Senior Cloud Platform Engineer – 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, using Azure services, AKS, Terraform/Terragrunt, and GitOps workflows. The position supports a Federal Government customer and requires U.S. citizenship and the ability to maintain a High Risk Public Trust designation; a Public Trust, Secret, or Top Secret clearance is referenced in the role description. The position is fully remote within the continental United States, with 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.
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 Public Trust is specified.
- 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, including Azure Monitor and Log Analytics/KQL.
- Ability to work independently with minimal guidance to achieve technical objectives.
- Excellent communication skills and comfort collaborating with diverse technical teams.
- Continuous alignment with and adherence to AnaVation’s core values.
- Full-time support during core Eastern Time business hours; support outside core business hours may be required for outages, updates, upgrades, and other needs.
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.
- Infrastructure-as-code/DevOps certifications, including HashiCorp/Terraform certifications.
- 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 with Terraform and Terragrunt.
- Implement GitOps using 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, including monitoring, alerting, KQL dashboards, incident response, and performance tuning.
Benefits
- Generous cost sharing for medical insurance for the employee and dependents.
- Company-paid dental insurance for employees and dependents.
- Company-paid long-term and short-term disability insurance.
- Company-paid vision insurance for employees and dependents.
- 401(k) plan with a generous match and 100% immediate vesting.
- Competitive pay.
- Generous paid leave and holiday package.
- Tuition and training reimbursement.
- Life and AD&D insurance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
