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Staff Platform Engineer

HonorVet Technologies

  • Kirkland, WA, WA
  • 30+ days ago
  • $75–$80 Per Hour
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  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)unmatched
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
  • Automationunmatched
  • BGPunmatched
  • Best Practicesunmatched
  • Cloud Architectureunmatched
  • Cloud Computingunmatched
  • Communication Skillsunmatched
  • Computer Scienceunmatched
  • Continuous Deployment/Deliveryunmatched
  • Continuous Improvementunmatched
  • Continuous Integrationunmatched
  • Design Servicesunmatched
  • Disability Accommodationsunmatched
  • Disaster Recoveryunmatched
  • Emerging Technologyunmatched
  • Engineeringunmatched
  • Federal Governmentunmatched
  • Fortune 500 Customersunmatched
  • GCP (Good Clinical Practices)unmatched
  • High Availabilityunmatched
  • ISO (International Organization for Standardization)unmatched
  • ISO 9001unmatched
  • Kernel Programmingunmatched
  • Linux Operating Systemunmatched
  • Machine Toolunmatched
  • Mentoringunmatched
  • Microsoft Windows Azureunmatched
  • Network Performance/Analysisunmatched
  • Open Sourceunmatched
  • Operational Strategyunmatched
  • Performance Tuning/Optimizationunmatched
  • PostgreSQLunmatched
  • Service Level Agreement (SLA)unmatched
  • State Governmentunmatched
  • Strategic Planningunmatched
  • Systems Engineeringunmatched
  • Team Buildingunmatched
  • Technical Publicationsunmatched
  • Technical Recruitingunmatched
  • Technical Strategyunmatched

Description

HonorVet Technologies is a Service Disable Veteran-Owned IT staffing firm, ISO 9001, and ISO 27001 certified, working with federal agencies, state governments, and Fortune 500 enterprise clients across the US. What makes us different isn't a tagline; it's the way we work. We don't forward resumes and hope for the best. We take the time to understand where a professional like you are headed and only reach out when we genuinely believe there's a fit worth exploring. I came across your profile, and something stood out.
 
Job Title: Staff Platform Engineer
Location: Flexible (Hybrid) - 2-3 days in the office at San Diego, CA or Kirkland, WA office.
Duration: 12 months


Overview:
This Staff Systems Engineer role owns strategy and execution for client's critical developer platforms, including enterprise GitLab supporting 3,000+ users and JFrog Artifactory. The role leads cloud-native transformation, mentors team members, and establishes technical direction for platform engineering.

What You Will Do:
  • Own operational strategy and technical direction for GitLab and Artifactory platforms
  • Lead cloud-native transformations, Kubernetes migrations, and GitOps adoption
  • Drive architecture for multi-region high-availability deployments and active-active patterns
  • Design self-healing systems with automated remediation and chaos engineering practices
  • Establish cloud-native best practices, including 12-factor apps, containerization, and observability
  • Mentor team members on automation patterns and cloud-native architectures
  • Influence organizational standards for platform engineering and developer experience
  • Evaluate emerging technologies, including AI-assisted operations, eBPF, and service mesh
  • Define and track SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs with a continuous improvement focus
Skills: Required:
  • BS in computer science or equivalent experience
  • 7+ years operating and architecting enterprise-scale platforms
  • 5+ years of self-managed GitLab experience, including Geo, high availability, and disaster recovery
  • 5+ years of Artifactory experience, including Hub/Edge, federation, and enterprise deployments
  • 3+ years of deep Kubernetes experience, including operators, CRDs, service mesh, and multi-cluster environments
  • 7+ years of expert Linux experience, including kernel, networking, and performance tuning
  • PostgreSQL high availability experience, such as Patroni, and advanced networking knowledge, including BGP, anycast, and zero-trust architectures
Cloud-Native Expertise
  • Deep knowledge of cloud computing, infrastructure, and architecture patterns
  • Experience with major cloud providers, including AWS, Azure, and GCP, and their managed services
  • Experience with cloud-native tooling, including Kubernetes operators, Helm, ArgoCD, and Flux
  • Experience with service mesh technologies, including Istio, and infrastructure-as-code tools, including Terraform
  • Experience with cloud-native observability, including Prometheus, and distributed tracing
  • Experience with cloud-native security, including OPA, Trivy, and SBOM practices
  • Production-grade automation experience with Python, Go, and Bash
  • CI/CD platform design experience at scale
  • Experience with FedRAMP IL4/IL5
  • Proven mentorship and team development experience
  • Strong communication and cross-team influence skills
  • Growth mindset, humility, and commitment to continuous development
Preferred
  • Open-source contributions to Kubernetes, GitLab, or Artifactory projects
  • Experience with eBPF observability/security, WebAssembly, or MLOps
  • Published technical writing or conference talks
  • Developer platform or platform-as-a-service experience
  • SRE practices and chaos engineering experience.

Numbers & Facts

LocationKirkland, WA, WA
IndustryStaffing/Employment Agencies
Salary$75–$80 Per Hour
Company Size50 to 99 employees
Year Founded2015
Websitehttp://www.honorvettech.com

Benefits

401K, Employee Referral Program, Life Insurance

About Company

 Is a leading Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business providing IT, Telecom and Medical Staffing.

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