Classified Platform Engineer

Job summary

Lead the architecture and delivery of software platforms that enable multi-level classified computing in accredited, fully air-gapped environments. Build React and TypeScript applications and Go services, including virtual desktop brokering, policy-enforcing storage, and access-control interfaces, while designing supporting datastores. Own containerized Kubernetes deployments and GitOps CI/CD pipelines that support security scanning, artifact signing, and accreditation evidence.

Benefits

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Lead the classified software and platform team and own the application portfolio architecture.
• Set engineering standards and make technical tradeoff decisions.
• Design and build production web applications in 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 the DevSecOps path to production, including containerization and Kubernetes deployment through GitOps CI/CD pipelines.
• Decompose multi-quarter programs into deliverable work and mentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and pairing.
• Coordinate with cybersecurity, program management, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical plans.

Skills

Certifications

Industry

Security clearance

Relocation