Platform Engineer

Teledyne FLIR; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated is seeking a Platform Engineer to join the Huntsville OPS Center. You will build and modernize critical infrastructure, focusing on Kubernetes, OpenShift, and virtualization to support both modern and legacy systems.

You will work with ArgoCD, Argo Workflows, GitLab, and IaC practices to enable CI/CD pipelines and automation, including in-house AI initiatives. This role is based in Huntsville, AL, involved in NASA missions and Artemis program operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field or equivalent experience.
• Hands-on Kubernetes experience across multiple distributions including OpenShift and EKS.
• Strong Linux administration in Red Hat, Ubuntu, Debian, and Windows.
• Fluent CLI proficiency with oc, kubectl, virtctl, and Linux utilities.
• Experience with AWS Cloud; GitOps using ArgoCD and GitLab.
• Configuration management with Ansible; OpenShift Virtualization.
• Observability with Prometheus/Grafana and Splunk for logs.

Responsibilities

• Infrastructure management: build and manage Kubernetes across OpenShift, Charm Kubernetes, and AWS EKS/OpenShift.
• GitOps & CI/CD: implement IaC pipelines using ArgoCD, Argo Workflows, and GitLab.
• Platform tooling: maintain GitLab, Red Hat Satellite, and Prometheus/Grafana.
• Troubleshooting: escalate and resolve complex Kubernetes issues across legacy environments.
• Architectural guidance: design robust Kubernetes-based solutions as projects evolve.
• AI infrastructure support: assist in in-house AI infra on Red Hat OpenShift and Poolside.ai.

Skills

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Charm Kubernetes

AWS EKS/OpenShift

GitOps

ArgoCD

Argo Workflows

GitLab

Linux administration

Prometheus/Grafana

Splunk

Ansible

OpenShift Virtualization

OC/kubectl

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

OpenShift

Charm Kubernetes

AWS EKS/OpenShift

GitLab

ArgoCD

Argo Workflows

Prometheus/Grafana

Loki

Splunk

Ansible

Red Hat Satellite

Kubernetes

OC

Job description

Job Description

Be visionary Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research. We are looking for individuals who thrive on making an impact and want the excitement of being on a team that wins.

About the Team and Role

We are seeking a dedicated Platform Engineer with five+ years' experience to join our Platform Engineering group at the Huntsville Operations Support Center (HOSC). Our team is responsible for building, managing, and modernizing critical systems infrastructure. We provide cutting-edge Kubernetes containerization and virtualization solutions designed to support both modern architecture and legacy systems. In this role, you will be at the forefront of our infrastructure modernization efforts, ensuring our platforms are scalable, secure, and highly available. You will work heavily with Kubernetes, GitOps workflows, and automation tools to empower developers and support critical operations—including emerging in-house AI initiatives. This is a terrific opportunity to apply your technical skills to NASA's historic efforts, including sustaining operations on the International Space Station (ISS) and powering the Artemis program-which is sending humans back to the Moon and laying the foundation for Mars exploration. Be part of the team in Huntsville, Alabama - Rocket City-driving advancements in human spaceflight and helping shape the future of exploration.

Core Responsibilities

• Infrastructure Management: Build, deploy, and manage Kubernetes infrastructure across multiple distributions, including OpenShift, Charm Kubernetes, and AWS EKS/OpenShift.
• GitOps & CI/CD: Architect and build Kubernetes solutions using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) techniques, utilizing ArgoCD and Argo Workflows for continuous delivery and GitLab for CI/CD pipelines.
• Platform Tooling: Manage, maintain, and optimize core infrastructure tools such as GitLab, Red Hat Satellite, and Prometheus/Grafana to support both modern and legacy environments.
• Troubleshooting & Support: Act as an escalation point to troubleshoot complex, Kubernetes-based issues and provide operational support for legacy Linux and Windows virtualization solutions.
• Architectural Guidance: Design and provide robust Kubernetes-based architectural solutions as project requirements evolve.
• AI Infrastructure Support: Support and maintain infrastructure for in-house Artificial Intelligence efforts based on Red Hat AI on OpenShift and Poolside.ai.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent comparable experience).
• Kubernetes Expertise: Proven hands-on experience with Kubernetes distributions, specifically OpenShift, Charm Kubernetes, EKS and OpenShift in AWS GovCloud.
• Operating Systems: Strong administration skills in Linux environments (Red Hat/RHEL, Ubuntu, Debian, Windows).
• CLI Proficiency: Fluent in essential command-line tools including oc, kubectl, virtctl, and standard Linux CLI utilities.
• Cloud Platforms: Experience with AWS Cloud infrastructure.
• GitOps & Automation: Strong experience with GitOps methodologies using Visual Studio Code, GitLab, and ArgoCD.
• Proficiency in configuration management using Ansible.
• Virtualization: Experience with OpenShift Virtualization.
• Observability & Logging: Hands-on experience deploying and managing Prometheus/Grafana, Loki logging stacks, and Splunk (log collection and analysis).

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications While not required, experience in any of the following areas will make your application stand out: Advanced Kubernetes & Containers: Advanced Cluster Management (ACM), Advanced Cluster Security (ACS), Red Hat CoreOS administration, LXC containers, and LXD ecosystems. Red Hat Virtual Machine Migration tool Canonical Tooling: Juju and Charm experience. Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Helm, and Kustomize Networking & Ingress: Traefik, MetalLB, Multicast Networking, NMSTATE, Multus, and HAProxy router sharding. Hypervisors & Infrastructure: Proxmox administration/design, Broadcom administration, and AWS GovCloud. Messaging & Event Streaming: Kafka and NATS (microservices messaging). Identity & Security: PIV-M authentication, OIDC, KeyCloak, and LDAP integrations. AI GPU and model tuning: fine-tuning GPUs on AI worker nodes AI Platforms: Familiarity with Red Hat AI, Poolside.ai, GPU utilization and tuning, and elements of an AI stack (inference, modeling, Harness implementation, User interfaces)

Clearance & Eligibility Requirements

• Clearance: Must be eligible and able to successfully obtain a NASA Position of Trust.

Employer Values

#TBE Teledyne and all of our employees are committed to conducting business with the highest ethical standards. We require all employees to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, rules and regulatory orders. Our reputation for honesty, integrity and high ethics is as important to us as our reputation for making innovative sensing solutions.

Teledyne is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age, or any other characteristic or non-merit based factor made unlawful by federal, state, or local laws.

You may not realize it, but Teledyne enables many of the products and services you use every day.

Teledyne provides enabling technologies to sense, transmit and analyze information for industrial growth markets, including aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, energy, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.