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Sr. Platform Architect III (5725)

MetroStar Systems, LLC
United States, D.C., Washington
Feb 14, 2025

AsSr. Platform Architect III, you'll be an experienced architect with hands-on experience in architecting, designing, building, and maintaining robust and scalable infrastructure solutions with containers and Kubernetes. You'll also lead a team of Platform Engineers and play a critical hands-on role in architecting, deploying, and managing our customer's core platform, ensuring its availability, performance, and security.

We know that you can't have great technology services without amazing people. At MetroStar, we are obsessed with our people and have led a two-decade legacy of building the best and brightest teams. Because we know our future relies on our deep understanding and relentless focus on our people, we live by our mission: A passion for our people. Value for our customers.

If you think you can see yourself delivering our mission and pursuing our goals with us, then check out the job description below!

What you'll do:



  • Lead planning, development, and deployment of platform components and services
  • Evaluate and select appropriate technologies, tools, and frameworks to optimize platform performance, security, and cost-effectiveness.
  • Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate deployment processes, enabling rapid and reliable software delivery.
  • Monitor platform performance, identify bottlenecks, and proactively optimize systems for maximum efficiency.
  • Manage cloud-based infrastructure and orchestration tools to ensure high availability and fault tolerance.
  • Drive security best practices throughout the platform, implementing measures to safeguard data, applications, and services.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues to minimize downtime.


What you'll need to succeed:



  • Active TS//SCI clearance with CI Poly.
  • Minimum of 10 years of experience as a Platform Architect, Technical Lead or similar role.
  • Expert-level hands-on experience architecting, designing, implementing, and maintaining highly available, scalable, and secure platform architectures at scale, in the cloud and on-premises, across multiple classification domains (IL5 to IL6+) simultaneously.
  • Proficiency in AWS with a deep understanding of cloud services and networking.
  • Expert hands-on experience with containerization and orchestration technologies like Docker, Kubernetes; specifically experience with OpenShift is highly preferred.
  • Strong expertise with service mesh technology and tools such as GreyMatter and Istio
  • Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to resolve complex system issues.
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to convey complex security concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • One or more relevant certifications such as CKA, CKAD, CKS, or AWS Solution Architect Associate, with Kubernetes certifications highly preferred.

Like we said, we are big fans of our people. That's why we offer a generous benefits package, professional growth, and valuable time to recharge. Learn more about our company culture code and benefits. Plus, check out our accolades.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on merit and without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, status as a protected veteran, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.

What we want you to know:

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.

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