Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Clarity Innovations, Inc. is a trusted national security partner dedicated to safeguarding national interests through innovative solutions. They are seeking a Principal Platform Engineer to lead the implementation and optimization of IT systems, focusing on building and maintaining infrastructure for edge computing environments.
Responsibilities
- Automate edge provisioning and configuration using tools like Ansible, Terraform, or custom deployment pipelines
- Develop scripts and automation tools to enhance system management, provisioning, and deployment tasks
- Implement monitoring and observability for distributed edge clusters to ensure uptime, performance, and security
- Monitor system performance and capacity metrics; analyze logs and trends to anticipate and resolve system issues proactively
- Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and long-term remediation efforts for complex system or infrastructure issues
- Work with developers to optimize workloads for deployment at edge locations (e.g., containerized applications, AI/ML inference)
- Build CI/CD pipelines for remote software updates and over-the-air deployments to edge nodes
- Ensure infrastructure resilience and redundancy, including failover and disaster recovery at edge sites
- Optimize resource usage to handle power, cooling, and bandwidth constraints common in edge environments
- Support secure remote management and compliance for distributed systems
- Manage system security, access controls, and user permissions across diverse platforms, ensuring compliance with cybersecurity best practices
- Plan and execute system upgrades, migrations, and capacity expansions to meet business needs
- Act as a senior technical liaison among customers, vendors, and internal stakeholders, translating business needs into systems solutions
- As part of a team provide design, deployment, and management of edge infrastructure at remote sites, including compute, storage, and networking components
- Maintain comprehensive documentation on system configurations, processes, and lifecycle changes
- Install, configure, and upgrade operating systems, enterprise applications, and middleware services
Skills
- Able to obtain and maintain a TS Security Clearance (note, only US citizens are eligible for security clearance)
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical discipline
- 3+ years hands-on experience deploying and managing on-prem or edge computing environments with distributed nodes
- Deep understanding of systems administration and networking fundamentals across Linux, Window, and/or virtualized platforms
- Strong background in containerization and orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker, Podman, OpenShift)
- Knowledge of secure routing protocols and networking for distributed systems, including VPNs, SD-WAN, and firewalls
- Proficiency in automation and infrastructure-as-code tools (Ansible, Terraform, Bash, PowerShell etc.)
- Strong problem-solving skills for hardware, software, and network-related issues
- Familiarity with CI/CD workflows for distributed deployments
- Comfortable working onsite in Herndon 3–4 days per week
- Willingness and eligibility to travel OCONUS up to 10-20% annually
- Willingness and eligibility to travel CONUS 5% annually
- Experience with edge-specific hardware (industrial PCs, IoT gateways, ruggedized servers)
- Knowledge of resource-constrained environments (limited bandwidth, power, or intermittent connectivity)
- Understanding of security for remote sites (zero-trust networking, remote attestation)
- Experience with SDN, network virtualization, and automation in secure or classified environments
- Experience implementing observability solutions for monitoring hardware, VMs, and on-prem services (using Prometheus, Grafana, etc)
- Exposure to DoD or federal cybersecurity frameworks (e.g., RMF, NIST 800-53, DISA STIGs)
- Exposure to advanced threat detection, incident response, and network forensics
- Hands-on experience with load balancers, WAN optimization, and systems segmentation strategies
- Current Top Secret security clearance SCI eligibility
- Familiarity with the Cyber Operations Domain
- Experience writing Automated Tests (e.g., unit tests, acceptance tests, system/integration tests)
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and benefits package
- Opportunities to develop, deliver, and optimize mission-critical edge computing platforms
- Career growth in distributed systems and hybrid-cloud infrastructure
- Collaborative engineering culture solving real-world challenges at scale
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