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Overview

A midlevel Platform Engineer designs, builds, and operates shared platform capabilities that enable application and API teams to deploy, run, and scale services reliably and securely. The role focuses on operational ownership, automation, and platform reliability, with growing independence and technical depth, but without full architectural or strategic ownership.

This role typically supports cloudnative platforms (Kubernetes, API platforms, CI/CD, observability, security tooling) and participates in oncall, incident response, and continuous improvement activities.

Navy Federal Credit Union currently does not provide sponsorship for this role. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship.

Responsibilities

Platform Operations & Reliability

• Operate and maintain shared platform services (e.g., Kubernetes clusters, API runtimes, ingress, service mesh, messaging/caching layers).
• Monitor platform health using logging, metrics, and dashboards; identify and remediate reliability issues proactively.
• Participate in production support, oncall rotations, and incident response, following defined runbooks and escalation paths.

Automation & DevOps Enablement

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and reusable templates for application teams.
• Automate routine operational tasks (deployments, upgrades, certificate rotation, service account management).
• Support onboarding of new services/APIs onto the platform.

Cloud & Infrastructure Engineering

• Work with cloud services (primarily Azure) including networking, IAM, secrets management, and managed PaaS offerings.
• Support platform upgrades and compatibility testing (e.g., Kubernetes, ingress, API gateways, runtime components).
• Collaborate with network, security, and SRE teams on infrastructure changes.

Security, Compliance & Governance

• Implement and maintain security controls such as TLS/certificates, secrets, RBAC, vulnerability remediation, and audit evidence.
• Support compliance, risk assessments, and audit requests with accurate documentation.
• Follow platform governance standards and changemanagement processes.

Collaboration & Continuous Improvement

• Partner with application/API teams to troubleshoot platform issues and improve developer experience.
• Contribute to documentation, runbooks, and knowledge bases.
• Suggest improvements to platform design, automation, and operational practices.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in platform engineering, DevOps, SRE, or cloud infrastructure roles.
• Proven experience supporting production systems at scale.
• Exposure to regulated or enterprise environments is a plus.
• Experience with Containers & Orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes/AKS).
• Experience with CI/CD & Automation (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Terraform, Helm).
• Strong working knowledge of Azure Cloud.
• Experience with Linux & Networking such as TCP/IP, DNS, TLS, load balancing, troubleshooting in Linux environments.

Platform & Runtime Technologies

• Experience with API gateways / ingress (NGINX, Istio, Envoy, cloud-native gateways).
• Experience with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, App Insights, ELK/Splunk).
• Experience with caching or messaging systems (e.g., Redis, Hazelcast, Kafka).

Security & Operations

• Experience with certificate and secrets management (Vault, cloud key vaults, Venafi, etc.).
• Experience with vulnerability scanning and remediation workflows.
• Experience with incident, problem, and change management practices.

Desired Qualifications

• 3 - 6 years of experience in platform engineering, DevOps, SRE, or cloud infrastructure roles.

Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00AM - 4:30PM

Locations: 820 Follin Lane, Vienna, VA 22180

About Us

Navy Federal provides much more than a job. We provide a meaningful career experience, including a culture that is energized, engaged and committed; and fierce appreciation for our teams, who are rewarded with highly competitive pay and generous benefits and perks. Our approach to careers is simple yet powerful: Make our mission your passion.* FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For 2026* Yello and WayUp Top 100 Internship Programs 2025* Computerworld Best Places to Work in IT 2026* Most Loved Workplace - America's Top Most Loved Workplaces 2025* 2025 PEOPLE Companies That Care* Newsweek Most Trustworthy Companies in America 2026* Military Times 2025 Best for Vets Employers* Forbes 2026 America's Best Large Employers* Forbes 2025 America's Best Employers for New Grads* Forbes 2025 America's Best Employers for Tech Workers* 2025 RippleMatch Campus Forward Award Winner for Overall Excellence* Military.com Top Military Spouse Employers 2025* 2026 Handshake Early Talent Award* Newsweek America's Greatest Workplaces for Culture, Belonging and Community 2026From Fortune Magazine. 2026 Fortune Media IP Limited. All rights reserved. Used under license. Fortune and Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For are registered trademarks of Fortune Media IP Limited and are used under license. Fortune Magazine, Fortune Media (USA) Corporation, and its affiliates are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of, Navy Federal Credit Union.Equal Employment Opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, sex, color, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or any other basis protected by applicable law.Accommodations: If you need accommodation or assistance for a qualifying condition to complete the online application (or during any stage of the hiring process), you can contact Navy Federal's Medical Accommodations team at medicalaccommodations@navyfederal.org or by calling 1-888-503-6013. This team cannot provide any information on job postings or application status.Disclaimers: Navy Federal reserves the right to fill this role at a higher/lower grade level based on business need. An assessment may be required to compete for this position. Job postings are subject to close early or extend out longer than the anticipated closing date at the hiring team's discretion based on qualified applicant volume. Navy Federal Credit Union assesses market data to establish salary ranges that enable us to remain competitive. You are paid within the salary range, based on your experience, location and market position. For additional details regarding compensation and benefits, review the Benefits page of the Navy Federal Career Site.Protect Yourself from Job Scams: Navy Federal Credit Union jobs are posted on our career site, jobs.navyfederal.org and reputable job boards (e.g., LinkedIn, Indeed). We do not post jobs on social media marketplaces, messaging apps or unverified websites. We will never ask candidates for payment, bank details or personal financial information during the hiring process.Bank Secrecy Act: Remains cognizant of and adheres to Navy Federal policies and procedures, and regulations pertaining to the Bank Secrecy Act.