Horizon3AI
Federal Platform Engineer
$200K–$230K
US, Remote · Remote · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years in DevOps, Platform Engineering, or related roles.
- Education
- Bachelor’s in Computer Science or STEM, or equivalent experience; MS in Computer Science is a plus.
About the job
Deploys and operates secure, scalable AWS platform infrastructure across federal environments, from FedRAMP to classified workloads, while improving tools and processes for engineering teams.
What you'll do
- Build and improve cloud-native platform infrastructure, including reusable Terraform modules and Crossplane compositions.
- Improve development, deployment, CI/CD, and infrastructure automation; evaluate and recommend technologies and patterns.
- Create platform telemetry tooling and support engineering documentation and project management.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of experience in DevOps, Platform Engineering, or related roles.
- GoLang required.
- Bachelor’s in Computer Science or STEM, or equivalent experience.
- U.S. citizenship and possession of, or ability to gain and maintain, Top Secret security clearance.
Nice to have
- Experience in FedRAMP, CC SRG, NIST 800-53, or the Authority to Operate (ATO) process.
- Python; MS in Computer Science.
Pay
$199,750 to $230,000 annually (USD, base salary)
Tools
AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Crossplane, Gitlab CI/CD, Ansible, GoLang, Argo CD
AI focus
Experience using Claude Code or other AI-enabled development tooling.
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