Federal Platform Engineer

The role

The Federal Platform Engineer will lead the deployment and operation of product infrastructure in federal environments. This role involves building, maintaining, and improving a platform running in AWS.

What you will do

• Implement scalable, secure, resilient cloud-native application platforms in AWS regions.
• Identify, design, and deploy improvements in development and deployment processes.
• Design and implement tooling for the internal platform to collect telemetry data.
• Help create an effective documentation culture.
• Participate in project management and work allocation using Jira and Agile Concepts.
• Create Terraform modules and Crossplane compositions.
• Provide automation for infrastructure-as-code, platform operations, and CI/CD methodologies.
• Evaluate new technologies and patterns for automation and application hosting.

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform engineering, or related roles.
• Ability to manage concurrent initiatives and use effective judgment in prioritization and time management.
• Creative, self-motivated, pragmatic, disciplined, detail and results oriented.
• Excellent analytical/problem solving ability.
• Strong understanding and experience with solution design and flow.
• Strong technical documentation and communication.
• Experience using Claude Code or other AI-enabled development tooling.
• Gitlab CI/CD.
• Argo Events, Argo Workflows, Argo CD.
• SSO (OIDC, SAML, Okta, Social Sign-ins).
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Crossplane).
• Secret Management (HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secret Manager, External Secrets Operator).

Nice to have

• Python a plus
• MS in Computer Science a plus
• Experience in FedRAMP, CC SRG, NIST 800-53, or Authority to Operate (ATO) process.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Growth Opportunities
• Innovation-Driven Culture
• Flexible Work Environment
• Inclusive and Diverse Team

Before you apply

• US Citizen Required
• Possess or ability to gain and maintain Top Secret security clearance required

About the company

Horizon3 is a fast-growing, remote cybersecurity company dedicated to enabling organizations to proactively find, fix and verify exploitable attack vectors. The team is a fusion of former U.S. Special Operations cyber operators, startup engineers and operators, and formerly frustrated cybersecurity practitioners.