Platform Engineer

Air space Intelligence, Inc.; Virginia; Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity packages

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Automatic Systems, Inc. is seeking a Platform Engineer to design, build, and run Kubernetes clusters on bare metal. You will own the platform end to end, including hardware bring-up, lifecycle management, day-2 operations, security hardening, and accreditation support.

You will work closely with development and product teams to deliver mission software, with strong emphasis on Linux systems administration, security, and RMF/NIST compliance across restricted environments.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance required.
• Bachelor's degree and 5+ years in platform engineering, DevOps, systems administration or related field.
• DoD 8140 Cyber Workforce certification for privileged users.
• Willing to work onsite in Virginia 50% of the time and provide on-call support during surge events.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and run Kubernetes clusters on bare metal.
• Own the platform end to end: hardware bring-up, cluster lifecycle, day-2 operations, security hardening and accreditation support.
• Collaborate with development and product teams to deliver mission software.

Skills

Kubernetes

Linux systems administration

Security

DevOps

Cloud/Infrastructure as code

Education

Bachelor's degree

DoD 8140 Cyber Workforce certification

Tools

Ansible

Terraform/OpenTofu

Argo CD

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Job description

Compensation

$135K – $265K ASI is dedicated to maintaining fair and equitable compensation practices. The salary range provided for this role reflects the minimum and maximum cash compensation targets for candidates across all U.S. locations and levels of expertise/experience. Additionally, all employees receive generous equity packages and have access to a comprehensive benefits offering. Actual compensation packages are determined based on relevant skills, experience, education and training. For more information, connect with the recruiting team or Hiring Manager during the process as they can provide more detailed information about the salary range based on the applicant’s position level and location within the overall range.

About

ASI is the frontier AI company that dynamically orchestrates critical infrastructure and defense assets, across air traffic control, energy, logistics, and combat operations. ASI's systems simulate physical operations, hours, days, and weeks ahead, so the people running air traffic control, the electric grid, and military operations can catch problems early and act before they spread. ASI is powering vital infrastructure for customers like United Airlines, National Grid, the Federal Aviation Administration, Delta Air Lines and the Department of War. ASI is headquartered in Boston with offices in Washington, DC, Denver, and Europe, and is backed by leading investors, including Andreessen Horowitz, Citadel Securities, and Spark Capital.

What You Will Do

As a Platform Engineer on the defense engineering team you will design, build and run Kubernetes clusters on bare metal from the ground up. You will own the platform end to end: hardware bring-up, cluster lifecycle, day-2 operations, security hardening and accreditation support. You will work closely with our development and product teams to get mission software delivered.

What We Value

• Bringing up bare-metal hardware from the rack up, including out-of-band management (BMC, IPMI, Redfish) and automated OS provisioning.
• Building and running production Kubernetes on bare metal from scratch, including cluster lifecycle, upgrades, operators, networking, storage and ingress.
• Automating infrastructure as code with Ansible and Terraform/OpenTofu.
• Building CI/CD pipelines (Argo CD, Jenkins, GitLab CI) that deliver software into disconnected environments.
• Running platforms in production, including monitoring, alerting, incident response, capacity planning and runbooks.
• Working with network and security teams to bring external data sources onto the platform, including firewall rules, cross-domain transfers, and data feed connectivity.
• Strong grounding in Linux systems administration, networking and security.
• Hardening and accrediting systems to NIST and RMF standards in restricted, disconnected or classified environments.
• Explaining technical and mission concepts clearly to partners and customers.
• Working well with operations and development teams in different locations.

Requirements

• An active TS/SCI clearance.
• A bachelor’s degree and 5+ years in platform engineering, DevOps, systems administration, infrastructure or a related field.
• A DoD 8140 Cyber Workforce certification for privileged users (such as Security+ CE).
• Willing to work onsite in Virginia 50% of the time and to provide on-call support during designated surge events.

How We Hire

We look at the interview process not as a screening or test, but rather as an opportunity to simulate what it would look like working together. We build the interview process around you.

ASI works with export controlled technology and restricted U.S. Government data, including on contracts mandating U.S. immigration status and location restrictions for performing personnel. Employment offers are contingent on ability to timely obtain all required authorizations for contemplated job duties.