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DevSecOps
Linux
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Windows
Systems Engineering
REQ#: RQ231586
Public Trust: None
Requisition Type: Regular
Your Impact
Own your opportunity to serve as a critical component of our nation’s safety and security. Make an impact by using your expertise to protect our country from threats.
Job Description
- Implement Azure platform services, landing-zone components, network integration, policy, logging, identity hooks, key/secrets management, and workload hosting patterns under the Principal Cloud Architect's direction.
- Develop and maintain version-controlled IaC modules using Terraform, Bicep/ARM, Ansible, or approved equivalents; enforce peer review, testing, and release discipline.
- Build and operate internal GitLab/Jenkins or equivalent pipelines, container platforms, registries, package repositories, image repositories, and artifact mirrors for disconnected delivery.
- Implement software supply-chain controls including SBOM generation, dependency and image scanning, signing, provenance, allowlists, and promotion gates.
- Develop hardened container images, deployment templates, configuration standards, and environment-specific overlays for applications, data services, and AI inference workloads.
- Automate platform provisioning, patching, backup, recovery, certificate/secret rotation, compliance checks, and routine operations.
- Integrate platform telemetry with Azure Monitor, Sentinel, Dynatrace, ServiceNow, and the enterprise observability architecture.
- Partner with Security and RMF staff to implement controls and produce reusable evidence from code, pipeline, scan, and configuration outputs.
- Troubleshoot complex platform failures, lead technical recovery when assigned, document root causes, and convert lessons into platform improvements.
- Mentor engineers, conduct code/design reviews, and help domain teams adopt approved platform patterns rather than building shadow infrastructure.
Required Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related STEM field, or approved equivalent experience.
- Clearance: Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
- Location: Onsite
- 8+ years of cloud, platform, systems, or DevSecOps engineering experience, including 3+ years delivering production platform automation.
- Hands-on Azure or Azure Government experience with networking, compute, storage, identity integration, policy, monitoring, and secure configuration.
- Strong IaC experience with Terraform, Bicep/ARM, Ansible, or equivalent, including module design, state/change management, testing, and peer-reviewed promotion.
- Experience building or operating CI/CD and artifact/container services inside enterprise or disconnected boundaries using GitLab, Jenkins, Nexus/Artifactory, Harbor, Kubernetes/OpenShift, or comparable platforms.
- Strong Linux and Windows administration fundamentals plus proficiency in Python, PowerShell, Bash, or another automation language.
- Experience with container hardening, image/dependency scanning, SBOMs, secrets management, certificate handling, and rollback/recovery.
- Working knowledge of RMF/STIG controls, change management, operational acceptance, logging/audit, and classified data-handling requirements.
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical work, review others' code/designs, communicate risk early, and operate calmly during production issues.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Azure/IaC lane: Azure Administrator Associate or DevOps Engineer Expert and relevant Terraform certification.
- Experience supporting GPU/AI platforms, ML model artifacts, offline Python wheelhouses, or local inference services.
- Experience integrating ServiceNow change/CMDB records with pipeline and deployment events.
- Experience with policy-as-code, compliance-as-code, infrastructure testing, chaos/resilience testing, or FinOps automation.
GDIT IS YOUR PLACE
At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.
- Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
- Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
- Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
- Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace
OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY Explore an enterprise IT career at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your desire to drive operations forward.
#GDITcareers #OpportunityOwned
#WeAreGDIT #transitioningmilitary
#clearedjobs #veterans #Autobots
#IntelligenceEngineered
Work Requirements
8 + years of related experience
- may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree
None
U.S. Citizenship Required
Salary and Benefit Information
The likely salary range for this position is $148,750 - $201,250. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.
Our Identity Verification Process
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 virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.
About Our Work
We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.
Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at gdit.com/tc.
Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans
DevSecOps
Linux
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Windows
Systems Engineering
REQ#: RQ231586
Public Trust: None
Requisition Type: Regular
Your Impact
Own your opportunity to serve as a critical component of our nation’s safety and security. Make an impact by using your expertise to protect our country from threats.
Job Description
- Implement Azure platform services, landing-zone components, network integration, policy, logging, identity hooks, key/secrets management, and workload hosting patterns under the Principal Cloud Architect's direction.
- Develop and maintain version-controlled IaC modules using Terraform, Bicep/ARM, Ansible, or approved equivalents; enforce peer review, testing, and release discipline.
- Build and operate internal GitLab/Jenkins or equivalent pipelines, container platforms, registries, package repositories, image repositories, and artifact mirrors for disconnected delivery.
- Implement software supply-chain controls including SBOM generation, dependency and image scanning, signing, provenance, allowlists, and promotion gates.
- Develop hardened container images, deployment templates, configuration standards, and environment-specific overlays for applications, data services, and AI inference workloads.
- Automate platform provisioning, patching, backup, recovery, certificate/secret rotation, compliance checks, and routine operations.
- Integrate platform telemetry with Azure Monitor, Sentinel, Dynatrace, ServiceNow, and the enterprise observability architecture.
- Partner with Security and RMF staff to implement controls and produce reusable evidence from code, pipeline, scan, and configuration outputs.
- Troubleshoot complex platform failures, lead technical recovery when assigned, document root causes, and convert lessons into platform improvements.
- Mentor engineers, conduct code/design reviews, and help domain teams adopt approved platform patterns rather than building shadow infrastructure.
Required Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related STEM field, or approved equivalent experience.
- Clearance: Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
- Location: Onsite
- 8+ years of cloud, platform, systems, or DevSecOps engineering experience, including 3+ years delivering production platform automation.
- Hands-on Azure or Azure Government experience with networking, compute, storage, identity integration, policy, monitoring, and secure configuration.
- Strong IaC experience with Terraform, Bicep/ARM, Ansible, or equivalent, including module design, state/change management, testing, and peer-reviewed promotion.
- Experience building or operating CI/CD and artifact/container services inside enterprise or disconnected boundaries using GitLab, Jenkins, Nexus/Artifactory, Harbor, Kubernetes/OpenShift, or comparable platforms.
- Strong Linux and Windows administration fundamentals plus proficiency in Python, PowerShell, Bash, or another automation language.
- Experience with container hardening, image/dependency scanning, SBOMs, secrets management, certificate handling, and rollback/recovery.
- Working knowledge of RMF/STIG controls, change management, operational acceptance, logging/audit, and classified data-handling requirements.
- Demonstrated ability to lead technical work, review others' code/designs, communicate risk early, and operate calmly during production issues.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Azure/IaC lane: Azure Administrator Associate or DevOps Engineer Expert and relevant Terraform certification.
- Experience supporting GPU/AI platforms, ML model artifacts, offline Python wheelhouses, or local inference services.
- Experience integrating ServiceNow change/CMDB records with pipeline and deployment events.
- Experience with policy-as-code, compliance-as-code, infrastructure testing, chaos/resilience testing, or FinOps automation.
GDIT IS YOUR PLACE
At GDIT, the mission is our purpose, and our people are at the center of everything we do.
- Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
- Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
- Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
- Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace
OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY Explore an enterprise IT career at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your desire to drive operations forward.
#GDITcareers #OpportunityOwned
#WeAreGDIT #transitioningmilitary
#clearedjobs #veterans #Autobots
#IntelligenceEngineered
Work Requirements
8 + years of related experience
- may vary based on technical training, certification(s), or degree
None
U.S. Citizenship Required
Salary and Benefit Information
The likely salary range for this position is $148,750 - $201,250. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.
Our Identity Verification Process
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 virtual interviews. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud. By proceeding, you authorize the collection, processing, and use of your biometric data for identity verification and security purposes.
About Our Work
We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers technology solutions and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50+ countries worldwide, offering leading mission-ready capabilities in AI, cloud, cyber and software development.
Join our Talent Community to stay up to date on our career opportunities and events at gdit.com/tc.
Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in senior cloud platform engineer jobs.
- Five or more years of hands-on cloud infrastructure experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure
- Deep proficiency in Kubernetes and container orchestration at production scale
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or ArgoCD
- Infrastructure-as-code expertise with Terraform, Pulumi, or equivalent tooling
- Strong scripting and automation skills in Python, Go, or Bash
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field
Tips for Your Senior Cloud Platform Engineer Job Search
Quantify platform scale on your resume
Recruiters filtering senior cloud platform engineer resumes look for concrete scale indicators. State the number of clusters managed, nodes orchestrated, or deployment frequency improved. Percentages and order-of-magnitude improvements land better than vague descriptions of ownership.
Align certifications to the job posting
AWS, GCP, and Azure each have distinct professional-level certifications, and most postings signal which cloud the team uses. Leading with the matching certification in your headline and skills section moves your application past automated filters faster than a general cloud background.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists senior cloud platform engineer openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Target postings that name your IaC toolchain
Senior platform roles vary sharply between Terraform-first shops, Pulumi adopters, and legacy CloudFormation environments. Filtering for your primary infrastructure-as-code tool before applying saves time and puts you in front of teams where your existing patterns transfer immediately.
Prepare a system design answer for platform abstractions
Interviews at the senior level almost always include a design round where you build an internal developer platform or a CI/CD backbone from scratch. Practice narrating your choices around control planes, service meshes, and secrets management before you walk into that conversation.
Negotiate scope before you negotiate salary
Platform engineering offers often come with ambiguous ownership boundaries between SRE, DevOps, and cloud infrastructure. Clarifying which systems you own outright and which you consult on shapes your day-to-day impact more than most compensation adjustments at the senior level.
Senior Cloud Platform Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most senior cloud platform engineers?
The companies hiring the most senior cloud platform engineers right now include Google, Meta, and Accenture Federal Services, with the largest share of openings in California, Virginia, and Texas, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand is particularly concentrated in financial services and large-scale technology organizations running multi-cloud environments.
How many senior cloud platform engineer jobs are remote?
About 81% of senior cloud platform engineer openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, making this one of the more distributed roles in cloud infrastructure. Platform reliability and internal developer tooling sub-areas tend to have the highest share of fully remote positions, while roles tied to on-premises hybrid environments more often require on-site presence.
How do you become a senior cloud platform engineer?
You typically move into a senior cloud platform engineer role by building deep hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider, earning professional-level certifications, and demonstrating ownership of production Kubernetes environments or CI/CD systems. Contributing to internal platform tooling, leading reliability improvements, and mentoring junior engineers are the activities that distinguish senior candidates from mid-level ones during the hiring process.
Can you get hired as a senior cloud platform engineer without direct platform engineering experience?
Yes, candidates with strong SRE, DevOps, or cloud infrastructure backgrounds regularly transition into senior platform engineering roles by emphasizing transferable skills around automation, developer experience, and reliability. The most effective approach is to highlight projects where you built shared infrastructure or tooling used by other engineering teams, since that scope mirrors what platform engineering teams own day to day.
What does the senior cloud platform engineer interview process look like?
The process typically includes a recruiter screen, a technical phone interview focused on cloud architecture and Kubernetes fundamentals, a system design round where you architect an internal developer platform or deployment pipeline, and a final loop with cross-functional engineers and an engineering manager. Behavioral questions at the senior level focus heavily on how you drove adoption of platform tooling across multiple product teams and how you handled reliability incidents at scale.
Where can I find and apply to senior cloud platform engineer jobs?
You can find and apply to senior cloud platform engineer jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Find roles that match your cloud provider experience, toolchain, and seniority level, then apply directly to each listing that fits.
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