Principal Platform Engineer
Clarity Innovations15 days ago
Herndon, VA, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$112k - $190k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, document, test, and maintain platform services, infrastructure automation, and supporting software.
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and automated workflows for build, testing, deployment, and release processes.
- Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, operational tasks, and system maintenance using Go, Python, and related tools.
- Deploy, operate, troubleshoot, and optimize containerized applications and services in Kubernetes environments.
- Implement GitOps workflows for version-controlled, auditable, and repeatable infrastructure and application deployments.
- Apply security best practices across infrastructure, networking, operating systems, and software delivery pipelines.
- Monitor platform health and improve reliability, performance, scalability, and operational resilience.
- Collaborate with software engineers, cybersecurity professionals, data engineers, and mission stakeholders.
- Explore and integrate AI agents and intelligent automation to improve platform operations and mission effectiveness.
- Contribute to technical documentation, engineering standards, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Requirements
- Strong knowledge of Bash, Ansible, and Python for infrastructure automation, service development, provisioning, and operational tooling.
- Hands-on experience deploying, managing, and debugging containerized workloads in Kubernetes clusters.
- Experience implementing GitOps practices for production infrastructure and containerized workloads.
- Proficiency with Linux system administration, troubleshooting, process management, and performance analysis.
- Working knowledge of networking, security concepts, system internals, and secure infrastructure design.
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, source control, automated testing, and software release management.
- Ability to automate repeatable operational processes and develop reliable, maintainable platform solutions.
- Interest or experience building, integrating, and deploying AI agents or AI-enabled automation capabilities.
- Ability to troubleshoot moderately complex technical problems and deliver well-documented solutions.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- 8–10 years of relevant experience.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance; only US citizens are eligible for security clearances.
Benefits
- Performance-based bonuses, medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) plan with company match, paid time off, holidays, and income protection benefits.
- Flexible work arrangements where possible.
- Work location is Herndon, Virginia.
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About Clarity Innovations
Clarity Innovations builds and deploys custom software, data analytics platforms, and cloud solutions for U.S. government customers, especially the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense. Its teams provide DevSecOps, systems architecture, rapid prototyping, and UX/UI services to modernize mission systems and workflows. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, it is privately held and operates as part of Chameleon Consulting Group.