Platform Engineer (Job ID:4305)
About The Position
Valkyrie Enterprises is hiring a Platform Engineer in Virginia Beach, VA to support the design, deployment, and sustainment of resilient cloud and edge-based platform infrastructure. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in Kubernetes, Linux systems engineering, and cloud-native infrastructure. This role will focus on building secure, highly available, and fault-tolerant environments capable of operating in disconnected, degraded, intermittent, and low-bandwidth (DIL) environments. The Platform Engineer will work closely with software, networking, cybersecurity, and systems engineering teams to deliver scalable and mission-focused platform solutions supporting operational requirements within complex environments.
Requirements
- Bachelors Degree and at least 5 years of experience in Platform Engineering and Linux systems.
- Experience working with Microsoft Office Suite (I.e., Project and Excel).
- Active Secret Security Clearance and base access requirements.
Nice To Haves
- 10 years of experience in Combat System Engineering
- 10 years of experience in Mission Readiness Assessment
- 10 years of experience in Software Support
- 10 years of experience in Cybersecurity Requirements
- Experience supporting naval, tactical edge, air-gapped, or disconnected systems, preferred.
- Experience with VMware ESXi 8.x environments, preferred.
- Knowledge of platform security best practices and Zero Trust Concepts, preferred.
- Engineering or a Technical BS degree from an ABET accredited school, preferred.
- Engineering or a Technical AS degree from an ABET accredited school, preferred.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement scalable cloud-native and multi-tier architectures
- Develop highly available, fault-tolerant and multi-region platforms solutions.
- Deploy, configure, and maintain Kubernetes clusters using k0s, k3s or upstream Kubernetes
- Optimize cluster resource utilization through requests, limits, and quotas
- Configure networking, ingress, and service routing within Kubernetes environments
- Administer and harden Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) environments.
- Configure routing, DNS, and firewalling capabilities
- Develop declarative provisioning workflows using Terraform or equivalent IaC tools
Benefits
- medical/dental/vision options
- company paid life and disability insurances
- 401k with match
- education reimbursement
- company paid holidays
- paid time off (PTO)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
