Platform Security Engineer- Secret Clearance Required

Job Location: Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD

Security Clearance: Active Secret security clearance required

Citizenship: US Citizenship required

Onsite Expectations: 20% onsite at customer site (APG)

Make an Impact Where It Matters Most

At Sherpa 6, you won’t just build secure cloud platforms—you’ll help shape the systems that protect our nation. We’re looking for a Platform Security Engineer who brings deep security expertise, strong networking fundamentals, and modern cloud engineering practices to support mission-critical systems for a highly engaged customer.

If you enjoy designing secure architectures, automating cloud infrastructure, integrating agentic AI into DevSecOps workflows, and solving complex technical problems that matter, you’ll find this an exceptional opportunity. You’ll join a collaborative, high-trust engineering team where your decisions immediately drive real-world outcomes.

Responsibilities:

• Support the design and implementation of AWS-based solutions aligned with customer and project needs.
• You will have significant ownership over DevSecOps strategy, tooling, automation, and cloud deployment approaches
• Provide hands-on technical contributions while also mentoring and guiding solution development.
• Collaborate with customer and internal teams to validate release readiness, ensuring regression, performance, and security testing gates are met.
• Create and maintain release documentation, including schedules, rollback plans, and release notes.
• Identify and implement improvements that enhance release efficiency, reliability, and scalability.
• Troubleshoot and resolve build, pipeline, and deployment issues efficiently.
• Monitor release metrics to ensure compliance with SLAs and organizational standards.
• Develop Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using Pulumi or Terraform to deploy solutions to cloud environments.
• Work closely with the customer and internal teams to understand existing solutions, champion updates, and guide architectural evolution.
• Research, propose, and validate solutions tailored to customer needs.
• Clearly communicate status, challenges, and recommendations, owning all DevSecOps deliverables for the project