Senior Cloud Platform Engineer – REMOTE

AnaVation•Washington, DC

4d•Remote

About The Position

AnaVation is seeking a remote Senior Cloud Platform Engineer to build, deploy, and operate a cloud-native platform that processes and analyzes digital evidence for legal investigations. The environment is highly containerized and automated, centered on Azure services, AKS, Terraform/Terragrunt, and GitOps workflows. The position can be performed anywhere in the continental United States and requires full-time support during core Eastern Time business hours to align with the Government customer in Washington, DC. Support outside core business hours may be required for outages, updates, upgrades, and other needs. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, have experience supporting the Federal Government, and hold at least a Public Trust clearance or be able to maintain a High Risk Public Trust designation. The role includes operating and optimizing AKS, managing infrastructure as code and GitOps deployments, maintaining containerized workloads, managing Azure networking, identity, security, and data services, and owning platform reliability through monitoring, alerting, incident response, and performance tuning. Compensation is listed at $85,678.38–$200,993.63 per year; final compensation depends on business needs, local market conditions, internal equity, and the selected candidate’s skills, education, and experience.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
At least five years of hands-on experience in cloud platform engineering, SRE, or DevOps roles.
Experience supporting large, distributed systems within the Federal Government.
U.S. citizenship and ability to maintain a High Risk Public Trust designation; minimum clearance is Public Trust.
Deep hands-on experience with Azure, AKS, and Kubernetes operations; AWS experience may be considered in lieu of Azure.
Deep hands-on experience with Docker, Helm, and Kustomize.
Deep hands-on experience with Terraform, Terragrunt, and modular infrastructure as code.
Strong GitOps experience with Argo CD and GitHub workflows.
Strong experience with platform observability tools such as Azure Monitor and Log Analytics/KQL.
Self-motivation and self-sufficiency to achieve technical objectives with minimal guidance.
Excellent communication skills and comfort collaborating with diverse technical teams.
Continuous alignment with and adherence to AnaVation’s core values.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Azure Government and/or AWS GovCloud/C2S/SC2S.
Active Secret or Top Secret clearance.
Azure certifications such as Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Administrator, and/or Developer.
Kubernetes certifications such as CKA, CKAD, or CKS.
IaC/DevOps certifications such as HashiCorp/Terraform.
AWS certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional, DevOps Engineer Professional, Developer, and/or SysOps Administrator.
Familiarity with cloud cost optimization strategies.

Responsibilities

Operate and optimize AKS, including upgrades, scaling, node pools, and troubleshooting.
Build and manage infrastructure as code using Terraform and Terragrunt.
Implement GitOps with Argo CD and GitHub workflows.
Deploy and maintain containerized workloads using Docker, Helm, and Kustomize.
Manage Azure networking, identity, and security, including VNets, Private Link, RBAC, and Key Vault.
Run Azure data services, including PostgreSQL Flexible Server, Service Bus, Redis, AI Search, Storage, and ACR.
Own platform reliability through monitoring, alerting, KQL dashboards, incident response, and performance tuning.
Provide full-time support during core Eastern Time business hours and support outside those hours as needed for outages, updates, upgrades, and other needs.