Pgtek
AI Platform Engineer - TS/SCI with CI Poly
McLean, Virginia, United States · Full-time
No sponsorship$125k-$185kDetected 48 days ago
TypeScriptPythonGoBashGitElasticsearchAWSAzureDockerKubernetesTerraformCI/CDGitHub ActionsJenkinsLinuxPrometheusGrafanaDatadogDevOpsSite Reliability EngineeringPlatform EngineeringCybersecurityNetwork SecurityTCP/IP
About the role
- The ideal candidate combines deep expertise in cloud-native technologies, Kubernetes administration, DevOps practices, and automation with strong problem-solving and collaboration skills.
- Diagnose and resolve complex performance issues affecting Kubernetes clusters and applications.
- Communicate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Kubernetes & Platform Engineering Design, deploy, secure, maintain, and upgrade highly available Kubernetes clusters across cloud and on-premises environments.
- Manage Kubernetes control plane components, worker nodes, and supporting infrastructure.
- Implement and maintain containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes best practices.
- Configure and manage Kubernetes resources including Pods, Deployments, StatefulSets, Services, Ingress, ConfigMaps, Secrets, Persistent Volumes, and Namespaces.
- Support advanced networking configurations, including CNI plugins, network policies, service meshes, and DNS services.
- Security & Compliance Implement security best practices across Kubernetes environments.
- Manage RBAC, admission controllers, vulnerability scanning, secret management, and network security controls.
- Support secure deployment practices and infrastructure hardening initiatives.
- DevOps & Automation Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for containerized applications.
- Develop infrastructure as code (IaC) solutions using Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation, or similar tools.
Requirements
- Strong understanding of Kubernetes networking, service meshes, and cluster architecture.
- Experience with CI/CD platforms such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Tekton, Argo Workflows, or similar.
- Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code tools including Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation.
- Experience with GitOps tools such as Argo CD.
Nice to have
- Additionally, PGTEK offers a matching 401(k) plan and a discount on pet insurance through ASPCA Pet Insurance.
- An Employee Assistance Program is available at no cost to all employees.
- ABOUT PGTEK PGTEK is a true consulting organization dedicated to helping clients achieve their business and technology objectives utilizing our decades of experience and business relationships.
- Our company is our people, and we treat them like family.
Compensation
- $125k-$185k
This listing is sourced directly from Pgtek's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.