DevOps Platform Engineer

CACI•Fairfax, VA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

As a Platform Engineer, you will be part of an Agile development team where you will support the architecture, development, configuration, and evaluation of signals intelligence, radar, and communications prototype development systems, related software systems, and development environments for our Navy customer. Your area of work will include serving as an engineer for efforts related to the Kubernetes platform and DevSecOps pipeline to enhance CI/CD, improve system reliability, ensure configuration management, and leverage automation for scalable deployments.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, Math, or equivalent experience
Active TOP SECRET security clearance with SCI eligibility
Willing to work onsite
3+ years of related work experience in a platform, DevOps, software, or similar engineering role
2+ years of hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, including HELM, Ansible, Puppet, or Chef
Proven experience deploying and managing Kubernetes on bare-metal servers in multi-node clusters
Demonstrated experience with Linux operating systems- preferably Red Hat Linux
Demonstrated experience with one or more of the following or similar: Git, Ansible, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, Packer, Python, Vagrant
Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams
Experience hardening operating systems and containers to meet DoD cybersecurity standards
Proven ability to diagnose and resolve issues, maintain, configure, and troubleshoot hardware and software components

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with advanced Kubernetes ecosystem tools such as Rook, Ceph, MetalLB, Artifactory, and ActiveMQ
Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, and PowerShell
Thorough understanding and application of DevOps principles and methodologies
Experience implementing IaC in hybrid Linux and Windows environments
Certifications in relevant technologies (e.g., CKA, CKAD, AWS, Azure, or GCP certifications)
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, or GitHub Actions)
Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack)
Experience with Active Directory/FreeIPA integration and management

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain infrastructure as code (IaC)
Execute Kubernetes cluster setup, enhancements, and maintenance projects
Collaborate with engineering team to design and implement IaC to integrate successfully with hardware/software architecture
Collaborate across multiple teams to integrate and deploy containerized services into Kubernetes
Collaborate with developer and integration teams to ensure reliable and scalable deployments
Utilize some or all of the following: Git, Ansible, GitLab, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, Vagrant, or similar tools to build, package, deploy, and analyze artifacts, applications, containers, and virtual machines to various environments
Create and maintain comprehensive documentation