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Booz Allen Hamilton is a management and technology consulting firm that provides analytics, digital, engineering, and cybersecurity solutions primarily to U.S. government agencies and commercial clients. Industry: Management & Technology Consulting
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The Senior Platform Solutions Architect serves as a critical bridge between platform engineering and application teams to lead the evaluation, onboarding, and optimization of tenant workloads onto an application hosting platform. The successful candidate will ensure that all onboarded solutions align with specific platform standards, security requirements, and industry best practices while balancing platform constraints with tenant needs. This role requires extensive experience in cloud architecture, platform engineering, and DevOps. Key technical competencies include AWS, Docker, Helm, Kubernetes, and container orchestration. Additionally, the role involves full-stack application design using Python, Node.js, NGINX, React, or Angular. Preferred skills include Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform or Ansible, Zero Trust architectures, and service mesh technologies. The position requires an active TS/SCI clearance to support multi-tenant platforms and internal developer platforms within a secure environment.
Evaluate and onboard tenant workloads onto the application hosting platform.
Optimize hosted solutions to align with platform standards and security requirements.
Act as a technical bridge between platform engineering and application teams.
Guide development teams toward scalable, secure, and efficient architectural designs.
Ensure all onboarded solutions adhere to industry best practices for cloud-native technologies.
Balance specific tenant needs with existing platform constraints and limitations.
What we're looking for
8+ years of experience in cloud architecture, platform engineering, or DevOps roles.
6+ years of experience with AWS, Docker, Helm, Kubernetes, and container orchestration best practices.
Experience with full-stack application design using JavaScript Frameworks, Python, Node.js, NGINX, React, or Angular.
Active TS/SCI clearance and willingness to take a polygraph exam.
Experience supporting multi-tenant platforms or internal developer platforms (preferred).
Experience with Infrastructure as Code, such as Terraform or Ansible (preferred).
Knowledge of Zero Trust architectures and service mesh technologies (preferred); Master's degree in Computer Science or Engineering (preferred); AWS Solution Architect Certification (preferred).
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Network-on-Chip
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Linux
RTOS
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Power Management
Memory Systems
PCIe
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Machine Learning
Simulation
Modeling
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