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Job Title: Sr. Platform Engineer (IaC)
Location: Richardson, TX (Onsite)
Clearance: Active TS/SCI required (CI Poly Preferred)
Salary: $160K – $184K
About Talent Stack
Talent Stack LLC partners with defense and advanced technology organizations to deliver cleared engineering talent into mission-critical programs.
This role supports a confidential defense client.
The Opportunity
You’ll operate in a complex hybrid-cloud environment supporting infrastructure that includes servers, workstations, storage systems, networks, and custom hardware used for product development and testing.
This is a hands-on engineering role focused on building, automating, and maintaining scalable platform infrastructure.
What You’ll Do
- Design and maintain Infrastructure as Code solutions (Terraform, Ansible)
- Build and support automation frameworks and deployment tooling
- Work across containerized environments (Kubernetes/Docker)
- Support and improve CI/CD pipelines
- Integrate and maintain enterprise tools (LDAP, RHEL, Consul, Tenable)
- Troubleshoot complex infrastructure and platform issues
- Maintain system documentation, configuration control, and baselines
- Support deployment activities and occasional customer site implementations
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in STEM (Masters degree preferred
- 5 years of experience in platform, DevOps, or infrastructure engineering
- Strong Linux experience (RHEL)
- Hands-on experience with Terraform, Ansible, or similar IaC tools
- Experience with containers (Kubernetes preferred)
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines
- Experience working in Agile environments
- Active TS/SCI required (CI Poly Preferred)
Preferred
- Scripting/programming (Python, Bash, Go, etc.)
- Experience with Jenkins, Git, Bitbucket, Artifactory
- Working knowledge of networking, storage, and virtualization
Who This Is For
Someone who can own systems end-to-end, automate aggressively, and operate independently in complex environments.
Clearance Requirement:
An active TS/SCI clearance required (CI Polygraph preferred). Due to program requirements, candidates without this clearance are not eligible for submission.
Submission Disclaimer
Talent Stack LLC does not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party agencies. Any outside submissions will not be recognized.
Salary : $160,000 - $184,000