DevOps Platform Engineer

Footbridge Federal; Town of Florida, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & retirement

PTO & leave

Professional development

Job summary

Footbridge Federal is seeking a DevOps/Platform Engineer with an active Top Secret clearance to design and run secure, scalable infrastructure. You will manage containers, automate deployments, and collaborate with cybersecurity and development teams to ensure trusted software delivery.

The role emphasizes building repeatable pipelines, implementing IaC, and maintaining system health and security across complex environments.

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain SCI.
• Professional experience in DevOps, DevSecOps, or platform engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Solid understanding of Linux operating systems, enterprise networking, and storage solutions.
• Proven ability to build, maintain, and troubleshoot automated CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Manage container orchestration platforms alongside compute, network, and storage resources.
• Design, build, and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines for software builds, testing, and deployments.
• Implement infrastructure automation and configuration management practices to enable repeatable deployments.
• Monitor platform health, performance, and security posture using modern observability tools.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex integration, deployment, and infrastructure issues.
• Partner with software developers, system administrators, and cybersecurity teams to ensure secure software delivery.

Skills

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Linux

Networking & storage

Observability

Security clearance

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

GitLab CI/CD

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK

Splunk

Job description

• Manage container orchestration platforms alongside compute, network, and storage resources.
• Design, build, and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines for software builds, testing, and deployments.
• Implement infrastructure automation and configuration management practices to enable repeatable deployments.
• Monitor platform health, performance, and security posture using modern observability tools.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex integration, deployment, and infrastructure issues.
• Partner with software developers, system administrators, and cybersecurity teams to ensure secure software delivery.

Minimum Qualifications

• Active Top Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain SCI.
• Professional experience in DevOps, DevSecOps, or platform engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Solid understanding of Linux operating systems, enterprise networking, and storage solutions.
• Proven ability to build, maintain, and troubleshoot automated CI/CD pipelines.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure.
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or Ansible.
• Experience with CI/CD and automation tools (e.g., GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps).
• Experience with monitoring and observability suites (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or Splunk).
• Prior experience supporting defense or intelligence community mission environments.

Required Skills

• Active Top Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain SCI.
• Professional experience in DevOps, DevSecOps, or platform engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Solid understanding of Linux operating systems, enterprise networking, and storage solutions.
• Proven ability to build, maintain, and troubleshoot automated CI/CD pipelines.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure.
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or Ansible.
• Experience with CI/CD and automation tools (e.g., GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or Azure DevOps).
• Experience with monitoring and observability suites (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or Splunk).
• Prior experience supporting defense or intelligence community mission environments.

Security Clearance

• Level: Top Secret

Duration: Contract Work Arrangement: On-site

• Health and Financial Foundation — Medical, dental, vision, retirement, life insurance, disability coverage, and flexible spending accounts are described in the benefits page.
• Time Away and Flexibility Where Mission Permits — PTO, holidays, sick time, military leave, and flexible arrangements are supported where program and security requirements allow.
• Professional Development — The site references certification support, training, conferences, mentorship, internal mobility, and individual development planning.

About Footbridge

Mission

Footbridge Federal delivers engineering, cyber, mission IT, analytics, and cleared program support for defense, intelligence, federal civilian, homeland security, and research missions.

Culture

Mission Context Matters

Candidates should expect work tied to defense, intelligence, federal civilian, homeland, and research missions rather than generic commercial delivery.

Small-Team Accountability

The culture copy emphasizes ownership, communication, and practical execution across teams that work close to customers and program outcomes.

Growth With Technical Credibility

Career content supports hands-on technical growth, certifications, internal mobility, and program leadership without forcing one career track.

Benefits & why work here

• Health and Financial Foundation: Medical, dental, vision, retirement, life insurance, disability coverage, and flexible spending accounts are described in the benefits page.
• Time Away and Flexibility Where Mission Permits: PTO, holidays, sick time, military leave, and flexible arrangements are supported where program and security requirements allow.
• Professional Development: The site references certification support, training, conferences, mentorship, internal mobility, and individual development planning.