Senior Platform Engineer

About the Team Here at BTI360, we’ve built a culture that’s passionate about developing software engineers. Software doesn't build itself. People do.  In fact, teams of people do.  That's why our primary focus is on developing better craftsmen, better teammates, and better technical leaders.  By putting people first, we're not just giving our teammates more opportunities to grow, we're also raising the bar of the software we ship. BTI360 previously has been voted 10 years in a row as a TOP Place to Work by the Washington Business Journal.  Sr. Platform Engineers at BTI360 enable our development teams by building scalable, automated, and secure infrastructure. They create and maintain platform capabilities that streamline software delivery, optimize operations, and provide self-service tooling for teams to build, deploy, and monitor their applications efficiently. Our Sr. Platform Engineers work closely with developers, security engineers, and operations teams to ensure our platform is robust, flexible, and secure.  What you will do in this role: • Work closely with teammates and stakeholders in a Lean Agile environment to build mission-critical production applications focused on data discovery and analysis  • Participate in code reviews, system design discussions, and continuous improvement initiatives  • Leverage modern build tools, testing frameworks, and CI/CD pipelines to ensure quality and delivery speed • Design and develop software (write code) to maintain scalable, secure, and automated cloud-native infrastructure platforms that support microservice-based applications and data platforms  • Develop platform capabilities that enable development teams to build, deploy, and monitor applications efficiently  • Collaborate with software developers, security engineers, and operations teams to ensure reliability, observability, and compliance with federal security standards • Implement Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD pipelines to support consistent and repeatable deployments  You may thrive in this role if you have the following skills: • Active Secret clearance or above with ability to upgrade to TS/SCI with Polygraph • Experience with source control (e.g. Git) and CI/CD pipeline tools such as AWS CodeBuild (preferred), Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions • Experience designing and implementing scalable, maintainable, and OOP based software in a containerized cloud environment (AWS preferred) leveraging foundational services for computing, identity management, and networking.  • Hands-on experience with designing, building, and managing cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform (preferred), AWS CloudFormation, or AWS CDK to enable automated, repeatable, and secure deployments. • Proficient in containerization and orchestration technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes, with experience in configuration management—preferably using AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS). • Strong scripting skills in Bash, Python, or similar languages with proficiency in command-line tools/concepts  • Effective written and verbal communication skills necessary to perform job duties and collaborate with team members  You may excel in this role if you have the following skills: • Past software development experience  • Familiarity with monitoring and observability stacks such as Prometheus/Grafana (preferred), CloudWatch, or ELK/EFK • Contributions to open-source libraries or community projects or personal projects • Hands-on experience with developing and maintaining configuration management scripts with tools like Ansible (preferred), Puppet, or Chef to automate software installation, configuration, and system hardening across environments. • Experience managing Kubernetes environments with GitOps using ArgoCD (preferred), Flux or similar tooling as well as authoring and maintaining Helm Charts BTI360 benefits for full-time teammates • Fully paid healthcare premiums • Competitive salaries and performance bonuses • Career development and in-house training  • Continuing Education: $5,250.00 annually towards education  • Up to 5 weeks PTO plus 2 weeks of federal holidays  • 401K dollar for dollar matching up to 6% annually - vested immediately on day 1   • Giving Back: Serving communities locally and across the globe • Social Events (happy hours, golf tournament, BTI360 Family Festival and more)