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title: 'Platform Engineer at Swift'
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# Platform Engineer at Swift

- **Company:** Swift
- **Location:** Columbia, MD
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2025-10-17
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-05
- **Apply:** https://jobs.gem.com/the-swift-group/4958574008

## Job description

Locations: Columbia, MD; San Antonio, TX

The Swift Group is a privately held, mission-driven and employee-focused services and solutions company headquartered in Reston, VA. Our capabilities include Software Development, Engineering & IT, Data Science, Cyber Enablement, Logistics, and Training. Founded in 2019, Swift supports Civilian, Defense, and Intelligence Community customers across the country and around the globe.

We are looking for a Platform Engineer to join our high-performing team on a dynamic program. In this role, the Platform Engineer will design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and reliable cloud-based infrastructure and software platforms. This role offers the opportunity to work hands-on with AWS environments, container orchestration, automation frameworks, and modern development.

This position requires strong technical fundamentals in Linux, cloud engineering, and automation, with an ability to collaborate across teams to implement robust and maintainable solutions.

Responsibilities:

- Design, implement, and maintain cloud-based and hybrid infrastructure solutions in AWS environments.
- Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or similar frameworks.
- Support deployment and management of containerized applications using Kubernetes or similar technologies.
- Contribute to the development of custom software components and integration of open-source solutions to meet mission needs.
- Apply software engineering best practices across build, deployment, and operations lifecycles.
- Collaborate with development teams to design and implement secure, automated, and repeatable pipelines (e.g., GitLab CI/CD or Jenkins).
- Troubleshoot complex systems issues across cloud, network, and platform layers.
- Work within Agile development frameworks to support rapid iteration, feedback, and continuous delivery.
- Participate in process improvement initiatives that increase reliability, maintainability, and performance of mission systems.

Requirements:

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
- Mid-level candidates: 5-8 years of relevant experience
- Senior-level candidates: 9-13 years of relevant experience
- SME-level candidates: 14+ years of relevant experience
- 5+ years of experience in Platform Engineering or Software Development (Python, Go, or similar languages)
- Experience developing and deploying infrastructure in AWS
- Proficient with Linux systems administration, networking, and shell scripting (Bash/Shell)
- Experience with Kubernetes or related container orchestration technologies
- Familiarity with configuration management tools such as Ansible or Puppet
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with attention to detail and reliability
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- US citizenship with an active Secret clearance; will also accept Top Secret, TS/SCI, or TS/SCI with CI Polygraph
- Must be able to obtain Security+ certification within 60 days of hire
- Must be available to work on-site 4-5 days per week; flexibility is required to align with customer needs

Desired Skills:

- Experience with CI/CD tools and automated build pipelines (e.g., GitLab CI, Travis-CI, Jenkins)
- Understanding of Agile software development methodologies and associated tools (JIRA, Confluence, GitHub/GitLab)
- Experience with virtualization or storage platforms (e.g., VMware, oVirt, Proxmox, Ceph, Rook, Longhorn)
- Familiarity with Big Data ecosystems such as Cloudera, Hortonworks, or MapR
- DoD 8140 / 8570 IAT Level II certification or equivalent preferred

## #LI-DI1

#Onsite

## About Swift

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: The Swift Group provides national security technology and mission support by combining experienced field operatives with expert technologists.
- **Entity Type**: Private (no disclosed funding stage)
- **Headquarters**: Reston, VA, USA
- **Founded**: 2019
- **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: National security, defense, intelligence, cybersecurity, high-performance computing, training and logistics.
- **Target customers**: U.S. Civilian, Defense, and Intelligence Community agencies (B2G).
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “When national security leaders need something built quiet that hits loud, they turn to Swift.” — The company pairs field operators with technologists to solve complex national security challenges with speed, discretion, and precision.

## Products & Services
For each major offering:
- **HPC Research & Technical Advisement**: Specialized advisement for revolutionary high-performance computing systems supporting data-intensive missions.
- **Software Development & Data Solutions**: Rapid prototyping, agile development, and applied data science tailored to mission needs.
- **Cyber Enablement**: Network defense, offense, threat analysis, and resilience for enterprise and operational environments.
- **Operations**: Mission planning and execution support delivered shoulder-to-shoulder with client teams anywhere in the world.
- **Training & Mission Support**: Operator-led instruction and technical training across the full mission lifecycle.
- **Energetics**: Advanced research, advisory, and deployment of energetic materials to improve system performance and operational effect.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (privately held).
- **Key Metric**: Over **126 open positions** currently listed on the careers page, signaling rapid growth.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly disclosed.
- **Growt Signals**: Founded in 2019, now has multiple offices (Reston, Annapolis Junction, Chantilly, McLean, etc.) and supports customers across the U.S. and globally. High volume of active job postings.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Operator-led approach**: Combines real-world field experience with cutting-edge engineering, reducing the gap between mission needs and technical solutions.
- **Integration**: Unified teams of operators, engineers, and analysts work together, avoiding siloed tools.
- **Discretion and trust**: Emphasizes low-profile, off-the-record work, earning deep trust from national security clients.
- **Acountability**: Company culture of owning outcomes, with a flat, agile structure.

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities**: Expanding capabilities in cyber, HPC, and data science while maintaining operator-driven agility. Continued support for sensitive, high-stakes missions across civilian, defense, and intelligence domains.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Mission-driven, employee-focused, with a strong sense of purpose. Values include transparency, integrity, service, and innovation.
- **Work environment**: Low-profile, high-impact. Roles often require clearance and on-site presence at client locations (e.g., Chantilly, Annapolis Junction, Reston). Not fully remote; likely hybrid or on-site.
- **Bnefits**: Comprehensive healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, education, and time-off benefits.
- **Success stories**: Clear career progression from analyst to chief architect, with wide pay bands (e.g., $50k–$290k) indicating room for growth and specialization.

## Sources
1. [theswiftgroup.com/company](https://theswiftgroup.com/company/)
2. [theswiftgroup.com](https://theswiftgroup.com/)
3. [careers.theswiftgroup.com](https://careers.theswiftgroup.com/)
4. [jobs.gem.com](https://jobs.gem.com/the-swift-group)

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