Senior Platform Engineer – TS/SCI (Hybrid)

Piper Companies; Reston (VA); Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k)

PTO

Sick Leave

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions in Reston, Virginia seeks a Sr. Platform Engineer – TS/SCI to design, build, and maintain secure, scalable platform infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code and cloud-native technologies.

The role involves Kubernetes-based platform architecture, Python automation, and collaboration with security and DevOps teams to ensure compliant operations. This is a hybrid position with involvement in mission-critical environments requiring an active TS/SCI clearance.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of platform engineering experience.
• Active TS/SCI clearance required.
• Hands-on Terraform and Terragrunt for IaC.
• Experience deploying and scaling Kubernetes clusters.
• Python automation for tooling and workflows.
• Cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP) in secure/regulatory settings.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable platform infrastructure using IaC.
• Architect and support Kubernetes-based platforms for secure environments.
• Develop automation tooling, including Python-based solutions.
• Collaborate with software, DevOps, and security teams for compliant platform services.
• Implement and support CI/CD pipelines for streamlined deployments.
• Ensure security, compliance, and performance for classified systems.

Skills

Kubernetes

Python

Terraform

Terragrunt

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Tools

Terraform

Terragrunt

Kubernetes

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions in Reston, Virginia seeks a Sr. Platform Engineer – TS/SCI to design, build, and maintain secure, scalable platform infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code and cloud-native technologies.

The role involves Kubernetes-based platform architecture, Python automation, and collaboration with security and DevOps teams to ensure compliant operations. This is a hybrid position with involvement in mission-critical environments requiring an active TS/SCI clearance.