Chief Platform Architect

Zaden Tech; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 201,000; Full time

Job summary

Zaden Technologies in Chantilly, VA seeks an experienced Platform Engineer to govern a large-scale, on-prem and AWS environment. This role leads environment-as-code, defines guardrails, and guides platform engineers alongside cyber and infrastructure leads.

Availability contingent on contract award and program start; US citizenship and security requirements apply. Responsibilities include planning the move to VMware Cloud Foundation 9 and maintaining a robust, compliant infrastructure within a

Qualifications

• 10 years in cloud and infrastructure engineering.
• Leadership of platform teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the platform architecture across on-prem vSphere and AWS.
• Lead environment-as-code and the self-service environment catalog.
• Set platform guardrails, standards and the tooling baseline.
• Lead the platform engineers with the infrastructure and cyber leads.
• Plan the move to VMware Cloud Foundation 9 and Atlassian successor path.

Skills

10 years cloud infra

Leadership

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

GitLab CI

Job description

Turn a 2,000-plus VM test environment into governed, environment-as-code infrastructure that teams can request and get in days, not weeks.

You’ll support a new Defense Health Agency program. This position is contingent upon contract award, and the start date will align with the program start.

What you’ll do:

• Own the platform architecture across on-premises vSphere and AWS, including where each workload belongs
• Lead environment-as-code and the self-service environment catalog
• Set platform guardrails, standards and the tooling baseline
• Lead the platform engineers and work alongside the infrastructure and cyber leads
• Plan the move to VMware Cloud Foundation 9 and the Atlassian successor path

Must have:

• 10 years in cloud and infrastructure engineering
• Hands-on Terraform, Ansible and GitLab CI
• Built automated provisioning inside a DoD RMF-authorized boundary or at IL4 or higher
• U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and keep the background investigation DHA designates for this position
• DoD 8140 qualification for your work role before privileged access, or the ability to earn it within six months

Nice to have:

• AWS or VMware professional-level certification
• An active Secret clearance or higher
• Experience with health IT or test environments

Location: Chantilly, Virginia, on site at the test center, with work at the Ashburn, Virginia data center as needed.

Citizenship: U.S. citizenship is required for the investigation this role needs. Zaden’s FSO verifies investigation status.

Pay range: $168,000 to $201,000 per year for Chantilly, Virginia.

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Equal opportunity

Zaden Technologies is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other status the law protects.