Chief Platform Architect
- Pay
- $168,000 – $201,000 per year
- Location
- Chantilly, Virginia (on site)
- Listed
- 6 days ago
About the role
Turn a 2,000-plus VM test environment into governed, environment-as-code infrastructure that teams can request and get in days, not weeks.
You'll support a new Defense Health Agency program. This position is contingent upon contract award, and the start date will align with the program start.
What you'll do
- Own the platform architecture across on-premises vSphere and AWS, including where each workload belongs
- Lead environment-as-code and the self-service environment catalog
- Set platform guardrails, standards and the tooling baseline
- Lead the platform engineers and work alongside the infrastructure and cyber leads
- Plan the move to VMware Cloud Foundation 9 and the Atlassian successor path
Must have
- 10 years in cloud and infrastructure engineering
- Hands-on Terraform, Ansible and GitLab CI
- Built automated provisioning inside a DoD RMF-authorized boundary or at IL4 or higher
- U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and keep the background investigation DHA designates for this position
- DoD 8140 qualification for your work role before privileged access, or the ability to earn it within six months
Nice to have
- AWS or VMware professional-level certification
- An active Secret clearance or higher
- Experience with health IT or test environments
- Location: Chantilly, Virginia, on site at the test center, with work at the Ashburn, Virginia data center as needed.
- Citizenship: U.S. citizenship is required for the investigation this role needs. Zaden's FSO verifies investigation status.
Pay range
$168,000 to $201,000 per year for Chantilly, Virginia.
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About Zaden Technologies
Zaden Technologies is a defense technology company based in Huntsville, Alabama. We build AI, DevSecOps and digital engineering products and put them to work for DoD customers.
Equal opportunity and legal notices
Zaden Technologies is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other status the law protects.
From Zaden Technologies, Inc.'s careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on November 3, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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