Senior Principal Platform Engineer - Ai Automation

Clarity Innovations

Jessup, MD, United States
On-site
7+ years devsecops platform engineering sre experience
Deep kubernetes administration and development expertise
Azure or aws architecture with terraform crossplane
Clarity Innovations is a trusted national security partner dedicated to safeguarding the nation's interests by transforming data into actionable intelligence for the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense

Job Summary

  • Clarity Innovations is a trusted national security partner dedicated to safeguarding the nation's interests by transforming data into actionable intelligence for the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense.
  • The role focuses on operationalizing and securing artificial intelligence capabilities by building a scalable AI run stack that integrates foundational models, AI agents, and generative AI within a unified interface.
  • Candidates must possess deep expertise in Kubernetes, GitLab ecosystems, and MLOps pipelines to design enterprise-grade AI adoption strategies including agentic orchestration and spec-driven development.

Matching Summary

Clarity Innovations is a trusted national security partner dedicated to safeguarding the nation's interests by transforming data into actionable intelligence for the Intelligence Community and Department of Defense.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 7+ years DevSecOps Platform Engineering SRE experience
  • Deep Kubernetes administration and development expertise
  • Azure or AWS architecture with Terraform Crossplane
  • Python Go or Bash scripting for systems automation
  • GitLab CI/CD ArgoCD Helm GitOps mastery
  • Deploying scaling securing AI workloads on K8s
  • Vector databases RAG and semantic search architectures

Nice-to-have

  • DoD 8570 Security+ CASP+ certifications
  • Service mesh technologies Istio Cilium CNI plugins
  • Keycloak OIDC SAML identity access management
  • Grafana Prometheus observability stack experience
  • PostgreSQL MySQL database administration knowledge
  • Data engineering high-throughput pipeline maintenance
  • Threat modeling vulnerability management SOC background

Key Requirements

  • 7+ years combined experience in DevSecOps Platform Engineering or SRE
  • DoD 8570 certifications such as Security+ or CASP+
  • Proficiency in Python Go or Bash backend scripting languages
  • Hands-on experience deploying GPU-enabled clusters for AI inference
  • Solid understanding of OSI Layer 4-7 networking concepts

Work Rights

Must have US citizenship (implied by DoD/IC context)

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