Mission-Critical Platform Engineer: Kubernetes & DevSecOps

Clarity Innovations, LLC; Herndon (VA); Hybrid; USD 113,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Clarity Innovations in Herndon, VA is seeking a senior Platform Engineer to design and operate Kubernetes-based cloud systems across AWS/Azure. You will bridge development and production, applying Terraform, Crossplane, Ansible, and IaC to deliver scalable, secure solutions that support national security missions.

The role emphasizes CI/CD GitOps, automation, and observability with Prometheus, Grafana, Helm, and Istio, while maintaining zero-trust security.

Qualifications

• Mission-focused mindset aimed at cyber dominance to support warfighter objectives.
• Top Secret security clearance required.
• Bachelor's degree or 4 years hands-on engineering experience.
• 8+ years in Platform/Full Stack engineering or similar roles.
• Proficient with Kubernetes in production environments.
• Experience with Prometheus monitoring and Helm packaging.
• CI/CD with GitOps deployments and automated pipelines.
• Familiarity with Terraform, IaC, and containerization.

Responsibilities

• Lead design of Kubernetes and cloud-based systems (AWS/Azure).
• Provision and manage IaC with Terraform, Crossplane, or Ansible.
• Manage environments using KIND to bridge dev and production.
• Deploy and maintain AI workloads to solve customer challenges.
• Identify bottlenecks and optimize stack performance.
• Deploy, manage, and maintain Kubernetes across environments.
• Monitor/workloads with Prometheus and Grafana; use Helm/Kustomize.
• Implement Istio for service mesh and network policies.

Skills

Kubernetes

Terraform

Crossplane

Ansible

KIND

Istio

Helm

Kustomize

Prometheus

Grafana

Docker

Go

Python

CI/CD

GitOps

IaC

OpenID Connect

KeyCloak

Foundry

HITL

Cross Domain Solutions

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Engineering/Computer Science/IT

Tools

Docker

Job description

Clarity Innovations in Herndon, VA is seeking a senior Platform Engineer to design and operate Kubernetes-based cloud systems across AWS/Azure. You will bridge development and production, applying Terraform, Crossplane, Ansible, and IaC to deliver scalable, secure solutions that support national security missions.

The role emphasizes CI/CD GitOps, automation, and observability with Prometheus, Grafana, Helm, and Istio, while maintaining zero-trust security.