AKS Platform Engineer: Secure, Scalable Cloud

George Consulting, Ltd.; North Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

George Consulting, Ltd. is seeking an Azure Kubernetes Engineer to design, operate, secure, and modernize containerized workloads across the USMC enterprise ecosystem.

You will manage AKS lifecycles, implement GitOps, and ensure DoD/USMC security requirements while delivering scalable, resilient container platforms.

This role emphasizes cloud-native engineering, platform reliability, and integration with on-prem components and CI/CD pipelines.

Qualifications

• Active Secret clearance required.
• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering or related field.
• Security+ (IAT II) or equivalent DoD 8570 certification.
• 6–10+ years of Kubernetes, container platforms, cloud-native engineering, and Azure operations.
• Deep experience with AKS clusters, Helm, GitOps, YAML, ingress controllers, service mesh, and observability tools.
• Strong Linux system administration skills.
• Hands-on IaC tools (Terraform, Bicep) and automation scripting.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain AKS clusters for mission applications and enterprise workloads.
• Engineer scalable namespaces, node pools, cluster profiles, and upgrade strategies.
• Develop reusable Kubernetes components including Helm charts, operators, and GitOps bundles.
• Monitor and optimize AKS clusters, workloads, registries, and networking.
• Lead security, RMF compliance, and container hardening across platforms.
• Onboard teams, provide guidance, and produce deployment runbooks and architecture diagrams.

Skills

Active Secret clearance

Linux administration

Kubernetes

Helm

GitOps

YAML

Istio/Service mesh

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

AKS

Terraform

Bicep

Azure DevOps

CodeQL

Job description

George Consulting, Ltd. is seeking an Azure Kubernetes Engineer to design, operate, secure, and modernize containerized workloads across the USMC enterprise ecosystem.

You will manage AKS lifecycles, implement GitOps, and ensure DoD/USMC security requirements while delivering scalable, resilient container platforms.

This role emphasizes cloud-native engineering, platform reliability, and integration with on-prem components and CI/CD pipelines.