# Sr. Platform Engineer III

As a Sr. Platform Engineer III, you'll provide platform engineering expertise for containerized environments supporting mission-critical workloads, designing and operating Kubernetes platforms while contributing immediately within a disciplined Agile delivery model. We know that you can’t have great technology services without amazing people. At MetroStar, we are obsessed with our people and have led a two-decade legacy of building the best and brightest teams. Because we know our future relies on our deep understanding and relentless focus on our people, we live by our mission: A passion for our people. Value for our customers. What you’ll do: Work as part of a collaborative and high-performing team delivering technical solutions within the highest levels of the federal government. Participate in Agile execution, planning, and continuous improvement activities. Design and operate Kubernetes and container platforms supporting mission-critical workloads. Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation. Ensure platform scalability, reliability, performance, and security. Troubleshoot and resolve production issues in complex environments. Communicate platform status

- **Id**: 3967688
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/metrostar-sr-platform-engineer-iii-3>
- **Role**: DevOps
- **Role family**: DevOps
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Washington, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 6
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T14:44:31Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T20:06:40Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5210
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Flexible schedule, Parental leave, Professional development, Retirement plans, Vision insurance, Wellness
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Digital Government, IT Consulting & Digital Transformation, AI Consulting & Integration

## Company

- **Id**: 678241
- **Name**: MetroStar
- **Domain**: metrostar.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/metrostar-2>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: services
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 77
- **Open postings**: 9
- **Ghost share**: 0.222
- **Stale share**: 0.444
- **Repost share**: 0.222
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 21
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 165000
- **Max**: 285000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 285000

## Technologies

- **Agile** — Optional: no
- **Amazon S3** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **Cilium** — Optional: no
- **Docker** — Optional: no
- **Helm** — Optional: no
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: no
- **MinIO** — Optional: no
- **OpenShift** — Optional: no
- **Platform Engineering** — Optional: no
- **Rancher** — Optional: no

## Trust

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

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 6
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

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

## Hiring locations

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T14:54:31Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 21
- **Reasons**: conf:5, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T01:34:10Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 285000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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