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Job Description:
Parsons is seeking a highly skilled Senior Platform Engineer to join our innovative team! In this role, you will design, build, and maintain secure, scalable, and resilient platform solutions across enterprise data centers, hybrid-cloud environments, and tactically deployed or disconnected settings. You will leverage your expertise in container orchestration, Linux infrastructure, infrastructure automation, DevSecOps, and cloud-native technologies to support mission-critical operations.
What You'll Be Doing:
Design, deploy, configure, secure, and maintain enterprise platform infrastructure.
Engineer and administer OpenShift and Kubernetes environments supporting mission applications and services.
Develop automated deployment, configuration, sustainment, and remediation capabilities using Ansible and Infrastructure as Code.
Deploy and maintain RHEL-based infrastructure.
Develop standardized platform architectures for consistent deployment across enterprise, cloud, edge, and disconnected environments.
Support DevSecOps pipelines and automated software/platform delivery processes.
Integrate platform infrastructure with networking, identity, cybersecurity, logging, monitoring, storage, and application services.
Develop and maintain platform configuration baselines and reusable automation.
Troubleshoot complex infrastructure, container, Linux, networking, and automation issues.
Support platform modernization and migration activities.
Evaluate emerging cloud-native, automation, AI/ML, and infrastructure technologies for mission applicability.
Create technical architecture documentation, diagrams, deployment procedures, configuration documentation, and operational runbooks.
Participate in technical demonstrations, prototypes, proofs of concept, integration events, and operational deployments.
Collaborate with cybersecurity teams to ensure platform implementations meet DoD security and compliance requirements.
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineering and operations personnel.
Support mission systems throughout development, integration, testing, deployment, and operational sustainment.
Required Clearance:
Must be a U.S. Citizen
Must have an active TS/SCI clearance
What Required Skills You'll Bring:
Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM field and 10+ years of related experience (additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree).
Experience in platform engineering, systems engineering, cloud engineering, infrastructure engineering, DevOps/DevSecOps, or a closely related technical discipline.
Demonstrated experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale infrastructure or platform solutions.
Hands-on experience administering and engineering OpenShift and/or Kubernetes environments.
Experience implementing automation using Ansible or comparable configuration-management technologies.
Experience supporting Linux-based enterprise infrastructure, preferably RHEL.
Experience implementing infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code and automated deployment methodologies.
Experience supporting hybrid-cloud, enterprise data center, and/or edge infrastructure.
Experience integrating platform technologies with networking, cybersecurity, application, and enterprise infrastructure components.
Experience designing secure, resilient infrastructure for mission-critical workloads.
Experience working with technical and operational stakeholders to translate mission requirements into platform architectures and technical solutions.
Strong troubleshooting skills for platform, infrastructure, networking, container, and automation issues.
What Desired Skills You'll Bring:
Red Hat Certifications
Experience supporting DoD, Intelligence Community, USSOCOM, or other Federal Government environments.
Experience deploying platforms into tactically deployed, disconnected, intermittent, limited-bandwidth (DIL), or air-gapped environments.
Red Hat OpenStack experience.
OpenShift Virtualization experience.
Software-defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV) experience.
Experience with automated infrastructure remediation and event-driven automation.
Experience integrating telemetry and monitoring platforms with automated remediation workflows.
Experience with Kafka, Splunk, or comparable enterprise data and observability technologies.
Experience designing and supporting highly available containerized platforms.
Experience supporting AI/ML workloads on Kubernetes or OpenShift.
Experience with MLOps and model-serving infrastructure.
Experience deploying self-hosted large language models (LLMs).
Familiarity with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), model training, fine-tuning, and GPU-enabled infrastructure.
Experience developing technical solutions in accordance with DoD cybersecurity and compliance requirements.
Security Clearance Requirement:
An active Top Secret SCI security clearance is required for this position.This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.The Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what’s next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.Salary Range: $176,900.00 - $332,400.00We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!Parsons is aware of fraudulent recruitment practices. To learn more about recruitment fraud and how to report it, please refer to https://www.parsons.com/fraudulent-recruitment/.
Skills Required
- U.S. citizenship
- Active Top Secret/SCI security clearance
- Bachelor's degree in a STEM field, or additional years of experience in lieu of a degree
- 10+ years of related experience
- Experience in platform engineering, systems engineering, cloud engineering, infrastructure engineering, DevOps/DevSecOps, or a closely related discipline
- Experience designing and implementing enterprise-scale infrastructure or platform solutions
- Hands-on experience administering and engineering OpenShift and/or Kubernetes environments
- Experience implementing automation using Ansible or comparable configuration-management technologies
- Experience supporting Linux-based enterprise infrastructure, preferably RHEL
- Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code and automated deployment methodologies
- Experience supporting hybrid-cloud, enterprise data center, and/or edge infrastructure
- Experience integrating platform technologies with networking, cybersecurity, application, and enterprise infrastructure components
- Experience designing and supporting secure, resilient infrastructure for mission-critical workloads
- Experience translating mission requirements into platform architectures and technical solutions
- Strong troubleshooting skills for platform, infrastructure, networking, container, and automation issues
- Red Hat certifications
- Experience supporting DoD, Intelligence Community, USSOCOM, or other Federal Government environments
- Experience deploying platforms into tactically deployed, disconnected, intermittent, limited-bandwidth, or air-gapped environments
- Red Hat OpenStack experience
- OpenShift Virtualization experience
- Software-defined networking and network function virtualization experience
- Experience with automated infrastructure remediation and event-driven automation
- Experience integrating telemetry and monitoring platforms with automated remediation workflows
- Experience with Kafka, Splunk, or comparable enterprise data and observability technologies
- Experience designing and supporting highly available containerized platforms
- Experience supporting AI/ML workloads on Kubernetes or OpenShift
- Experience with MLOps and model-serving infrastructure
- Experience deploying self-hosted large language models
- Familiarity with retrieval-augmented generation, model training, fine-tuning, and GPU-enabled infrastructure
- Experience developing technical solutions in accordance with DoD cybersecurity and compliance requirements
Parsons Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs are framed as a major value driver, with an ESOP alongside a 401(k) match and additional stock-purchase options contributing meaningfully to total rewards. This structure is positioned as especially attractive for employees who value long-term wealth-building over immediate cash.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as broad and choice-rich, with multiple plan types (PPO, HDHP, and some HMO networks) plus dental, vision, EAP, and wellness resources. The availability of different plan designs and national-carrier coverage supports varied employee needs.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are portrayed as competitive, including PTO, holidays, flexible schedules such as a 9/80 option for eligible roles, and floating holidays in the U.S. Paid parental leave of 160 hours is also highlighted as a meaningful component of the overall package.
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What We Do
Parsons is a digitally enabled solutions provider with a focus on making the world safer, smarter, healthier, more sustainable, and more connected. Founded in 1944, Parsons primarily serves the defense, security, and infrastructure markets. Uniquely qualified to deliver cyber/converged security, technology-based intellectual property, and other innovative services, the corporation delivers state-of-the-art solutions to federal, regional, and local government agencies as well as to private industrial customers worldwide. Parsons has a reputation for inclusion and diversity and has been named to the Ethisphere Institute’s list of World’s Most Ethical Companies for 10 consecutive years. Parsons facilitates a culture of innovation by encouraging collaboration among its employees and providing opportunities for career growth. With offices around the globe, people of varied talents and backgrounds, and a wide range of exciting projects, the possibilities at Parsons are endless. For more about Parsons, visit www.parsons.com. Mission: Delivering innovative infrastructure, defense, and security solutions to enable a more sustainable, safer, smarter, and more connected world.
