Federal Platform Engineer — Remote Cloud & Automation

Horizon3; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Horizon3, a fully remote cybersecurity company, is seeking a Federal Platform Engineer to deploy and operate our production-grade infrastructure in AWS across federal environments.

You will design scalable cloud-native platforms using Terraform, Crossplane, Kubernetes, and CI/CD tooling, collaborating with engineers to improve deployment processes and security while supporting telemetry and documentation practices.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps or platform engineering.
• Experience with AWS, Kubernetes, and CI/CD tooling.
• US Citizenship and ability to gain Top Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and maintain scalable cloud-native platforms in AWS.
• Improve development and deployment processes for confidence.
• Build tooling to collect telemetry and monitor effectiveness.
• Document infrastructure and support CI/CD practices.

Skills

DevOps

Platform engineering

Time management

Analytical problem solving

Documentation & communication

Education

Bachelors in CS or STEM

MS in Computer Science

Tools

Terraform

Crossplane

GitLab CI/CD

Argo CD/Workflows/Events

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

HashiCorp Vault/AWS Secrets

Job description

Horizon3, a fully remote cybersecurity company, is seeking a Federal Platform Engineer to deploy and operate our production-grade infrastructure in AWS across federal environments.

You will design scalable cloud-native platforms using Terraform, Crossplane, Kubernetes, and CI/CD tooling, collaborating with engineers to improve deployment processes and security while supporting telemetry and documentation practices.