Remote Platform Engineer: DevSecOps & Cloud Automation

System One; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

System One is seeking a Platform Engineer to drive secure, scalable cloud platforms. You will implement modern DevSecOps practices, design IaC with Terraform/CloudFormation/CDK, and optimize CI/CD pipelines across AWS services, containers, and serverless architectures.

You will collaborate with architects and security teams to ensure FedRAMP-aligned guidance and enterprise governance, while delivering reliable production readiness and continuous improvement across complex environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 5+ years in platform engineering, DevSecOps, or cloud/infra roles.
• Hands-on AWS services experience (ECS/EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, S3, RDS).
• Experience building and securing CI/CD pipelines and IaC with Terraform/CloudFormation/CDK.

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines with automated build/deploy workflows.
• Develop and improve IaC for repeatable, auditable environments.
• Support cloud-native delivery with AWS services, containers, and serverless components.
• Standardize reusable pipeline templates and environment configurations.
• Embed security early across the SDLC with automated scans and policy checks.
• Maintain observability: logging, metrics, dashboards, alerts, tracing.

Skills

DevSecOps

CI/CD pipelines

Automation

Linux administration

Scripting (Python/Bash)

Troubleshooting

SDLC & Agile

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AWS ECS/EKS

Lambda

API Gateway

CloudWatch

IAM & SSM

Terraform

CloudFormation

CDK

Docker

Kubernetes

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

GitLab CI

Azure DevOps

Job description

System One is seeking a Platform Engineer to drive secure, scalable cloud platforms. You will implement modern DevSecOps practices, design IaC with Terraform/CloudFormation/CDK, and optimize CI/CD pipelines across AWS services, containers, and serverless architectures.

You will collaborate with architects and security teams to ensure FedRAMP-aligned guidance and enterprise governance, while delivering reliable production readiness and continuous improvement across complex environments.