Platform Engineer

Job Requirements McLean, VA Top Secret/SCI CI Polygraph Career Level not specified $200,000 - $250,000

Job Description Platform Engineer Location:

Mclean, 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)

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