Platform Engineer
First seen by Alion on Oct 1, 2026.
About the role:
We are looking for a highly skilled DevOps Engineer with 7+ years of hands-on experience in cloud, automation, CI/CD, GitHub ecosystem, configuration management, and DevOps best practices. The ideal candidate will play a key role in administrating our DevOps toolchain, building scalable workflows, enabling development teams, and ensuring secure and reliable software delivery.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage GitHub Enterprise Cloud including user administration, access management, org/repo policies, and governance.
- Design, develop, and optimize GitHub Actions workflows for CI/CD automation across multiple environments.
- Work with GitHub Copilot or similar AI-based IDE tools to enhance developer productivity and AI-driven development workflows.
- Lead and support repository migration efforts across platforms (e.g., Bitbucket/GitLab/Azure DevOps - GitHub).
- Develop automation scripts using Python or any modern scripting language for tooling, pipelines, and platform operations.
- Work with AWS and Azure cloud services, including compute, networking, VPCs, IAM, containers, and storage.
- Integrate security tools and build pipelines aligned with the SDLC framework, including code scans, SAST/DAST, and secrets management.
- Provision, configure, and manage infrastructure using Terraform, Ansible, and other IaC/configuration tools.
- Perform basic SQL operations and assist with database management tasks.
- Conduct vulnerability assessments, manage patching cycles, and support upgrade/maintenance activities for DevOps tools and environments.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- 7+ years of experience in DevOps, cloud, automation, and CI/CD.
- Strong hands-on experience with GitHub Enterprise Cloud, GitHub Actions, and workflow automation.
- Experience with AI-based coding assistants such as GitHub Copilot or similar tools.
- Proven knowledge of repository migrations and source control best practices.
- Strong scripting capability using Python, Bash, or similar languages.
- Experience with AWS and/or Azure cloud services, networking, and security concepts.
- Hands-on expertise with Terraform, Ansible, and related DevOps configuration tools.
- Understanding of SDLC processes, DevSecOps practices, and security scanning tools.
- Familiarity with release/change management and ServiceNow operations.
- Working knowledge of SQL and basic database management.
- Experience with vulnerability assessment, patching, and upgrade activities.
Preferred Qualifications:
- GitHub certifications (e.g., GitHub Foundations, GitHub Actions, GitHub Advanced Security).
- AWS or Azure certifications.
- Exposure to Splunk, or other monitoring tools.
Skills
DevOps, CI/CD Pipeline, Configuration Management, Copilot, IT Automation, Cloud Services, AWS, Azure, Github