Kubernetes Platform Engineer

Kubernetes SME / Engineer
Location: Wright Patterson AFB, OH

Our client is looking for a senior Kubernetes resource who will help the team expand its classified, on-prem private-cloud environment toward containerized workloads and eventually a hybrid/public-cloud architecture, initially emphasizing AWS.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in platform engineering or systems engineering within classified environments

• 5+ years of experience with cloud environments, programming languages, and supporting CI/CD

• Experience supporting Kubernetes networking, including concepts such as Services, Ingress, network policies, load balancing, DNS, and Container Network Interface (CNI) technologies

• Experience designing and troubleshooting networks supporting containerized or microservices-based applications

• Experience with network automation and Infrastructure as Code, using technologies such as Python, Ansible, or Terraform

• Experience operating production Kubernetes clusters and creating technical documentation, system diagrams, and SOPs

• Experience with Linux‑based systems such as RedHat or CentOS, Linux administration and networking particularly in environments supporting Kubernetes or container platforms, and scripting languages such as Python or Bash

• Knowledge of Kubernetes networking, container registry management, and image‑hardening approaches

• TS/SCI clearance

• HS diploma or GED

Nice to Have Skills

• Experience operating AWS EKS

• Experience managing and deploying applications in an air-gapped environment

• Experience with Agile development methodologies and working on Agile teams using collaboration tools, including Jira, Confluence, or Discourse

• Experience with technologies such as Calico, Cilium, Flannel, Istio, service mesh, VMware NSX, Cisco ACI, F5, cloud networking, Helm, Terraform, and GitOps

• Knowledge of cloud‑native tooling or vulnerability‑analysis concepts

• Knowledge of modernization frameworks used across mission programs

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Cybersecurity, or technical discipline.