Principal Platform Engineer
Clarity Innovations · Herndon, VA
Posted 13 days ago · $113,000 - $300,000
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 13 days Clarity Innovations's roles stay open a median of 34 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 85% of Clarity Innovations's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Clarity Innovations
- high 20 stale, 1 reposted of 46 open
- Hiring momentum
- 75 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Clarity Innovations's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Clarity Innovations.
About this role
The Principal Platform Engineer at Clarity Innovations will lead the design and management of cloud-based systems, particularly focusing on Kubernetes and infrastructure as code. This role involves deploying and maintaining AI workloads, optimizing system performance, and implementing CI/CD pipelines while ensuring security and operational continuity. The engineer will collaborate with teams, contribute to planning, and promote automation practices to enhance efficiency in a mission-driven environment.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Clarity Innovations as an employer.
What you need
- Current Top Secret security clearance
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, IT, or a related technical discipline (or equivalent experience)
- More than 8 years of industry experience as a Platform Engineer, Full Stack Engineer or similar role
- Proficient with container orchestration using Kubernetes in production environments
- Experience with monitoring tools for Kubernetes environments, such as Prometheus
- Experience working with Helm charts for packaging applications
Nice to have
- SCI eligibility
- Expertise in Cyber Operations
- Expertise with Istio for service mesh management
- Experience with Rook-Ceph for storage
- Experience with Kubernetes operators and custom resource definitions (CRDs)
Worth weighing
- Hybrid work model requires 3+ days in office
- Salary range is quite broad, indicating potential for negotiation or variability in compensation
- Focus on national security may require a strong alignment with mission-driven work
Summarised from Clarity Innovations's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Clarity Innovations on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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