Platform Engineer - FedD180/FedD181
Core
Build, maintain, and improve Kubernetes clusters, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud infrastructure for a secure, mission-critical platform serving U.S. government agencies.
Role type
Senior Platform Engineer (DevOps/SRE)
Builds
Cloud-native platform environment, automated deployment pipelines, and secure containerized application deployments
Domain
Defense technology, Cloud Infrastructure, DevSecOps
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Kubernetes administration, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Pulumi), CI/CD pipeline management, Linux/Unix administration, Cloud platform expertise (AWS), Containerization (Docker), YAML/CRDs/Helm, Problem-solving
Preferred skills
DoD 8570 IAT II certification, UDS Core/Iron Bank experience, C-ATO processes, Observability tooling (Prometheus/Grafana), Programming (Go/Python/Bash), GitOps workflows, ADRs/Runbooks
Technologies
Kubernetes, AWS, EKS, RKE2, GitLab CI, Keycloak, Terraform, Pulumi, Docker, Helm, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Flux, ArgoCD
Responsibilities
Build and maintain Kubernetes clusters and containerized deployments; Develop and manage infrastructure as code; Own and improve CI/CD pipelines; Support identity and access management; Implement monitoring, alerting, and logging; Manage certificate lifecycle; Contribute to platform security posture; Collaborate with application teams to troubleshoot issues; Write and maintain technical documentation; Participate in on-call rotations; Mentor junior engineers
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC