Cyber Platform Engineer

Post Date

Mar 10, 2026

Location

Hampton,
Virginia

ZIP/Postal Code

23665
US
May 15, 2026 Insight Global

Job Type

Contract-to-perm

Category

Software Engineering

Req #

LAX-dae69d58-3cba-442d-8926-94b86972c959

Pay Rate

$59 - $74 (hourly estimate)

Job Description

Day-to-day (~30% SIEM, ~30% Platform, ~30% AWS, ~10% Coordination):
Deploy and operate Elastic Security clusters across AWS GovCloud and on-prem environments
Build and maintain the underlying infrastructure—EKS clusters, Terraform modules, CI/CD
pipelines
Onboard log sources, build ingest pipelines, and create detection content that actually catches
things
Troubleshoot the full stack—from AWS networking to Kubernetes pods to Elasticsearch
performance
Work with SOC analysts to tune alerts, reduce noise, and improve detection coverage
Document architectures and participate in RMF/ATO activities (you won't own this, but you'll
contribute)
Coordinate with vendors, government stakeholders, and cross-functional teams

PAY RATE $60-80/HR

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Required Skills & Experience

Requirements

Active clearance; experience in DoD IL4+ environments
Expert-level in 2 of 3 areas (working knowledge of the third):

AWS Engineering

Advanced VPC & IAM design; EC2, S3, EKS, CloudWatch/Trail, KMS
GovCloud preferred; network/API-level troubleshooting

Platform Engineering

Kubernetes administration (EKS/RKE2)
Helm, Terraform (modules/state), CI/CD pipelines
Container troubleshooting

Elastic SIEM Engineering


Elastic Stack administration


Detection rules, ingest pipelines, KQL


ILM and performance tuning


Python and/or Bash scripting


Strong communication and documentation skills

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.