Platform Engineer
GovSignals5 days ago
Remote, United StatesSenior
Base Salary
$160k - $230k/yr
Responsibilities
- Operate the product platform across commercial cloud, AWS GovCloud FedRAMP High, and IL5 environments.
- Run Kubernetes clusters, GitOps pipelines, networking, and observability across environments.
- Make new environment deployment repeatable and adapt tooling for restricted networks.
- Build infrastructure and deployment tooling for AI agents, engineers, and automated remediation loops.
- Integrate customer data with the deployment team and support enterprise users.
- Own production infrastructure and explain security controls to customers’ security teams.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in platform, infrastructure, or security engineering roles.
- Experience building infrastructure that other engineers depend on.
- Deep production Kubernetes experience, including cluster operations, networking, GitOps, and upgrades without downtime.
- Experience taking infrastructure through a real migration or scaling event and explaining what broke.
- Experience building secure-by-default infrastructure with hardened images, least-privilege access, network policy, and secrets management.
- Preferred qualifications include experience with FedRAMP, IL, HIPAA, or other regulated environments; Postgres operations; backend TypeScript; and open-source infrastructure work.
- U.S. citizenship or other U.S. Person status is required; an active or previous security clearance is a plus.
Benefits
- Base salary of $160,000–$230,000.
- Meaningful equity stake in a well-funded, fast-growing startup.
- Medical, vision, and dental benefits.
- Unlimited paid time off.
- The posting describes the role as remote within the U.S., while also stating that the Brooklyn Navy Yard office requires at least three days per week in person.
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About GovSignals
GovSignals builds an AI platform for government contracting that supports pre-RFP intelligence, capture, proposal development, and knowledge management across federal, state, and local markets. The privately held company, founded in 2023 and headquartered in Washington, DC, sells to government contractors and agencies, operating in FedRAMP High and IL5 environments. Its software focuses on RFP automation and compliant proposal generation to help teams pursue and manage acquisitions more efficiently.