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Senior Platform Engineer

Clarity Innovations
Location
Herndon, VA or Columbia, MD
Posted
1 month ago
Department
Platform Engineering
Salary
$80,000 - $225,000
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
  • Significant experience with Gitlab CI/CD
  • Experience in deploying & maintaining containerized and serverless workloads
  • Experience with a variety of databases & datastores (Relational, Columnar and NoSQL)
  • Proficient in provisioning and maintaining linux-based infrastructure & container based architectures (Docker, Podman, Kubernetes)
Nice to have
  • Experience with orchestration tools such as Airflow, EMR, etc.
  • Experience with configuration management tooling (Ansible, Puppet, Chef, etc.)
  • Experience with deployment tooling (Helm, ArgoCD, etc)
  • Experience with real time monitoring and observability tooling.
What the job really is

As a Senior Platform Engineer at Clarity Innovations, you will work on the Infrastructure Team, responsible for building and maintaining the infrastructure that supports the company's product offerings. Your role will involve developing CI/CD pipelines, automating processes, collaborating with development teams, and ensuring the security and reliability of the infrastructure. You will also participate in incident response, evaluate new technologies, and contribute to the overall improvement of operational processes.

Benefits
  • Salary Range: $80,000 - $225,000
Things to weigh
  • The role involves a variety of tasks that can change frequently, which may require adaptability.
  • The salary range is quite broad, which could indicate variability in compensation based on experience or negotiation.
  • The focus on national security may involve working under strict compliance and regulatory requirements.
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