Iron EagleX (IEX), a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics Information Technology, delivers agile IT and Intelligence solutions. Combining small-team flexibility with global scale, IEX leverages emerging technologies to provide innovative, user-focused solutions that empower organizations and end users to operate smarter, faster, and more securely in dynamic environments.

Job Description:

Iron EagleX is looking for a Senior Platform Architect who knows how hardware and software components fit together and integrate on premise systems with cloud-based resources, to help us modernize a DoD client's data architecture. We are seeking an engineer who is comfortable stepping outside of their comfort zone and learning new technologies in order to propel our command into the future. This position is a hybrid position - 3 days a week on-site in Crystal City, VA (2 days remote).

Job Duties Include (but not limited to):  

• Leverage expertise in hybrid-cloud data architectures to support mission-critical operations.
• Recommend tools and capabilities based on your research of the current environment and knowledge of various on-premise, cloud based, and hybrid resources.  
• Work with the client's migration teams to implement strategy and architecture design.  

Required Skills & Experience: 

• Understanding of key tools and concepts such as Visual Studio, Docker, WSL and Git
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Configure as Code (CaC)
• Design, manage and support code pipelines
• Experience with AWS infrastructure and managed services
• Experience with AWS Federal/Isolated environments
• Experience with Identity and Access Management (IAM) tools including Keycloak
• Experience deploying and supporting configuration management tools such as Helm
• Experience with AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK)/Software Development Kit (AWS SDK)/Command Line Interface (AWS CLI)
• Expertise in leveraging Automation/DevOps principles, experience with operational tools, and able to apply best practices for infrastructure and software deployment (Jenkins/Hashicorp Terraform/Helm/Saltstack)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and associated tools such as (Jenkins, GitLab, etc.)
• Experience with GitOps and ArgoCD Continuous Deployment model
• Experience with Kubernetes and Cloud Native Infrastructure
• Experience with Kubectl, K9s, helm charts, namespaces, services and virtual services, secrets and configmaps, helm releases, git, Rancher and EKS
• Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm etc.)
• Manage and maintain container-based applications deployed in cloud container services
• Experience with Keycloak, sonarqube, ELK or PLG Stack (logging), Grafana, FluxCD/ArgoCD
• Bash Scripting
• DoD IAT Level 2 compliant certification
• Due to US Government Contract Requirements, only US Citizens are eligible for this role

Desired Skills: 

• Experience with applying DoD security technical implementation guides (STIGs) and automating that process  
• Experience with working in defense or intelligence community cloud environments is a plus 
• Experience with developing and managing machine images or templates to automate cloud deployments 
• Experience with optimizing cloud environments, including leveraging native cloud capabilities, right-sizing servers, expanding storage, and tracking cost efficiencies at the microservice level  
• Experience with configuring and aggregating logs for data analysis using Splunk or ELK solutions  

Education & Certifications: 

• BS Degree in Computer Science Preferred or related field
• AWS certifications that are pertinent (in decreasing priority order):
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
• AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate
• AWS Certified Developer – Associate 

Security Clearance: 

• An Active TS/SCI security clearance is required 

Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans