Clarity · 3 months ago
Platform Engineer, Product Architect
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
12+ years expClarity Innovations is a trusted national security partner dedicated to delivering innovative solutions for the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense. The Platform Engineer, Product Architect role involves developing a platform to simplify infrastructure management and enhance productivity through scalable systems and GitOps workflows.
AnalyticsCloud InfrastructureSoftware
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.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
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
Company
Clarity
Clarity Innovations designs, develops, and deploys force-enhancing software that links human ingenuity to powerful computing and makes our country and our world a better, safer place.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$11.66MKey Investors
Capitol Meridian Partners
2024-06-10Acquired
2023-12-04Private Equity· $11.66M
Leadership Team
Diana Leadbetter
Chief Human Resources Officer
Wesley Daniels
Founder
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