Platform Architecture Lead – DoD Infra & Self-Service

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

Job summary

Zaden Technologies, Inc. is a defense tech company based in Huntsville, AL, with a Chantilly, VA on-site role focusing on cloud and infrastructure engineering for a DoD program.

You will own platform architecture across on-premises and AWS, lead environment-as-code initiatives, and set guardrails and tooling baselines. The role requires DoD RMF eligibility, 10+ years in the field, and a potential security clearance.

Qualifications

• 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+.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Cloud infrastructure

Terraform

Ansible

GitLab CI

DoD RMF

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

GitLab CI

VMware Cloud Foundation

Job description

Zaden Technologies, Inc. is a defense tech company based in Huntsville, AL, with a Chantilly, VA on-site role focusing on cloud and infrastructure engineering for a DoD program.

You will own platform architecture across on-premises and AWS, lead environment-as-code initiatives, and set guardrails and tooling baselines. The role requires DoD RMF eligibility, 10+ years in the field, and a potential security clearance.