OpenShift Platform Engineer - Bare-Metal to IaC Expert

Peraton; Columbus (OH); Hybrid; USD 112,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Platform Engineer to stand up bare-metal OpenShift and manage it with Terraform and Ansible. You will assess OpenShift against Spectro Cloud and drive a transition to IaC provisioning, while minimizing manual installs.

The role requires DoD security credentials and US citizenship, with occasional telework within 50 miles of several US bases. Responsibilities include cluster lifecycle, core service deployment, and ongoing compliance with STIGs and security policies, plus

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years with BS/BA; minimum 6 years with MS/MA.
• 5+ years of platform/systems engineering with hands-on Kubernetes-based platform experience.
• US Citizenship and Active DoD Secret clearance.
• DoD 8570/8140 compliant certification.
• Hands-on OpenShift on bare metal and IaC tooling (Terraform/Ansible).
• Experience with virtualization/cloud orchestration (Spectro Cloud/VMware).
• Strong Linux (RHEL) administration and security posture skills.
• Ability to document architecture, licensing tradeoffs, and operational considerations.

Responsibilities

• Stand up and operate a bare-metal OpenShift container platform.
• Drive IaC provisioning using Terraform and Ansible.
• Support OpenShift vs Spectro Cloud feasibility assessments.
• Manage OpenShift lifecycle: install, upgrade, patch, scale, day-2 ops.
• Deploy core services including DNS and apply STIGs.
• Monitor health, performance, and capacity; manage logs/alerts.
• Support OCONUS bootstrap activities and physical hardware setup.
• Document platform architecture and operational procedures.

Skills

Kubernetes-based platform engineering

OpenShift administration

Terraform

Ansible

Linux (RHEL)

Infrastructure-as-code

DISA SIPR access

US Citizenship

DoD Secret clearance

Documentation skills

Education

BS/BA in related field

MS/MA in related field

Tools

Spectro Cloud

VMware

GitOps (ArgoCD/Flux)

Job description

Peraton is seeking a Platform Engineer to stand up bare-metal OpenShift and manage it with Terraform and Ansible. You will assess OpenShift against Spectro Cloud and drive a transition to IaC provisioning, while minimizing manual installs.

The role requires DoD security credentials and US citizenship, with occasional telework within 50 miles of several US bases. Responsibilities include cluster lifecycle, core service deployment, and ongoing compliance with STIGs and security policies, plus