Platform Engineer with Security Clearance

Platform Engineer
Location: Chantilly, Virginia Job Description:

• Serve as a Platform Engineer
• Design, deploy, maintain, and secure platform infrastructure. Support data integration efforts
• Build, maintain, and optimize underlying infrastructure to support Artificial Intelligence (AI) workloads.

Qualifications

• Cluster Management: Extensive experience with Kubernetes clusters to include: o Designing, deploying, securing, maintaining o Upgrading highly available and scalable (e.g., EKS, AKS, GKE, OpenShift, or self-managed) o Including the control plane components, worker nodes, and their interactions
• Containerization & Orchestration: Proficient with Docker and containerization best practices
• Networking: Strong understanding of Kubernetes networking concepts
• Security: Expertise in securing Kubernetes environments and network security
• Performance & Optimization: Optimize resources and implement best practices for cluster tuning
• CI/CD Tooling: Hands-on experience with popular CI/CD platforms like Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Proficiency with tools such as Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation
• Experience with Helm charts and customize for Kubernetes application packaging and deployment.
• Automation Scripting: Strong scripting skills in languages like Python, Go, Bash, or similar
• Linux/Unix: Background in Linux, including networking, file systems, and process management
• Relevant certifications such as: o CKA, CKAD, CKS, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Azure DevOps Engineer Expert.

Additional Qualifications

• Experience with Kubernetes operators, custom resource definitions (CRDs)
• Building internal developer platforms (IDPs)
• Travel up to 20% of the time, as required, to perform on-site installations, maintenance
• Have current IAM Level II to satisfy DOD 8570 IAT requirements Active DoD TS/SCI with a Counterintelligence Polygraph (CIP) Clearance

Job Type: Full-time