Careers · R-015
Platform Engineer
Chantilly, VA · Full-time · Onsite · TS/SCI with Full-Scope Poly
Chantilly, VAFull-time · OnsiteTS/SCI with Full-Scope Poly
Build and run the container platform behind a federal national security mission. You’ll stand up and harden Kubernetes environments, automate infrastructure end to end, and give development teams a secure, reliable path from commit to production.
What you’ll do
- Build and operate Kubernetes clusters and deploy workloads with Helm
- Provision cloud infrastructure as code with Terraform
- Automate configuration management with Ansible and/or Puppet
- Administer and harden RHEL systems to security baselines
- Design and enforce AWS IAM roles, policies, and least-privilege access
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines that move code to production safely
- Troubleshoot platform issues and partner with development teams on reliability
What you bring
- Hands-on Kubernetes administration and Helm chart development
- Terraform for infrastructure as code in production
- Ansible and/or Puppet configuration management
- Strong RHEL / Linux system administration
- AWS experience, especially IAM design and access control
- Building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
- Scripting for automation: Bash, Python, or similar
- Comfort working in secure, compliance-driven environments
- Clear communication with engineering and mission teams
Bonus points
Jenkins / GitLab CIArgo CD / GitOpsOpenShift / RKE2DockerDISA STIG automationContainer security scanningPrometheus / GrafanaAWS GovCloudCKA / CKSRHCEAWS certificationA&A / ATO experience
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