Key skills
AWSAzureGCPTerraformKubernetesJenkinsAnsibleCloudFormationCircleCIOpenShiftIAMIdentity ManagementGitLabCI/CDCommunicationCollaborationSonarQubeNetwork Security
About this role
LMI is a trusted government contractor seeking a driven and innovative Platform Engineer to support the deployment and maintenance of IronSled, a DevSecOps product for government-authorized environments. The role involves developing, enhancing, and operationalizing the platform to enable secure software delivery at scale, while ensuring compliance with federal security standards.
Responsibilities:
- Design, deploy, and maintain cloud and on-premise infrastructure solutions that are compliant with federal security standards (e.g., FedRAMP High, NIST 800-53)
- Build and optimize IronSled’s platform features, ensuring continuous improvement of usability, reliability, and security capabilities
- Develop, integrate, and maintain CI/CD pipelines with security automation processes embedded directly into software delivery workflows
- Operate and troubleshoot platform services, ensuring high availability and performance
- Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to design infrastructure and application configurations aligned with evolving government security requirements and accreditation goals
- Implement observability tools and dashboards to monitor platform health, usage trends, and security compliance in real-time
- Partner closely with developers, security specialists, and client stakeholders to deliver secure and scalable solutions for government-authorized environments
- Create comprehensive documentation for technical processes, infrastructure configurations, and operational procedures to ease audits and accreditation reviews
Requirements:
- 5+ years of experience working as a platform engineer, DevSecOps engineer, systems administrator, or similar role
- Demonstrated experience managing both cloud (e.g., AWS GovCloud, Azure Government) and on-premise environments
- This position requires an active Secret clearance
- Expert-level proficiency in cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, GCP, or other government-authorized cloud providers
- Strong knowledge of container orchestration tools and platforms (e.g., Kubernetes, OpenShift)
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation)
- Familiarity with secure CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab, Jenkins, CircleCI) and security automation tools (e.g., SonarQube, Aqua Security, or Twistlock)
- Knowledge of network security, identity management (e.g., IAM, RBAC), and secure communications protocols (e.g., TLS/SSL)
- Understanding of FedRAMP High, NIST 800-53 frameworks, and other stringent government security requirements
- Experience with accreditation and audits for classified or regulated environments
- Strong collaboration skills—ability to work with cross-functional teams including developers, security professionals, and government stakeholders
- Effective communication and documentation skills to convey technical processes clearly to non-technical audiences