Staff Platform Engineer

HonorVet Technologies is a Service Disable Veteran-Owned IT staffing firm, ISO 9001, and ISO 27001 certified, working with federal agencies, state governments, and Fortune 500 enterprise clients across the US. What makes us different isn't a tagline; it's the way we work. We don't forward resumes and hope for the best. We take the time to understand where a professional like you are headed and only reach out when we genuinely believe there's a fit worth exploring. I came across your profile, and something stood out. Job Title: Staff Platform Engineer Location: Flexible (Hybrid) - 2-3 days in the office at San Diego, CA or Kirkland, WA office. Duration: 12 months Overview: This Staff Systems Engineer role owns strategy and execution for client's critical developer platforms, including enterprise GitLab supporting 3,000+ users and JFrog Artifactory. The role leads cloud-native transformation, mentors team members, and establishes technical direction for platform engineering. What You Will Do:Own operational strategy and technical direction for GitLab and Artifactory platformsLead cloud-native transformations, Kubernetes migrations, and GitOps adoptionDrive architecture for multi-region high-availability deployments and active-active patternsDesign self-healing systems with automated remediation and chaos engineering practicesEstablish cloud-native best practices, including 12-factor apps, containerization, and observabilityMentor team members on automation patterns and cloud-native architecturesInfluence organizational standards for platform engineering and developer experienceEvaluate emerging technologies, including AI-assisted operations, eBPF, and service meshDefine and track SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs with a continuous improvement focusSkills: Required:BS in computer science or equivalent experience7+ years operating and architecting enterprise-scale platforms5+ years of self-managed GitLab experience, including Geo, high availability, and disaster recovery5+ years of Artifactory experience, including Hub/Edge, federation, and enterprise deployments3+ years of deep Kubernetes experience, including operators, CRDs, service mesh, and multi-cluster environments7+ years of expert Linux experience, including kernel, networking, and performance tuningPostgreSQL high availability experience, such as Patroni, and advanced networking knowledge, including BGP, anycast, and zero-trust architecturesCloud-Native ExpertiseDeep knowledge of cloud computing, infrastructure, and architecture patternsExperience with major cloud providers, including AWS, Azure, and GCP, and their managed servicesExperience with cloud-native tooling, including Kubernetes operators, Helm, ArgoCD, and FluxExperience with service mesh technologies, including Istio, and infrastructure-as-code tools, including TerraformExperience with cloud-native observability, including Prometheus, and distributed tracingExperience with cloud-native security, including OPA, Trivy, and SBOM practicesProduction-grade automation experience with Python, Go, and BashCI/CD platform design experience at scaleExperience with FedRAMP IL4/IL5Proven mentorship and team development experienceStrong communication and cross-team influence skillsGrowth mindset, humility, and commitment to continuous developmentPreferredOpen-source contributions to Kubernetes, GitLab, or Artifactory projectsExperience with eBPF observability/security, WebAssembly, or MLOpsPublished technical writing or conference talksDeveloper platform or platform-as-a-service experienceSRE practices and chaos engineering experience.