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Clarity · 2 months ago

Platform Engineer, Product Architect

Columbia, MD

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

12+ years exp

Clarity Innovations is a trusted national security partner dedicated to safeguarding our nation’s interests through innovative solutions. The role involves developing a platform for cyber network operations, architecting scalable systems, and leading prototyping efforts to enhance productivity and reliability in diverse infrastructure settings.

AppsDatingFitnessInformation TechnologyMobile AppsSoftwareWellness

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Lead prototyping efforts to validate design concepts and technologies, while supporting the product baseline lifecycle from discovery to production support

Communicate thoughtful designs, architecture, and product integration expectations across teams

Be the person who hold the vision in their mind at all times, and allowing that influence architecture and team execution across the various projects consuming the product baseline

Exemplify the “lead by doing” workflow - building, prototyping, and demonstrating should the priority

Develop robust and high-quality software aligned with the overall product vision, balancing user requirements with strategic goals and consistently delivering working solutions on schedule

Work with the Chief Product Architect to track work, develop roadmaps, and ensure programs that consume the product baseline are driving towards a common goal of product alignment

Converge the project teams to a common baseline - understand the project consumers of the platform and establish a plan to transition, educate, and collaborate with project tech leads to help them practice good productization consumption processes

Qualification

KubernetesDevOps practicesCloud platformsPythonGoLangContainerizationDesign capabilitiesPrototypingSecurity clearanceTeam collaborationAdaptability

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline. (Degree requirement can be met with 4 years of hands-on experience in a Software Engineering or similar full-time position.)

12+ years as a software engineer, product engineer, or equivalent role, leading development teams and missions to successful implementations

Ability to collaborate as a team but execute independently

Thrives in a high-trust, adaptable team environment

Familiar with contributing to or leading the design of new capabilities

Experience writing code in a general-purpose language such as Python or GoLang

Highly proficient with Kubernetes (K8s) deployment strategies, cluster lifecycle (deployment, troubleshooting, scaling), and container orchestration

Experience implementing modern DevOps practices and tools (e.g., CI/CD, IaC, GitOps) in production deployment workflows

Proficient in containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Podman)

Highly experienced designing and implementing solutions on Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Current US TS/SCI security clearance

Preferred

Experience leading multiple teams and projects to a common end-state vision

Experience in the private sector building out commercial products

Experience and/or familiarity with Crossplane and Backstage platform tools

Familiarity with Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) utilities

Experience and/or familiarity with Generative AI platforms, tools, and concepts of deploying LLMs and similar AI models for various applications driven by K8s