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This role focuses on building internal platforms and infrastructure capabilities that allow engineering teams to deliver applications quickly while maintaining strong standards for security, reliability, and operational performance.\nYou will work across DevSecOps platforms, cloud and hybrid infrastructure, networking, and enterprise technical standards, helping create reusable platform services that simplify infrastructure complexity and enable self-service development environments.\nThis role sits at the intersection of enterprise architecture, infrastructure engineering, and software delivery, ensuring that systems are standardized, secure, and designed to support mission-critical workloads.\nLMI is a new breed of digital solutions provider dedicated to accelerating government impact with innovation and speed. Investing in technology and prototypes ahead of need, LMI brings commercial-grade platforms and mission-ready AI to federal agencies at commercial speed.\nLeveraging our mission-ready technology and solutions, proven expertise in federal deployment, and strategic relationships, we enhance outcomes for the government, efficiently and effectively. With a focus on agility and collaboration, LMI serves the defense, space, healthcare, and energy sectors-helping agencies navigate complexity and outpace change. Headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, LMI is committed to delivering impactful results that strengthen missions and drive lasting value.\nResponsibilities\nDesign and build internal platform capabilities that support application development, deployment, and operations\nEstablish and implement enterprise technical standards and architecture patterns for infrastructure, platforms, and development environments\nDevelop and maintain DevSecOps platforms and CI/CD pipelines that support secure and automated software delivery\nDesign and operate cloud and hybrid infrastructure environments across AWS, Azure, on-premises, or edge environments\nEngineer and manage compute, storage, and virtualization platforms supporting scalable workloads\nDesign and maintain secure network architectures and connectivity, including segmentation, zero trust approaches, and hybrid networking\nBuild and operate infrastructure as code (IaC) capabilities to standardize environment provisioning and configuration\nImplement security boundaries, platform hardening, and baseline configurations aligned with enterprise security requirements\nSupport endpoint and collaboration platforms that enable secure productivity and engineering workflows\nManage infrastructure lifecycle operations including provisioning, upgrades, patching, and capacity planning\nCollaborate with security, architecture, and product engineering teams to ensure platforms support secure, compliant, and reliable application delivery\nImprove platform reliability through monitoring, automation, and operational tooling\nQualifications\nStrong experience designing and operating modern infrastructure and platform environments\nExperience building and maintaining DevOps or DevSecOps platforms and CI/CD pipelines\nProficiency with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and hybrid infrastructure architectures\nExperience with infrastructure as code using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi, or similar frameworks\nExperience working with containerization and orchestration platforms such as Docker and Kubernetes\nStrong understanding of networking fundamentals, including routing, segmentation, and secure connectivity\nExperience managing compute, storage, virtualization, and infrastructure services\nFamiliarity with automation, configuration management, and platform observability tools\nStrong engineering fundamentals including version control, automation, and operational reliability\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience designing internal developer platforms or platform engineering capabilities\nFamiliarity with enterprise architecture frameworks and technical standardization\nExperience implementing DevSecOps practices including automated security scanning and policy enforcement\nKnowledge of zero trust networking, identity-aware infrastructure, and secure platform architectures\nExperience supporting regulated or security-sensitive environments\nExperience with infrastructure monitoring, logging, and observability platforms\nFamiliarity with endpoint management and collaboration platforms\nExperience working in cloud-native and hybrid enterprise environments\nWhat Success Looks Like\nEngineering teams can provision environments and deploy applications quickly using standardized platforms\nInfrastructure is automated, reproducible, and managed through code\nPlatforms provide secure, reliable, and scalable foundations for mission applications\nEnterprise technical standards are consistently implemented across environments\nInfrastructure operations are highly automated and operationally efficient\nPlatform capabilities improve developer productivity and delivery velocity\nWhy This Role Matters\nModern organizations depend on platforms that enable engineering teams to move quickly without sacrificing security or reliability. The Platform Engineer builds and operates these foundational\ncapabilities-turning complex infrastructure into reusable, automated platform services that support secure and scalable software delivery.\nBy standardizing infrastructure, automating operations, and enabling self-service environments, this role helps ensure that development teams can focus on building mission capability rather than managing infrastructure complexity.\nThe salary range displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is not a guarantee of compensation. Individual salaries are determined by various factors including, but not limited to location, internal equity, business considerations, client contract requirements, and candidate qualifications, such as education, experience, skills, and security clearances.\nApplicants must meet eligibility requirements for a U.S. Government security clearance. Only US Citizens are eligible for a security clearance. 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