Platform Engineer - FedD180/FedD181

EMPLOYER IS A CONTRACTOR FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. THIS POSITION WILL REQUIRE AN ACTIVE SECRET CLEARANCE TO APPLY.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and improve Kubernetes clusters and containerized application deployments across cloud environments (AWS, EKS, RKE2)
• Develop and manage infrastructure as code (IaC) to provision and configure platform resources consistently and repeatably
• Own and improve CI/CD pipelines, including GitLab CI configuration, runner deployments, and automated build and deployment workflows
• Support identity and access management through tools such as Keycloak, including user onboarding, role configuration, and troubleshooting
• Implement and maintain monitoring, alerting, and logging to ensure platform health and support incident investigation
• Manage certificate lifecycle operations, including renewal of public certificates and related automation
• Contribute to platform security posture through container security practices, Iron Bank image compliance, and support for ATO processes
• Collaborate with application teams to troubleshoot deployment issues, broken pipelines, and platform integration problems
• Write and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, architecture decision records (ADRs), and operational standards
• Influence the strategic vision by contributing to the strategic planning that aligns technological advancements with the mission objectives.
• Participate in on-call rotations and support platform incidents in a tier 2 role
• Mentor and support junior engineers through pairing, code reviews, and knowledge sharing
• The listed responsibilities are not exhaustive and additional responsibilities may be assigned based on the evolving needs of the organization. We are seeking a dynamic individual who is able to adapt and take on new responsibilities as they arise.
• Travel Expectations/Requirements: 5-10%

Minimum Experience and Qualifications

Preferred Experience and Qualifications

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes (deploying, managing, and troubleshooting clusters and workloads)
• Experience with infrastructure as code tools (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi, or similar)
• Experience with cloud platforms, preferably AWS (EC2, EKS, IAM, S3, VPC)
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker, container image builds, registry management)
• Experience with UDS Core, Iron Bank, and/or Continuous Authority to Operate (C-ATO) processes
• Familiarity with identity and access management platforms such as Keycloak or similar
• Experience with monitoring and observability tooling (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, or similar)
• Familiarity with GitOps workflows and tools (e.g., Flux, ArgoCD)
• Experience with distributed architectures and everything-as-code approaches