Classified Platform Engineer

Job summary

Leads the architecture and delivery of platform services and user-facing applications that enable multi-level classified computing in accredited, fully air-gapped environments. Builds production web applications with React, TypeScript, and Go; designs storage and authorization systems; and delivers containerized services to Kubernetes through GitOps CI/CD pipelines that support security scanning, artifact signing, and accreditation evidence.

Benefits

Qualifications

• Professional experience delivering production web applications with React or a comparable framework and TypeScript.
• Professional experience developing backend services in Go.
• Experience with PostgreSQL or CockroachDB, including schema design, migrations, and query performance.
• Experience with Podman or Docker, Kubernetes, GitOps, and CI/CD in an Agile process.
• Experience with Linux, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Rocky Linux, or Ubuntu.
• Experience owning system architecture, reviewing designs and code, and setting direction for a small team.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain a US Top Secret clearance with customer approval.

Responsibilities

• Lead the classified software and platform team's architecture and engineering standards.
• Build production web applications with React and Go for accredited, air-gapped environments.
• Develop and work with S3 storage APIs and policies.
• Build administrative and operator interfaces for the access control platform.
• Design relational and distributed datastores for authorization decisions, audit records, and application state.
• Own containerization and Kubernetes deployment through GitOps CI/CD pipelines, including scanning, signing, and accreditation evidence.
• Break multi-quarter programs into scoped work for independent delivery.
• Develop engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and pairing.
• Partner with cybersecurity, program management, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical plans.

Skills

Certifications

Industry

Security clearance

Relocation