# Senior Platform Engineer

540 is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to support a high-impact Department of War (DoW) initiative focused on accelerating the secure adoption, deployment, and operationalization of advanced AI capabilities across mission-critical environments. In this role, you will design, build, secure, and modernize cloud infrastructure and DevSecOps platforms that enable the delivery of emerging technologies at scale. You'll work at the intersection of cloud engineering, cybersecurity, and AI infrastructure, helping government stakeholders establish reliable, compliant, and repeatable technical environments. As a Senior Platform Engineer at 540, you'll bring deep hands-on engineering expertise alongside the technical leadership needed to influence architecture decisions, guide delivery teams, and establish reusable platform standards. You'll serve as a trusted technical advisor and help shape secure, scalable engineering practices that extend beyond a single engagement. Location: Primarily remote (DC metro area preferred), with occasional onsite meetings as needed Citizenship & Clearance Requirement: per client requirements, candidates must be U.S. Citizens with an active DoW Secret (or hig

- **Id**: 4261111
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/540-senior-platform-engineer>
- **Role**: DevOps
- **Role family**: DevOps
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Arlington, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-13T14:17:28Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-13
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T15:28:44Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 8423
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: 401k plan, Life insurance, Professional development, Vision insurance
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: DevOps & Platform Engineering, Digital Government, DevSecOps, AI Consulting & Integration

## Company

- **Id**: 20426
- **Name**: 540
- **Domain**: 540.co
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/540-co>
- **Size band**: 11-50
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: services
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

## Technologies

- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **Azure** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Configuration Management** — Optional: no
- **Docker** — Optional: no
- **GCP** — Optional: no
- **GitLab** — Optional: no
- **Jenkins** — Optional: no
- **JFrog Artifactory** — Optional: no
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: no
- **Least Privilege** — Optional: no
- **LLM** — Optional: no
- **Platform Engineering** — Optional: no
- **Terraform** — Optional: no
- **AI Agents** — Optional: yes
- **Cosign** — Optional: yes
- **DLP** — Optional: yes
- **PyTorch** — Optional: yes
- **SonarQube** — Optional: yes
- **Trivy** — Optional: yes
- **Zero Trust** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T15:28:44Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 50
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-13T17:13:55Z

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