Senior Platform Engineer with Security Clearance

Senior Platform Engineer Location: Mclean, Virginia Job Description: • Serve as a Senior 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