Platform Engineer

Platform Engineer

Location: Richardson, TX | On-site
Employment Type: Full-time
Salary: $135,000–$200,000 annually, commensurate with experience
Clearance: Active Top Secret clearance, ability to obtain SCI access, and willingness to undergo a CI polygraph
U.S. citizenship required

This posting is for a potential upcoming opening. Qualified candidates are encouraged to apply for future consideration.

About the Opportunity

Peak to Creek Precision Staffing is recruiting a Platform Engineer on behalf of our client for a potential opportunity supporting secure cloud and on-premises environments.

Hands-on experience with telemetry is the highest-priority qualification for this role. We’re seeking someone who combines that experience with strong infrastructure engineering, Linux automation, container orchestration, and DevSecOps skills.

What You’ll Do

• Design, deploy, and maintain AWS infrastructure using Terraform and Ansible.
• Package and deploy applications to Kubernetes using Helm.
• Configure and harden cloud and on-premises systems to meet applicable security standards.
• Build and support CI/CD pipelines for secure, repeatable software delivery.
• Integrate commercial and open-source tools into secure environments.
• Deploy monitoring, logging, and dashboards to track system health and containerized workload performance.
• Automate Linux operations using Python and Bash.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure issues, remediate vulnerabilities, and improve deployment efficiency.
• Incorporate security throughout infrastructure provisioning and release processes.

Required Qualifications

• Hands-on telemetry experience — the most important qualification for this opportunity.
• Active Top Secret clearance, ability to obtain SCI access, and willingness to undergo a CI polygraph.
• U.S. citizenship.
• Security+ certification.
• Proficiency in Linux administration, troubleshooting, and security hardening.
• Experience with AWS, Terraform, Ansible, and Helm.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, and EKS Auto Mode.
• Experience with Chef and configuration management.
• Strong scripting and automation skills.
• Experience integrating systems and configuring resources across cloud and on-premises environments.

Preferred Experience

• Broad knowledge of servers, networking, storage, and virtualization.
• AWS architecture and integration.
• DevSecOps practices that incorporate security into infrastructure and delivery workflows.
• Monitoring and logging tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, Promtail, and Loki.
• Python and Bash scripting for Linux automation.
• CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins, GitLab, and Artifactory, along with Jira and Confluence.
• Integrating commercial off-the-shelf and free, open-source technologies into secure environments.

Compensation and Client Benefits

• Annual salary of $135,000–$200,000, commensurate with experience.
• Fully paid employee medical and dental insurance.
• Paid parental leave.
• 401(k) with employer matching.
• Vacation benefits that increase with tenure.
• Tuition reimbursement and professional development training.
• Employee referral bonuses.
• Complimentary refreshments and regularly provided meals.

Interested? Apply through Peak to Creek Precision Staffing with your résumé for consideration for this potential upcoming opportunity. Please highlight your telemetry experience.