Platform Engineer

Location: Lexington, MA, Hampton, VA

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

Platform Engineer

The Opportunity:

Design, implement, integrate, and maintain systems and tools to automate complex cyber activities. Apply specific functional knowledge and working and general industry knowledge. Develop or contribute to solutions to a variety of problems of moderate scope and complexity. Work independently with some guidance, and review or guide activities of junior employees.

You Have:

• 3+ years of experience administering Kubernetes clusters in production environments
• Experience with Helm charts, Kustomize, or Operators for deploying and managing applications on Kubernetes
• Experience with GitOps workflows using tools such as ArgoCD, Flux, or GitLab CI/CD for infrastructure and application delivery
• Experience with Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) or deploying or managing stateful applications on Kubernetes
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure-as-code deployments
• Experience with monitoring and observability tooling such as Prometheus or Grafana, for platform health and SLA dashboards
• Knowledge of Linux systems administration and container troubleshooting, including logs, networking, and resource constraints
• Ability to identify, prioritize, and remediate technical debt across platform environments such as refactoring, dependency upgrades, and deprecated API migration, and work on-site at the designated location per program requirements
• Secret clearance
• HS diploma or GED

Nice If You Have:

• Experience deploying and upgrading ECK Operators and managing Elasticsearch or Kibana custom resources in Kubernetes
• Experience with Platform One Big Bang or Iron Bank hardened container workflows in a DoD environment
• Experience with GitLab self-hosted administration, including runners, pipelines, merge request automation, and repository management
• Experience automating dashboard generation or reporting such as Grafana-as-code, Kibana saved objects API, or scripted dashboard provisioning
• Experience with multi-classification or air-gapped deployment patterns such as IL5/IL6, artifact mirroring, and offline registries
• Experience with Istio, Linkerd, or similar service mesh technologies for mTLS and traffic management
• Experience with DAST, SAST, or container scanning integrated into GitOps pipelines such as RMF or ATO compliance automation
• Experience with Vault, SOPS, or sealed-secrets for secrets management in GitOps workflows
• Experience running cost and resource optimization on Kubernetes such as right-sizing, HPA/VPA tuning, and node pool strategy for stateful workloads like Elasticsearch
• TS/SCI clearance

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret clearance is required.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $86,900.00 to $198,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Identity Statement

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Candidate AI Usage Policy

AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.

Work Model
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration, whether it occurs in person or virtually. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.

• Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.

• Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen facility frequently, in alignment with leadership expectations and the needs of the role. You may also be required to work from or visit a customer facility.

• Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.