Cloud Platform Engineer - AWS, Kubernetes & GitOps

ecsfederal; Virginia (MN); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Everforth ECS is seeking a Cloud Platforms Engineer to work remotely on containerization, orchestration in AWS, and building/operating containers and Kubernetes. The role is hands-on and focuses on deploying cloud environments and supporting teams.

You will author Dockerfiles, Helm/Kustomize configurations, GitLab CI/CD pipelines, and Terraform code. Collaborate with engineering and security to deliver repeatable infrastructure and improve deployment pipelines for reliability and security.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of related work experience.
• U.S. Citizen. Ability to obtain DHS Public Trust clearance.
• Containers: Dockerfiles from scratch with multi-stage builds and non-root execution.
• Kubernetes: Deployments, StatefulSets, DaemonSets, Services, Ingress, RBAC.
• Kubernetes Troubleshooting using kubectl, logs, events, and describe.
• Reliability & Security: resource requests/limits, probes, and security contexts.
• Helm: charts, templates, values, and environment-specific configurations.
• Kustomize: bases/overlays, patches, and image transformations.
• GitLab CI/CD: pipelines with stages, artifacts, caching, and secrets.
• Terraform: IaC including modules, remote state, and dependencies.
• Git/YAML: strong version control and maintainable configs.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate containerized platforms and Kubernetes environments in AWS.
• Develop, maintain, and optimize Dockerfiles for application containerization.
• Author and maintain Helm charts and Kustomize configurations for Kubernetes deployments.
• Build and improve GitLab CI/CD pipelines to automate application and infrastructure deployments.
• Develop and maintain Terraform Infrastructure as Code for Cloud resources and platform services.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and deployment processes.
• Improve deployment pipelines to increase reliability, repeatability, and efficiency.
• Support ongoing operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of container and Kubernetes platforms.
• Other duties, as assigned.

Skills

Containerization

Kubernetes

AWS

Docker

Helm

Kustomize

GitLab CI/CD

Terraform

Git

YAML

GitOps

CI/CD pipelines

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Dockerfiles

Helm charts

Kustomize configurations

Flux

Argo CD

Buildah/BuildKit

Job description

Everforth ECS is seeking a Cloud Platforms Engineer to work remotely on containerization, orchestration in AWS, and building/operating containers and Kubernetes. The role is hands-on and focuses on deploying cloud environments and supporting teams.

You will author Dockerfiles, Helm/Kustomize configurations, GitLab CI/CD pipelines, and Terraform code. Collaborate with engineering and security to deliver repeatable infrastructure and improve deployment pipelines for reliability and security.