Platform Engineer (1017)

Position Overview This position is for a Platform Engineer supporting the Army Edge Computing Capability (AECC)project that ALTESS is fielding for the US Army. The AECC solution is a containerized, Kubernetes-based, multitenant hosting environment for hosting Army enterprise and tactical applications. AECC is utilizing Kubernetes and potentially Red Hat OpenShift to implement a cloud-native, software-defined infrastructure across multiple global sites. ALTESS provides value-added common and managed services built on top of the Kubernetes foundation, which hosted Army applications will require. ALTESS is a managed service provider (MSP) and hosting services provider for Army applications. ALTESS is a Product Lead office under Capability Program Executive (CPE) Enterprise Software and Services (CPE ES2).

Quick Facts Location:

Radford, VA (Hybrid telework/onsite as needed)

Security Clearance:

Active DoD Secret Citizenship:

US Citizenship Required Education:

Bachelor s degree or higher in an IT-related field

Experience:

Mid-to-senior level experience building and administering enterprise Kubernetes clusters

Work Schedule:

Full-time Mandatory Certifications Baseline:

Security+ or equivalent DoD 8570.01-

M IAT Level II Computing Environment:

Must obtain a certification (CKA, Red Hat OpenShift Specialist, or CKS) within 6 months of hire

Key Responsibilities Architecture Support:

Collaborate with Government engineers to maintain the AECC Kubernetes platform.

IaC Deployment:

Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code pipelines for platform deployment and sustainment.

Platform Administration:

Perform daily patching and upgrades of all Kubernetes components, including the control plane and worker nodes.

Namespace Provisioning:

Utilize IaC to provision customer namespaces and containerized workloads for hosted applications.

Required Technical Skills Cluster Administration:

Proficiency in building and configuring enterprise Kubernetes clusters.

Kubernetes Networking:

Understanding of CNI plugins (Calico, Cilium), ingress controllers, and DNS management.

Image Management:

Experience with container registries like Harbor or Red Hat Quay.

Automation:

Strong skills in Ansible, Terraform, and Python.

Preferred Skills & Experience DoD Policy:

Knowledge of DoD STIGs and the IAVM process.

DevSecOps:

Familiarity with integrating CI/CD pipelines for containerized workloads.

What We Can Offer You Excellence:

The chance to be part of a company that has a reputation for excellence in task execution.

Time Off:

Full-time associates receive 3 weeks of paid vacation each year plus 11 federal holidays.

Health Benefits:

Comprehensive Medical (Blue Cross Blue Shield), Secondary Insurance, Dental, and Vision.

Financial Security:

401K program with Fidelity (including company match) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA).

Insurance:

Short-term and Long-term Disability at no cost, plus Voluntary Life and AD&D options.

Salary Range:

$101,000-$145,000