Platform Engineer (Desktop Infrastructure)

About the role

The Desktop Risk Mitigation (DRM) team is responsible for identifying, assessing, and remediating security and compliance risks associated with enterprise desktop and endpoint devices. The team’s mission is to ensure endpoints are securely configured, fully patched, policy-compliant, and aligned with regulatory and internal security requirements.

Responsibilities

• Research, analyze, evaluate, and provide recommendations to management on direction for active risks, vulnerabilities, and exploitations
• Conceive, plan, and research final technology solutions/products to remediate/mitigate vulnerabilities on End User systems and products
• Develop, code, test, debug, and document the most complex platforms to achieve objectives
• Pack, test, and deploy system and application updates/patches to the end-user environment
• Analyze, design, implement, operate, deploy, and support information technology resources (includes computer hardware, operating systems, communications, software applications, data processing and security)
• Develop and implement engineering standards and processes; Lead cross-organizational initiatives to standardize technical practices and enhance platform resilience (inclusive of maintaining desktop standards, knowledge base, operating procedures, guidelines, and system documentation)
• Troubleshoot problems and communicate status, findings and/or technical results; make recommendations and ensure implementation of compliance and communication protocols
• Create and maintain infrastructure that supports application development (e.g., CI/CD pipelines)
• Lead complex technical projects and initiatives with significant impact across the business
• Serve as an escalation point of contact with the primary focus on mitigating threats, risks, and vulnerabilities
• Recommend and implement improvements to EUC desktop architecture and design; Provide frameworks, libraries, and tools to standardize development and operations
• Manage service escalation to resolution and identify continuous improvement opportunities as appropriate
• Optimize platform reliability, scalability, and automation
• Ensure compliance with Navy Federal Credit Union ETS standards and best practices
• Manage and ensure adherence to SLAs
• Complete assignments within target deadlines
• Serve as lead technical resource for other team members; mentor and guide lower-level staff on new and innovative techniques and strategies

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or related field, or the equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• 2-5 years of experience in function
• Familiarity with software and platform engineering concepts and methodologies and current development languages and methods
• Basic skill involving technical applications/languages, information technology or specialized engineering methods
• Familiarity with configuration management tools
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines and tools

Skills

• Scripting languages for automation tasks (Python, Bash, etc)

Benefits

Navy Federal Credit Union is an equal opportunity employer and provides a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, retirement savings, and paid time off.

Pay

Compensation is commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Schedule

Monday - Friday, 8:00AM - 4:30PM

About Us

Navy Federal provides much more than a job. We provide a meaningful career experience, including a culture that is energized, engaged and committed; and fierce appreciation for our teams, who are rewarded with highly competitive pay and generous benefits and perks.

Additional Information

Hiring team: medicalaccommodations@navyfederal.org | 1-888-503-6013