Platform Engineer

Dark Wolf is seeking a Platform Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure and services, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security of cloud-based applications.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with cloud computing technologies and platforms such as Kubernetes, AWS, and Terraform.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deploy and maintain common Kubernetes platform services on cloud-native architecture.
• Integrate a Kubernetes platform with common enterprise services to meet organisational security requirements.
• Implement secure automation, effective monitoring, and Infrastructure as Code.
• Deploy and maintain Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines across multiple environments.
• Support and collaborate with a cross-functional engineering team on the latest technologies.
• Develop and iterate best practices to increase the quality and velocity of deployments.
• Implement industry best practices for system hardening and configuration management.

Required Qualifications:

• 0-4+ years of experience with commercial cloud service providers such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Experience designing and deploying self-managed Kubernetes to commercial cloud platforms.
• Experience integrating and providing cloud platform services within a Kubernetes cluster.
• Experience designing Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform.
• Experience with DevSecOps tools and processes such as GitLab CI, Artifactory, ArgoCD, FluxCD, Helm, Kustomize.
• Demonstrated knowledge in Agile, Scrum, DevSecOps processes, and DoD cybersecurity requirements.
• Solid problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and critical thinking abilities.
• B.A. or B.S. in Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, or related discipline (or relevant experience in lieu of a degree).
• DoD Approved 8570 Baseline Certifications (e.g., CompTia Security+ CE Certification).
• US Citizenship and an active DoD Secret security clearance or higher.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with Oracle and PostgreSQL DBMS.
• Experience deploying and maintaining Platform One's Big Bang suite of tools.
• Experience working with the DHA.
• Experience with DoD FedRAMP authorised cloud platforms such as AWS GovCloud and/or Cloud One.
• Experience standing up and maintaining AWS services including RDS, EMR, ECR, EKS, and S3.
• Experience deploying Kubernetes using Rancher RKE2.
• Knowledge of the Risk Management Framework (RMF) accreditation process and security requirements.
• Experience using DISA enterprise security products including HBSS and ACAS and performing security hardening to satisfy STIG requirements.
• Experience installing and configuring a service mesh for cluster ingress/egress, mTLS, and authorisation and authentication of services.
• Experience providing Identity Management services within a cloud or Kubernetes environment such as Open ID Connect (OIDC) or SAML SSO.

This position is local to the Falls Church, VA area, with attendance on site required about 50% of the time. The compensation for this role is estimated to be approximately $125,000.00-$150,000.00 commensurate on experience.