Elevate Government Solutions

Nov 12, 2026

Senior Platform Operations Engineer

HybridUnited States

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

PythonAWSDockerTerraform

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE, SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

This position requires an ACTIVE SECRET security clearance. Your application will not be reviewed if you do not have an ACTIVE security clearance at SECRET or above.

Proactive, creative problem-solving mindset with a demonstrated ability to anticipate, diagnose, and resolve complex operational challenges

Experience with Python and/or Spark analytics environments

Professional experience with Terraform, Ansible, Docker, and CI/CD pipeline operations

Strong proficiency with Git and version control workflows

Comfortable working extensively on the Linux command line and performing operational tasks

Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies quickly

Experience monitoring, maintaining, and supporting production infrastructure in a collaborative environment

Strong incident response and communication skills

Ability to work East Coast hours

Ability to work hybrid in Vienna, VA, or remotely

EDUCATION REQUIREMENT

4 year Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/Eng or related (highly preferred)

Elevate Government Solutions is a high growth Technology Services company focused on driving technological change in the government space. Our teams engage with various government agencies to develop and deploy emerging technology solutions using a tailored Agile methodology.

We are seeking a highly motivated and intellectually curious Senior Platform Operations Engineer to join our team working with a Federal client. The position will be a remote role open to US citizens residing in the United States with a Secret security clearance. The Senior Platform Operations Engineer will oversee the efficient, reliable, and secure operation of critical application infrastructure for a federal financial agency. In this operationally focused role, you will be responsible for maintaining production environments, troubleshooting incidents, performing monitoring and diagnostics, supporting deployments, and continually improving system uptime and reliability.

The ideal candidate brings Python experience, deep operational expertise with Linux environments, and hands-on experience managing infrastructure with tools like Terraform, Ansible, and Docker. Experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization, Git-based workflows, and monitoring/alerting systems are essential. Familiarity with managing AWS services—particularly EKS, S3, and EMR (Elastic Map Reduce)—is highly valued. In addition, familiarity with Spark, JupyterHub, and Hue is preferred. Effective communication and a collaborative mindset are critical to success in this client-facing environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

Support operational excellence for critical systems running on AWS services, including EMR (Elastic Map Reduce)

Support operational use of Spark, JupyterHub, and Hue

Maintain, monitor, and troubleshoot production environments to ensure optimal uptime and performance

Operate and manage infrastructure using Terraform, Ansible, and Docker

Oversee and support CI/CD pipelines and automate operational workflows using Git and related tooling

Diagnose and resolve operational issues, perform root cause analysis, and drive problem resolution

Implement, refine, and monitor infrastructure and application alerting and diagnostics

Optimize data flows and storage integrations

Collaborate with engineering, product, and client stakeholders to communicate issues, coordinate maintenance, and support deployments

Contribute to continual improvement of platform operational processes, documentation, and best practices

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Experience operating AWS or other cloud platforms

Familiarity with Spark, JupyterHub, and Hue in an operational context

Hands-on experience with EMR (Elastic Map Reduce)

Experience with Databricks

Experience supporting federal, regulated, or client-facing environments

Benefits

Health Insurance

401k match

Unlimited Vacation

11 Federal Holidays

Remote work

Training

Mentoring/Coaching

Languages

Senior Platform Operations Engineer

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE, SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION REQUIREMENT

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Benefits

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