Cloud Platform Engineer

Quick Facts

• Role: Cloud Platform Engineer (FAA SWIM / NextGen)
• Key focus: Container platform engineering on Red Hat OpenShift; CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and observability

Description

Build, harden, and operate containerized SFDPS components on Red Hat OpenShift (or equivalent) to support the FAA’s System Wide Information Management (SWIM) program. Implement CI/CD pipelines, monitoring/logging/tracing, and reproducible environments using Terraform and Ansible, while aligning deployments with FedRAMP/FISMA/FAA baseline requirements. Troubleshoot production issues and drive corrective actions to improve availability and maintainability.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement container orchestration patterns in OpenShift/Kubernetes (deployments, Operators, Helm charts).
• Build and maintain production-grade CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins/GitLab/ArgoCD) with automated testing and promotion workflows.
• Implement infrastructure-as-code (Terraform) and configuration management (Ansible).
• Implement observability using metrics (Prometheus), logging, tracing, and dashboards.
• Collaborate with security/compliance teams to meet FedRAMP/FISMA/FAA baseline requirements.
• Troubleshoot production issues and perform root cause analyses; drive corrective actions.
• Participate in Agile delivery, mentor junior engineers, and help with sprint planning and backlog grooming.

Requirements

• U.S. citizen or Permanent Resident; 3+ years of U.S. residency in the last 5 years.
• Ability to obtain and maintain FAA Suitability.
• Education/experience: BS + 9 years, or High School + 15 years, or Associate + 11 years, or Master’s + 6 years (substitutions subject to customer review/approval).
• Hands-on experience managing containerized applications and cloud platforms; strong software development background with Java for cloud-native services.
• Proficiency in a high-throughput backend language: Java, Go, Python, or .NET.
• Strong experience with Red Hat OpenShift or RHEL-based container environments.
• Solid C and/or C++ experience for performance-critical or legacy components.
• Strong scripting skills (Python, Bash, Groovy) for CI/CD, monitoring automation, and incident response.
• Hands-on with Terraform, Ansible, Helm, and Kubernetes primitives.
• Experience with monitoring/logging stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, DataDog).
• Familiarity with FedRAMP-authorized or government cloud environments (preferred).
• Experience with at least one message broker (Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, IBM MQ, Solace, NATS).
• Knowledge of serialization formats (JSON, XML, Avro, Protobuf) and messaging protocols (AMQP, MQTT, JMS, STOMP).
• Understanding of asynchronous messaging patterns (pub-sub and point-to-point queues) and collaboration in cross-functional Agile teams.

Benefits

• Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits
• Paid leave, professional development, and tuition assistance
• Work-life programs and recognition for performance
• Remote/hybrid status may change based on company and/or government requirements
• Drug-free workplace