Platform Engineer Senior Principal

General Dynamics
United States
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 185,300 - 250,700 annuallyFunction: DevOps, Cloud & InfrastructureExperience: 10+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Technical leadership","Troubleshooting","Communication","Mentoring","Collaboration"]

Lead architecture and continuous improvement of secure, scalable, cloud-native platform services. Serve as a technical authority across DevOps and DevSecOps, designing enterprise Kubernetes platforms and secure AWS networking solutions. Own end-to-end platform lifecycle activities including CI/CD, infrastructure automation, observability, incident response, and SRE-driven reliability improvements. Provide technical leadership through architecture reviews, onboarding, automation, and collaboration with engineering, cybersecurity, and government stakeholders.

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Platform Engineer Senior Principal

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Job Summary

Lead architecture and continuous improvement of secure, scalable, cloud-native platform services. Serve as a technical authority across DevOps and DevSecOps, designing enterprise Kubernetes platforms and secure AWS networking solutions. Own end-to-end platform lifecycle activities including CI/CD, infrastructure automation, observability, incident response, and SRE-driven reliability improvements. Provide technical leadership through architecture reviews, onboarding, automation, and collaboration with engineering, cybersecurity, and government stakeholders.
Location: United States
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: DevOps, Cloud & Infrastructure
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Serve as technical authority for platform engineering, DevOps, and DevSecOps architecture across multiple projects.
  • •Lead design, implementation, modernization, and continuous improvement of secure, scalable, highly available cloud-native platforms.
  • •Design and operate enterprise Kubernetes platforms supporting multiple applications, teams, and deployment environments.
  • •Architect secure AWS solutions covering networking, routing, load balancing, ingress, identity management, resiliency, and zero-trust principles.
  • •Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform/Crossplane), implement observability, and drive SRE reliability improvements.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 185,300 - 250,700 annually
Perks:401kPaid Leave

Key Requirements

  • •10+ years progressively designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise DevOps, DevSecOps, Platform Engineering, or cloud environments.
  • •5+ years designing and deploying secure, highly available cloud-native solutions in Amazon Web Services.
  • •Extensive experience designing, deploying, administering, and troubleshooting enterprise Kubernetes platforms.
  • •Demonstrated technical-lead/SME experience across enterprise platform engineering and cloud modernization efforts.
  • •Active Top Secret clearance (and ability to obtain/maintain TS/SCI) and U.S. citizenship.
Experience:10+ yearsDevOpsDevSecOpsPlatform EngineeringCloudKubernetesSRE
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Technical leadershipTroubleshootingCommunicationMentoringCollaboration
Tech Stack:AWSAmazon Web ServicesKubernetesCloud networkingDevSecOpsSite Reliability EngineeringInfrastructure as CodeTerraformCrossplaneCI/CDGitGitLabDockerHelmKustomizeGitLab CI/CDKeycloakZero-trustIdentity and access managementContainer security

Eligibility

Nationality:US National
Security Clearance:Top SecretTop Secret/SCI

Company Brief

General Dynamics
Provides IT, systems engineering, cybersecurity, cloud, and mission support services to U.S. federal civilian and defense agencies, delivering large-scale technology solutions and managed services for national security and government operations.
Industry: Defense Technology
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: Tysons / Fairfax, United States
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