Cloud Formation Cyber: Linux STIG remediation experience DevSecOps: Docker basics Ability to troubleshoot a running container Preferred Skills and Experience: Openshift or Kubernetes Airflow Kafca RabbitMQ Apache Kibana Adapting open-source product to work with GovCloud: Domino Data Labs Tobias Fiddler