Federal Platform Engineer with TS/SCI Clearance
Location: Remote
Compensation: To Be Discussed
Reviewed: Thu, Jul 16, 2026
This job expires in: 30 days
Job Summary
To support the scalability and reliability of the Agentic AI platform, the Federal Platform Engineer with TS/SCI Clearance will work remotely on a contract basis, managing the end-to-end lifecycle of the platform, including infrastructure provisioning, Kubernetes orchestration, and security hardening.
Key responsibilities
- Design and implement infrastructure for federal cloud clusters using Kubernetes and Infrastructure as Code
- Configure and manage specialized compute resources for AI workloads, including GPU-accelerated nodes
- Implement Zero Trust architecture principles to ensure secure communication between microservices and external APIs
Required qualifications
- Current, active TS/SCI security clearance with polygraph
- Current, active Security+ or equivalent certificate for privileged user access
- 5 years of professional experience in infrastructure, DevOps, or platform engineering with a focus on cloud-native infrastructure
- 3 years of experience managing production Kubernetes environments
- Proven experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and CI/CD tools (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions)
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