Platform Engineer
Company: Edgewater Federal Solutions, Inc.
Role summary
Platform Engineer is a full-time role at Edgewater Federal Solutions, Inc. in District of Columbia, United States (on-site). Posted 2026-08-23. Experience level: 5-10.
- Job title
- Platform Engineer
- Company
- Edgewater Federal Solutions, Inc.
- Location
- District of Columbia, United States
- Work arrangement
- on-site
- Employment type
- full-time
- Category
- DevOps & Infrastructure
- Experience level
- 5-10
- Date posted
- 2026-08-23
If you are looking to advance your career in platform engineering, this opportunity offers a chance to build and maintain robust cloud infrastructure while tackling complex technical challenges. It is a great fit for a seasoned engineer who enjoys a stable environment and wants to contribute to meaningful federal project work.
Job description
Overview
Join our Enterprise Hosting Services team at the forefront of secure, innovative hybrid infrastructure for one of the nation's most critical institutions. We're seeking a talented Platform Engineer to help architect, deploy, and manage our on-premises Virtual Cloud (VMware) platforms and AWS Cloud platforms while supporting emerging AI capabilities, modern containerized workloads, and enterprise virtualization environments.
Responsibilities
Design, implement, and maintain hybrid infrastructure spanning on-premises data centers and AWS GovCloud, ensuring compliance with federal security standards
Administer and optimize hypervisor clusters (VMware vSphere, ESXi) for enterprise workloads
Manage Kubernetes fleet operations across on-premises VMware vSphere with Kubernetes (VKS) and AWS EKS
Lead application modernization initiatives, migrating and optimizing workloads across cloud and on-premises environments
Implement comprehensive audit logging, monitoring, and observability solutions across hybrid environments
Support security engineering initiatives, including vulnerability management, compliance automation, and security hardening
Support emerging AI/ML capabilities and cloud-native solutions
Build and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform and GitLab CI/CD pipelines
Collaborate with cross-functional teams in an agile environment using Jira for project management
Ensure systems meet NIST 800-53 and FISMA compliance requirements
Automate operational tasks and improve platform reliability across both cloud and on-premises infrastructure
Contribute to architectural decisions and hybrid cloud strategy
Qualifications
Minimum of 7 years’ experience supporting enterprise-grade ESXi servers and VMware server software
Experience designing, planning, testing, implementing, supporting, and troubleshooting large VMware installations
Expert knowledge of ESXi server implementations and operations, VLAN, VMC, primary and secondary data center operations, and hybrid cloud implementations
Experience with Aria Automation, Aria Orchestrator, and Aria Operations
Experience with PowerShell/PowerCLI scripting
On-premises data center and AWS GovCloud experience
Kubernetes fleet management experience (VKS, EKS, Mirantis)
VMware vSphere administration and cluster management
Knowledge of NIST 800-53 controls and FISMA compliance frameworks
Experience with security engineering, audit logging, and monitoring tools
Application modernization and containerization experience
Experience with AI/ML infrastructure and services
GitLab and Jira experience
VMware or Kubernetes certifications (CKA, CKAD)
Experience in financial services or federal government environments
Salary: $142,166 - $145,355
Additional benefits include:
Paid Time Off & Holiday Pay
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Disability, Life Insurance, and AD&D
Flexible Spending Accounts
Pre-Tax 401K and/or After-Tax Roth IRA (with employer matching contribution)
Tuition and Technical Training Reimbursement
Exercise Reimbursement
Computer Reimbursement
Employee Assistance Program
About Us:
Edgewater Federal Solutions is a privately held government contracting firm located in Frederick, MD. The company was founded in 2002 with the vision of being highly recognized and admired for supporting customer missions through employee empowerment, exceptional services and timely delivery. Edgewater Federal Solutions is ISO 9001, 20000-1, 270001 certified, appraised at CMMI Level 3 Maturity for Development and Services, and has been named in the Top Workplaces in the Greater Washington Area Small Companies for 2018 through 2025.
It has been and continues to be the policy of Edgewater Federal Solutions to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, and/or other statuses protected by applicable law.
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