Platform Engineer Senior Principal

General Dynamics

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Hybrid

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: Crystal City, VA
Salary: $185,300–$250,700 / yr
Posted: 81 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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About General Dynamics

General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company offering a broad portfolio of products and services in business aviation, ship construction, land combat vehicles, and information technology. It serves customers in the U.S. government, allied governments, and a diverse array of commercial markets.

General Dynamics currently has 1377 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Platform Engineer Senior Principal

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JOB TITLE: Platform Engineer Senior Principal The Platform Engineer Senior Principal leads the architecture, implementation, and continuous improvement of secure, scalable cloud-native platforms within the IT Infrastructure and Operations team. This role serves as a technical authority, designing and operating enterprise Kubernetes platforms and architecting secure AWS solutions focusing on cloud networking, load balancing, and zero-trust principles. You will build and maintain enterprise CI/CD pipelines using GitLab, implement Infrastructure as Code via Terraform and Crossplane, and develop automation using Python and Bash. Key responsibilities include establishing DevSecOps standards, managing container security with Docker and Helm, and applying Site Reliability Engineering practices to improve system resilience. You will solve complex infrastructure and networking problems to modernize mission-critical systems, ensuring high availability and security for large-scale government cloud modernization initiatives.

What does a Platform Engineer earn?

Median $156250 from 30 postings across 22 companies.

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Skills

AWS Kubernetes Terraform Python Docker GitLab Crossplane Helm Kustomize Bash DevSecOps CI/CD Site Reliability Engineering Keycloak Prometheus Grafana Elasticsearch OpenSearch Apache Airflow Amazon Linux JavaScript TypeScript

What you'll do

Lead the architecture, implementation, and modernization of secure, scalable cloud-native platforms.
Design and operate enterprise Kubernetes platforms supporting multiple applications and deployment environments.
Architect secure AWS solutions focusing on cloud networking, load balancing, and zero-trust principles.
Design and maintain enterprise CI/CD pipelines using GitLab or similar technologies.
Implement Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform and Crossplane.
Establish platform observability using metrics, logs, dashboards, alerting, and tracing.
Apply Site Reliability Engineering principles to improve system resilience and reduce operational toil.
Develop automation and platform capabilities using Python and Bash scripting.

What we're looking for

Must be a U.S. citizen.
Must currently possess an active Top Secret clearance and be able to obtain TS/SCI.
Must have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline.
Must have experience in DevOps, DevSecOps, Platform Engineering, or cloud environments.
Must have experience designing and deploying cloud-native solutions in Amazon Web Services.
Must have software development experience.
Must have extensive experience designing, deploying, and troubleshooting enterprise Kubernetes platforms.
Must have experience with Terraform, Crossplane, GitLab, Docker, Helm, Kustomize, Python, and Bash.

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