• Senior Platform Engineer

    SAIC (San Diego, CA)


    Description

    SAIC is seeking a cleared (TS/SCI) **Senior Platform Engineer** in support of NAVWAR’s Naval Operational Architecture (NOA) Program in **San Diego, CA.**

     

    As a Platform Engineer supporting Naval Operational Architecture, you will play a critical role in operationalizing AI for next-generation naval platforms and systems. You’ll focus on building and managing secure, scalable cloud-based environments to support advanced analytics, AI/ML workloads, and autonomous systems. This position involves hands-on engineering with cutting-edge technologies, close collaboration with cross-functional teams, and direct support of mission-critical DoD capabilities. Your work will directly enhance the warfighter’s ability to execute distributed maritime operations and maintain tactical superiority. This is a recently awarded contract, funded for five years.

     

    Work is performed on site in San Diego, CA.

    Responsibilities:

    + Design, build, and maintain secure cloud infrastructure within AWS GovCloud environments.

    + Configure and manage container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes and OpenShift.

    + Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Ansible, Terraform, or CloudFormation.Support secure data flow across multiple systems, ensuring compliance with DoD cybersecurity standards and STIG requirements.

    + Collaborate with DevSecOps teams to streamline deployment pipelines and container management.

    + Optimize cloud resources for performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness.

    + Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues within cloud, networking, and containerized environments.

    + Partner with AI/ML engineers and software developers to deploy and integrate advanced analytics platforms and tools.

    + Maintain detailed technical documentation to support system operations and compliance.

    + Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers and team members.

    Qualifications

    Education and Certification Requirements:

    + Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related STEM field and nine (9) or Master’s degree and seven (7).

    + Relevant certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect, Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), or Security+ strongly preferred.

    Citizenship and Clearance requirements:

    + US Citizenship

    + **Active TS SCI security clearance**

    Required Skills and Experience:

    + At least 9 years' experience working as a cloud engineer, cloud administrator, cloud architecture, DevOps engineer, IT Specialist, platform engineer, site reliability engineer, release engineer, systems administrator, systems engineer, or similar role.

    + AWS Gov Cloud

    + Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)

    + Identity and Access Management (IAM)

    + Cloud based networking

    + VPCs, Subnets, Routing Tables, Security Groups, Route 53

    + RHEL Linux Administration

    + Relational Database Service - RDS

    + PostGres

    + Secure Storage Service - S3

    + Elastic Search

    + IaC

    + Extensive Ansible Scripting experience

    + IaC Tooling such as Terraform or Cloud Formation

    + Cyber

    + Linux STIG remediation experience

    + DevSecOps

    + Docker basics

    + Ability to troubleshoot a running container

    Preferred Skills and Experience:

    + Openshift or Kubernetes

    + Airflow

    + Kafca

    + RabbitMQ

    + Apache

    + Kibana

    + Adapting open-source product to work with GovCloud

    + Domino Data Labs

    + Tobias

    + Fiddler

     

    Please view our Program page for more information and to view all open positions available: https://jobs.saic.com/pages/NOA .

     

    Target salary range: $160,001 - $200,000. The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.

    REQNUMBER: 2510409

    SAIC is a premier technology integrator, solving our nation's most complex modernization and systems engineering challenges across the defense, space, federal civilian, and intelligence markets. Our robust portfolio of offerings includes high-end solutions in systems engineering and integration; enterprise IT, including cloud services; cyber; software; advanced analytics and simulation; and training. We are a team of 23,000 strong driven by mission, united purpose, and inspired by opportunity. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, SAIC has annual revenues of approximately $6.5 billion. For more information, visit saic.com. For information on the benefits SAIC offers, see Working at SAIC. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability