Platform Engineer

Ad Hoc is a technology company that empowers organizations to deliver scalable, impactful digital services. Using modern, agile methods, our team creates products that meet people’s needs and transform their experience of government.

Our collaborations have shaped some of the defining moments in public-sector service delivery. We’ve helped build products that connect Veterans to tailored services, help millions access affordable health care, and support important programs like Head Start. As we work with agencies to deliver critical services, we’re also changing how the government approaches technology.

Our culture, communications, and tools are built for remote work, enabling us to bring together top talent nationwide. At Ad Hoc, remote life empowers our teams to design work environments that fit their lives and that foster flexibility and collaboration to achieve positive outcomes for our customers.

Ad Hoc values acceptance, accountability, and humility. We aren’t heroes. We learn from our mistakes and improve the process for the next time. We build small, inclusive teams to collaborate closely with our partners to solve the right problems and deliver software that works.

The Veterans Affairs business unit helps transform the VA into a modern digital services organization where Veteran outcomes are at the center of every effort. We partner with the VA to design and deliver seamless user experiences for Veterans, their families and caregivers, and VA employees. By applying better practices in service design, product management, and technology, we enable the VA to increase the use, quality, and reliability of services and decrease the time Veterans spend waiting for outcomes.

As a Platform Engineer, you will build and maintain the cloud infrastructure and self-service tooling that engineering teams rely on to deliver software for a large federal enterprise cloud platform. With the support and guidance of senior engineers, you will help meet scope, schedule, and delivery requirements while improving the developer experience across the platform. Primary expectations of a Platform Engineer include:

• →Building and maintaining cloud infrastructure (AWS) that supports hosted applications and improves the broader developer experience
• →Developing reusable infrastructure-as-code (Terraform) modules so teams can provision standardized, compliant infrastructure
• →Building and maintaining standardized, paved-path CI/CD tooling and pipelines
• →Provisioning and operating Kubernetes (Amazon EKS) infrastructure and cluster add-ons
• →Integrating tooling to satisfy non-functional requirements such as quality thresholds, security vulnerabilities, and static analysis
• →Completing cloud infrastructure and automated deployment tasks, expanding ownership over time
• →Collaborating across teams to consolidate and simplify platform tools and services
• →Working with government partners and application teams to ship software that meets security, SLA, and performance requirements
• →Supporting recruiting efforts by evaluating exercises and assisting with interviews

• Bachelor's and 5+ years of experience; relevant experience may be substituted for education
• Proficient with at least one infrastructure-as-code tool (Terraform preferred)
• Background in key DevOps concepts: containerization, networking, virtualization, and CI/CD
• Hands-on cloud experience (AWS preferred)
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Public Trust / suitability determination

• Prior experience with the Department of Veterans Affairs
• Experience with Kubernetes (Amazon EKS) in production
• Familiarity with FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, and zero-trust architecture
• Relevant certifications (e.g., AWS, Certified Kubernetes Administrator)