Mission-Critical Platform Engineer - Kubernetes & DevSecOps

Socket.dev; Augusta (GA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Clarity Innovations is a trusted national security partner delivering software and data engineering to empower IC and DoD missions. You will join a team designing, implementing, and fielding a provisioning and procurement system that curation of infrastructure providers, enables planning, and automatic instantiation of pathways per plans.

The role emphasizes a Whatever It Takes mindset, with on-site at government locations 1–2 days weekly, and opportunities to shape Offensive Cyberspace

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, IT, or related discipline (or 4+ years hands-on experience).
• 4+ years industry experience as Platform or Full Stack Engineer in a security-focused environment.
• Experience with Kubernetes in production environments.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and GitOps deployments.
• Familiarity with IaC tools (Terraform, Crossplane) and cloud providers (AWS/Azure).
• Strong collaboration, communication, and ability to work in a mission-driven team.

Responsibilities

• Research, design, and implement Kubernetes and cloud-based systems (AWS/Azure).
• Provision and manage IaC using Terraform, Crossplane, or Ansible; manage environments with KIND.
• Deploy and operate Kubernetes clusters; monitor workloads with Prometheus and Grafana at scale.
• Design and operate DevSecOps pipelines; enforce security (FIPS, Zero Trust, identity mgmt).
• Drive automation to reduce manual work and improve reliability; support incident response and recovery.

Skills

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Go/Python

Security mindset

Team collaboration

Cloud platforms

Containerization

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Crossplane

KIND

Helm

Kustomize

Prometheus

Grafana

Docker

Podman

Job description

Clarity Innovations is a trusted national security partner delivering software and data engineering to empower IC and DoD missions. You will join a team designing, implementing, and fielding a provisioning and procurement system that curation of infrastructure providers, enables planning, and automatic instantiation of pathways per plans.

The role emphasizes a Whatever It Takes mindset, with on-site at government locations 1–2 days weekly, and opportunities to shape Offensive Cyberspace