Remote Lead Platform Engineer

Post Date

Aug 19, 2025

Location

Mc Lean,
Virginia

ZIP/Postal Code

22102
US
Oct 21, 2025 Insight Global

Job Type

Contract-to-perm

Category

Software Engineering

Req #

DEN-803637

Pay Rate

$70 - $88 (hourly estimate)

Job Description

We are seeing a REMOTE Lead Platform Engineer who will support the design, development, and continuous engineering of an Enterprise Data Platform that enables application and AI/ML development activities. This group is building a next-generation end-to-end platform for development, testing, and production workloads to accelerate secure software development. The Platform Engineer will be responsible for working with the Security and Compliance team and Platform Engineers to implement secure infrastructure features, configurations, and automation to create a dynamic platform-as-a-service for development teams.

Duration: 12 month contract, extensions and FTE conversion possible
Location: Remote, US
Pay: 65-85/hour

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Required Skills & Experience

- 7+ years of platform engineering and/or DevOps experience
- CDK experience
- Experience with Terraform and Kubernetes (highly preferred)
- Experience with at least one of the following programming languages: JavaScript, TypeScript (highly preferred), Python, Go
- Must be eligible to obtain security clearance

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

Experience with Istio, Kyverno, Prometheus, Grafana, or Keycloak
Experience with vulnerability management and dynamic and static code analysis
Experience with hardened AMIs and Container Images, such as DoD STIGs and CIS Benchmarks
Experience with SIEMs, Audit, and Logging
Experience with APM, such as Datadog, New Relic, or Splunk
Experience with troubleshooting platform application deployments and configurations

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st 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.