Platform Engineer at Booz Allen Hamilton

Compensation

$62,000 – $141,000/yr

Location: Fort Belvoir, Virginia
Type: Full-time, Part-time
Level: mid
Added to Metaintro: Sep 28, 2026

Description

Booz Allen is hiring a Platform Engineer in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, to develop, manage, and secure container platforms for clients. The role focuses on container management software, cloud orchestration, infrastructure automation, secure container adoption, and cloud platform strategy. Candidates need at least three years of software development or programming experience in a DevOps environment, one year of automation-tool experience, Kubernetes knowledge, and AWS or Azure application deployment experience. A TS/SCI clearance is required, along with a high school diploma or GED; the projected annualized compensation is $62,000 to $141,000 USD.

Required Skills

Kubernetes
Terraform
Ansible
CloudFormation
Puppet
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
Bash
Python

Additional Information

Minimum Education: High school diploma or GED
Required Previous Experiences: At least 3 years of software development or programming experience in a DevOps environment
At least 1 year of experience with automation tools such as Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, or Puppet
Experience with Kubernetes
Experience architecting and deploying applications on AWS or Microsoft Azure
Preferred Qualifications: Experience managing Git-based version control and CI/CD pipelines
Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code environments
Experience provisioning and managing infrastructure and applications in AWS, Azure, or GCP
Experience with system integration using JSON, REST, and XML
Experience scripting with Bash, PowerShell, Python, Groovy, or Ruby
Experience using JSON, YAML, or XML for configuration
Bachelor's degree in a STEM field
Agile, DevOps, or Cloud certification
Translation Company Name: Booz Allen