Platform Engineer, Senior
Booz Allen Hamilton4 hours ago
Base Salary
$78k - $176k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, automate, and maintain hybrid networking, storage, Kubernetes, and infrastructure foundations for simulation, visualization, and data-processing workloads.
- Build and operate infrastructure across AWS GovCloud, VMware-based on-premises environments, and disconnected or bandwidth-constrained range environments.
- Administer VMware environments and deploy and operate AWS workloads and Kubernetes clusters.
- Collaborate with DevOps engineers, backend developers, and solution architects to maintain secure, repeatable, accreditation-ready platforms.
- Address workload portability, hybrid connectivity, infrastructure hardening, and lifecycle management challenges.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of experience in platform, infrastructure, or systems engineering.
- At least 2 years of experience administering VMware environments, including vSphere, ESXi, and vCenter.
- At least 2 years of experience deploying and operating AWS workloads using EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, and EKS or ECS.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
- Experience deploying and managing Kubernetes clusters in cloud or on-premises environments.
- Experience with Linux systems administration and networking fundamentals, including subnets, routing, DNS, firewalls, and security groups.
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Ability to obtain a Secret clearance.
- Preferred experience includes AWS GovCloud, VMware NSX/vSAN/Tanzu, Rancher, RKE2, hybrid AWS connectivity, disconnected environments, STIGs, DoD ATO/RMF processes, GPU-backed simulation workloads, and relevant VMware, AWS, or Kubernetes certifications.
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement in Washington, DC, with work at a Booz Allen or customer facility according to leadership and role needs.
- Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits.
- Paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care.
- Recognition awards and eligibility for benefits for regular full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours per week.
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About Booz Allen Hamilton
Booz Allen Hamilton builds and integrates software, analytics, AI, cloud, and cybersecurity solutions while providing engineering and consulting services, primarily for U.S. defense, intelligence, and civil government clients, with select commercial partnerships. Its business is largely government contracting and professional services delivering mission systems and cyber defense. Founded in 1914 and headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Booz Allen is a public company traded on the NYSE (ticker: BAH).