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FDA - Platform Engineer

Rackner
  • Washington, DC
  • Remote
    30+ days ago

    Job Description

    Senior Platform Engineer
    Location: Remote (U.S.)
    Clearance: U.S. Citizenship required; must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust (active Public Trust a plus)
    Employment Type: Full-time
     
    Make an Impact on Federal Health:
    • Join Rackner to build and operate the secure, cloud-native platform that powers data, analytics, and AI/ML for a federal health mission.
    • You won't just run infrastructure — you'll own the internal developer platform that data scientists, data engineers, and application teams build on every day.
    • Shape where it goes next: production-grade MLOps, self-service onboarding, and a paved road from commit to GovCloud.
    Who You Are:
    • 7+ years in Platform Engineering, DevSecOps, Site Reliability, or Cloud Engineering, with senior-level ownership of a production platform
    • Built an internal developer platform / PaaS from the ground up for federal clients — and taken it to production (through ATO) in a federal program, not just contributed to one
    • Extensive hands-on experience across both the open-source cloud-native/data ecosystem (Kubernetes, Terraform, ArgoCD, Karpenter/KEDA, Prometheus/Grafana/Loki, Trino, Dagster, dbt) and the AWS services that back them (EKS, S3, Glue, IAM/IRSA, ECR, SageMaker, Bedrock, Athena)
    • Deep expertise with Kubernetes (EKS), GitOps (ArgoCD or Flux), and Terraform infrastructure-as-code
    • Designs for self-service: golden paths, multi-tenancy, and onboarding that lets teams ship safely without a platform engineer in the loop
    • Strong CI/CD background (GitLab CI, Jenkins, ArgoCD, and progressive delivery)
    • Fluent automation and scripting (Python, Bash, Go)
    • Working knowledge of federal compliance (NIST 800-53, FISMA, ATO processes); comfortable in GovCloud/regulated environments
    • Treats documentation and knowledge transfer as part of "done" — clear docs and runbooks come naturally
    • A people person and problem-solver who's comfortable being client-facing, wearing many hats, mentoring teammates, and growing into technical leadership
    What You'll Do:
    • Own the IaC + GitOps foundation — evolve Terraform and ArgoCD (ApplicationSets) so the platform is declarative, self-healing, and recoverable from scratch
    • Build and operate a multi-tenant, self-service platform — golden-path app onboarding, tenant/environment management, an app & tooling catalog, and internal developer tooling/CLI
    • Run Kubernetes on AWS GovCloud — Karpenter and KEDA autoscaling, ingress and Gateway API, cert-manager, and ALB integration across dev/pre-prod/production
    • Architect and deploy AIOps/MLOps for data science and data engineering teams — GPU compute and scheduling, model training and serving, managed notebooks (e.g., SageMaker), GenAI/Bedrock workloads, and production-grade ML pipelines
    • Enable the data lakehouse — Trino/Iceberg on Glue + S3, Dagster orchestration, dbt, and search — so teams have reliable, performant data access
    • Deliver observability and SLOs — Prometheus, Grafana (including custom-built dashboards), and actionable alerting
    • Automate security and compliance — secrets management, network policy, IRSA least-privilege, policy-as-code, vulnerability remediation, and ATO artifact generation
    • Drive documentation and knowledge transfer — author and maintain platform docs, production-readiness standards, and runbooks
    • Partner directly with government stakeholders and platform tenants — translate mission needs into platform capabilities, with room to grow into a technical leadership role
    Preferred / Bonus:
    • Hands-on MLOps/AIOps production experience for DS/DE teams — SageMaker, Bedrock, Kubeflow, MLflow, Ray, KServe/Triton/Seldon, or GPU workload scheduling
    • Experience with federal health or other regulated federal data programs
    • Data platform / lakehouse experience — Trino/Presto, Iceberg, Spark, Dagster/Airflow, dbt
    • AWS GovCloud, IL4/IL5, FedRAMP, or air-gapped environment experience
    • Policy-as-code (OPA/Gatekeeper, Kyverno), container security, SBOMs, and vulnerability scanning
    • Kubecost/cloud cost management
    • Experience establishing a documentation practice and production-readiness standards
    Who We Are:
    • Rackner is a cloud-native software consultancy delivering solutions for startups, enterprises, and the public sector
    • We enable digital transformation through DevSecOps, platform engineering, AI/ML, and cloud-first innovation
    • Join a team that thrives on solving high-impact problems and delivering secure, scalable systems for federal missions
    Why You'll Love Working Here:
    • Weekly Pay & Fully Remote
    • Professional Growth – Paid certifications and training for relevant technologies
    • Comprehensive Benefits – 401k (100% match up to 6%), PTO, medical/dental/vision, life & disability insurance
    • Work-Life Perks – Gym/fitness membership, home office setup, swag, snacks, and social events
     
     
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    #PlatformEngineering #MLOps #Kubernetes #GitOps #Terraform #AWSGovCloud #DevSecOps #FederalHealth #DataPlatform #ClearanceJobs #RacknerCareers #Remote

     

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationWashington, DC (
    Remote
    )

    Skills

    • Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)unmatched
    • Amazon Web Services (AWS)unmatched
    • Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
    • Autoscalingunmatched
    • Bash Scriptingunmatched
    • Cloud Computingunmatched
    • Continuous Deployment/Deliveryunmatched
    • Continuous Integrationunmatched
    • Cost Controlunmatched
    • Cross-Functionalunmatched
    • Customer Relationsunmatched
    • Data Analysisunmatched
    • Data Scienceunmatched
    • Disability Insuranceunmatched
    • Documentationunmatched
    • Ecosystemsunmatched
    • Environmental Managementunmatched
    • FDA (Food and Drug Administration)unmatched
    • FISMA - Federal Information Security Management Actunmatched
    • GPU (Graphics Processing Unit)unmatched
    • Governmentunmatched
    • Interpersonal Skillsunmatched
    • Jenkinsunmatched
    • Knowledge Transferunmatched
    • Life Insuranceunmatched
    • Machine Toolunmatched
    • Mentoringunmatched
    • Onboardingunmatched
    • Open Sourceunmatched
    • Platform as a Service (PaaS)unmatched
    • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
    • Programming Toolsunmatched
    • Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
    • Reporting Dashboardsunmatched
    • Scripting (Scripting Languages)unmatched
    • Software Engineeringunmatched
    • Startupunmatched
    • Systems Scalabilityunmatched
    • Technical Leadershipunmatched
    • U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)unmatched
    • United States Citizenunmatched
    • Vulnerability Scannersunmatched
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