Platform Engineer – TS/SCI Polygraph | CI/CD Automation

J&T Business Consulting; New York (NY); On-site; USD 161,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) plan with company matching

Generous PTO and paid holidays

Parental leave

Life and disability insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

J&T Business Consulting seeks a Platform Engineer to build, test, and maintain the core infrastructure and tooling for rapid software development and delivery. You will drive automation, deployment pipelines, and platform resilience while collaborating with development and operations teams.

The role requires strong Linux administration skills, hands-on Ansible experience, and a commitment to CI/CD, observability, and security best practices in a federal-style environment.

Qualifications

• Clearance required: Active TS/SCI with Polygraph.
• Bachelor’s degree plus at least ten years of relevant technical experience, OR fourteen (14) years of Platform Engineering experience in lieu of a degree.
• Strong Linux administration and command-line experience.
• Solid experience with Ansible for configuration management and automation.

Responsibilities

• Platform Design & Maintenance: Architect, deploy, and maintain internal developer platforms and environments that support efficient application development and continuous deployment.
• Automation & CI/CD: Automate operational workflows and configuration tasks using Ansible to reduce manual overhead, enhance reliability, and accelerate delivery pipelines.
• Observability & Performance: Monitor infrastructure health, system availability, and performance metrics using Prometheus and Grafana.
• Troubleshooting & Issue Resolution: Investigate, isolate, and resolve complex infrastructure, environment, and platform-level defects.
• Security & Compliance: Enforce platform security controls, regulatory compliance standards, and industry best practices across environments.
• Developer Experience: Partner with software engineering teams to streamline deployment workflows, resolve environment bottlenecks, and enhance developer tooling.

Skills

Linux administration

CI/CD

Observability

Automation

Education

Bachelor’s degree OR 14 years Platform Engineering experience

Tools

Ansible

Prometheus

Grafana

Job description

J&T Business Consulting seeks a Platform Engineer to build, test, and maintain the core infrastructure and tooling for rapid software development and delivery. You will drive automation, deployment pipelines, and platform resilience while collaborating with development and operations teams.

The role requires strong Linux administration skills, hands-on Ansible experience, and a commitment to CI/CD, observability, and security best practices in a federal-style environment.