Sr Platform Engineer (GitLab practice)

INflow Federal is building a GitLab Professional Services practice as a subcontracting partner to GitLab. The Senior Platform Engineer will deliver customer-facing GitLab engagements, administering and migrating enterprise platforms, designing CI/CD and DevSecOps pipelines, and rolling out GitLab Duo and the Duo Agent Platform.

Responsibilities:

• Administer GitLab Self-Managed and Dedicated environments: install, upgrade, backup and restore, user and group management, runners, Geo replication, and performance tuning
• Lead enterprise migrations into GitLab from GitHub, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or SVN. Use Congregate and direct transfer. Deploy GitLab reference architectures
• Design and optimize CI/CD pipelines, including security scanning (SAST, DAST, dependency, container) and compliance framework integration
• Configure and roll out the GitLab Duo Agent Platform (DAP): build and customize agents and flows, enable AI-assisted development workflows, and advise customers on governance and adoption
• Deliver customer-facing advisory, clear documentation, and knowledge transfer to agency teams. Lead workshops, cutovers, and secure-environment deployments
• Operate against defined SOWs with GitLab managing the customer relationship. Scope, estimate, and ship work on schedule

Requirements:

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps or platform engineering
• Hands-on GitLab administration experience in production (Self-Managed or Dedicated)
• Experience designing, running, and troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines at enterprise scale
• Strong consulting instincts: clear written and verbal communication, ability to lead a customer meeting, and discipline working to a defined scope
• Minimum of a DoD Secret clearance is required
• this role requires an active DoD clearance held directly by the candidate at the time of application
• Active GitLab certifications (GitLab Certified Associate, Professional, or Services Engineer)
• Experience with Kubernetes and Terraform in production
• Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure in a DevSecOps context
• Prior work on federal, defense, or intelligence community programs
• Experience with GitLab Duo, DAP, agentic AI, or AI-assisted development adoption
• Experience with security scanning toolchains, STIG compliance, or cATO frameworks
• Top Secret highly desired
• Top Secret preferred