Senior Backend Platform Engineer

General Atomics Integrated Intelligence; Charlottesville (VA); On-site; USD 105,890 - 189,545; Full time

Job summary

A defense technology firm located in Charlottesville, Virginia is seeking a Senior Backend Platform Engineer. The role involves designing solutions using infrastructure-as-code tools and developing enterprise software applications. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience with Kubernetes and a background in software engineering. This full-time position offers a salary range of $105,890 – $189,545.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of software development experience with a Bachelor's degree.
• Thorough understanding of software development concepts and principles.
• Ability to communicate and implement new concepts.
• Organizational skills and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to obtain and maintain DoD security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement solutions using infrastructure-as-code tooling.
• Develop enterprise-wide software applications.
• Evaluate integration of software applications.
• Communicate throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Determine user requirements and plan for software development.
• Provide oversight to less experienced developers.

Skills

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Packer

CI/CD workflows

Linux

AWS environments

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Master's degree in computer science or related field

PhD in computer science or related field

Job description

Senior Backend Platform Engineer

General Atomics Integrated Intelligence, Inc. (GA‑i3), an affiliate of General Atomics, develops best‑in‑class global situational awareness and battle orchestration capabilities that process petabytes of data from diverse sources in near real time. Our systems apply state‑of‑the‑art algorithms and machine learning techniques to extract features, fuse data and form a rich live view of objects across land, sea and sky. We empower decision makers to solve meaningful challenges through innovative data science and scalable software engineering.

Job Summary
GA‑i3 is searching for a senior software engineer on our platform team. As a backend platform engineer you will be responsible for designing and implementing solutions using infrastructure‑as‑code tooling such as Terraform, Packer, Ansible and Helm to deliver and support maintenance of Kubernetes based deployments in both the cloud and at the edge. You'll also be responsible for architecting and implementing CI driven workflows to support integration and testing for production workloads.

Responsibilities

• With only general direction and limited review, independently determines approaches/solutions for the design, development and/or modification of specific programs or projects for enterprise‑wide end‑user, system level, and data management software applications.
• Formulates near‑term plans of application development and deployment as well as responsible for meeting software compliance standards on specific programs or projects.
• Evaluates integration of software applications with the overall computing environment; responsible for documentation, testing, maintenance, and software updates.
• Communicates with domain experts, outside customers, users, and management throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Determine user requirements and specifications and plan for software development within the broader organizational scope.
• Formulate detailed plans for the implementation of software solutions. In addition to program design this includes determining language, platform, and resource requirements.
• Implementation of design including coding, testing, and documentation.
• Deployment of applications across the enterprise including cross‑platform compliance and insuring availability of necessary resources.
• Assist in planning and coordinating the maintenance of enterprise solutions including debugging and updating to keep pace with the evolving environment.
• Provide direction to less experienced developers.

Qualifications

• Typically requires a bachelor's degree, master's degree or PhD in computer science, information systems or related discipline and progressive software development experience: six or more years with a bachelor's degree, four or more years with a master's degree, or two or more years with a PhD. May substitute equivalent experience in lieu of education.
• Must have a thorough understanding of software development concepts, principles, and theory and demonstrate a thorough understanding and application of programming and analysis concepts.
• Must possess the ability to develop and communicate new concepts and apply them accurately throughout an evolving environment.
• Ability to organize, schedule, and coordinate work phases and determine the appropriate approach at the task level or, with assistance, at the project level to provide solutions to a range of complex problems.
• Ability to obtain and maintain DoD security clearance is required.

Desired Skills and Experience

• 5 or more years working with Kubernetes
• Experience with infrastructure‑as‑code tooling such as Terraform, Packer, Ansible, Helm
• Experience with CI/CD systems and workflows (GitLab CI, ArgoCD)
• Experience working in AWS environments
• Comfortable working in Linux environments

Salary $105,890 – $189,545

Seniority level Mid‑Senior level

Employment type Full‑time

Job function Engineering and Information Technology

Industries Research Services

We recognize and appreciate the value and contributions of individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences and welcome all qualified individuals to apply.