IT Spec (Platform Engineer/Infrastructure Architect)

Job summary

As an IT Specialist (Platform Engineer/Infrastructure Architect) at the GS-2210-13/14 level, you will be part of the Office of the Chief Information Officer, Office of Personnel Management. This role involves designing, implementing, modernizing, and governing enterprise platform, cloud, automation, and infrastructure capabilities to support secure, scalable, resilient, and reusable IT services across the agency.

Benefits

Qualifications

• Must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation.
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
• Information Technology (IT) related experience demonstrating Attention to Detail, Customer Service, Oral Communication, and Problem Solving.
• For GS-13 Level: One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 level in Federal service, or equivalent, performing platform engineering or infrastructure work including: designing, implementing, or maintaining platform, cloud, hybrid cloud, or infrastructure environments using established technical requirements, standards, or architecture guidance; developing or maintaining automation, configuration management, infrastructure as code, policy as code, or deployment pipelines for infrastructure or platform services; implementing or supporting container platforms, orchestration environments, monitoring tools, logging tools, observability tools, or telemetry tools for assigned systems or services; applying cybersecurity, identity and access, system hardening, vulnerability management, or secure software supply chain practices to platform or infrastructure work; and troubleshooting platform, infrastructure, integration, performance, or reliability issues and recommending corrective actions for technical review.
• For GS-14 Level: One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-13 level in Federal service, or equivalent, performing platform engineering or infrastructure architecture work including: designing or implementing enterprise platform, cloud, hybrid cloud, or infrastructure architecture solutions that align with technical requirements, standards, and organizational objectives; developing or implementing automation, configuration management, infrastructure as code, policy as code, or deployment pipeline solutions for enterprise platform or infrastructure services; integrating container platforms, orchestration environments, monitoring tools, logging tools, observability tools, or telemetry tools across platform or infrastructure environments; applying cybersecurity, identity and access, system hardening, vulnerability management, or secure software supply chain practices to enterprise platform or infrastructure solutions; and resolving platform, infrastructure, integration, performance, or reliability issues and communicating technical recommendations or implementation options to stakeholders, customers, or technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain enterprise platform environments across on-premises, cloud, hybrid, and multi-cloud infrastructure.
• Support AI-enabled platform capabilities, including model deployment, inference, operational integration, and related infrastructure services.
• Develop and maintain automation, infrastructure as code, policy as code, and configuration management solutions.
• Implement container platforms, orchestration environments, monitoring, logging, observability, and telemetry tools.
• Apply cybersecurity, Zero Trust, identity and access, system hardening, vulnerability management, and secure software supply chain practices.
• Provide technical recommendations, guidance, and implementation approaches to stakeholders, developers, system owners, and project teams.
• Perform troubleshooting, incident response, root cause analysis, reliability improvements, and continuity or recovery support for platform services.

Skills

Work schedule

Travel

Security clearance

Relocation