
Platform Engineer
McLean, VAFull-time$78–176K/yrPosted 1mo agoStill listed today
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The Platform Engineer will help build and operate foundational infrastructure for an enterprise Digital Twin and modeling and simulation platform. The role supports containerized platforms and deployment pipelines across hybrid cloud and on-prem environments, working alongside senior platform, DevOps, and application engineers. The engineer will support systems subject to DoD security and ATO constraints and help sustain reliable, secure, and scalable platforms.
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Platform EngineerThe Opportunity: As a Platform Engineer, you’ll help build and operate the foundational infrastructure behind an enterprise Digital Twin and modeling and simulation platform. You’ll support containerized platforms and deployment pipelines that enable real-time visualization, simulation, and analytics across hybrid cloud and on-prem environments.
Here, you’ll work alongside senior platform, DevOps, and application engineers in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment. You’ll gain hands-on experience supporting systems operating under DoD security and ATO constraints while learning how large-scale digital platforms are built and sustained.
You’ll be building and sustaining critical systems and will have the opportunity to work side by side with our partners to ensure that we keep our platforms reliable, secure, and scalable.
Work with us to use cloud platform technology for good.
Join us. The world can’t wait.
You Have:
- 5+ years of experience working with containerized applications or platforms
- 5+ years of experience with Kubernetes fundamentals
- 5+ years of experience with Docker or OCI containers
- Experience working in Linux-based environments
- Knowledge of IaC tools such as Terraform or Helm
- Ability to obtain a Secret clearance
- Bachelor’s degree
Nice If You Have:
- Experience supporting hybrid cloud or on-prem deployments
- Knowledge of regulated, government, or DoD environments
- Knowledge of container hardening or secure baseline concepts
- Secret clearance
Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
Compensation At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.
Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $77,600.00 to $176,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date. Identity Statement As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.
Candidate AI Usage Policy AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.
Work Model Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.
- Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
- Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen or customer facility, in alignment with your leadership's expectations and the needs of the role.
- Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed full-time at a customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.
Commitment to Non-Discrimination All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.
How this job compares
Set against the 4,119 open Platform Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$78–176K/yr
- Virginia median$120–210K/yr119 salary ranges
- US median$122–227K/yr3,388 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $127K, is 23% below the Virginia median midpoint ($165K) — in the lowest quarter of Platform Engineer salary ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 147 open Platform Engineer jobs in Virginia and 4,119 across the US. 12% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Platform Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years at the median (3,367 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 999 of the 4,119 open Platform Engineer jobs (24%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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