Platform Engineer - OpenShift & Kubernetes (Secure, Hybrid)

Vantor Inc.; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Vantor Inc. is seeking a security-cleared platform engineer to design, deploy, and manage Kubernetes and OpenShift clusters across on-prem and hybrid environments. The role emphasizes automation, self-service tooling, and strong collaboration with development and security teams.

Candidates must be a U.S. Citizen with an active TS/SCI clearance. The position includes building CI/CD pipelines, implementing IaC, and ensuring platform reliability and governance across mission-critical workloads.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI security clearance is required.
• U.S. Citizen required.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage Kubernetes and OpenShift clusters across on-premise and hybrid cloud environments
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support containerized application delivery
• Implement infrastructure as code
• Monitor platform performance, availability, and security; respond to incidents and optimize systems
• Develop and maintain platform tooling, automation, and self-service capabilities
• Collaborate with development, security, and operations teams to improve platform usability and reliability
• Ensure compliance with organizational security and governance standards
• Communicate with multidisciplinary SAFe Agile teams and articulate technical concepts and ideas effectively.

Skills

Kubernetes

OpenShift

CI/CD

Infrastructure as code

Security awareness

SAFe Agile

Job description

Vantor Inc. is seeking a security-cleared platform engineer to design, deploy, and manage Kubernetes and OpenShift clusters across on-prem and hybrid environments. The role emphasizes automation, self-service tooling, and strong collaboration with development and security teams.

Candidates must be a U.S. Citizen with an active TS/SCI clearance. The position includes building CI/CD pipelines, implementing IaC, and ensuring platform reliability and governance across mission-critical workloads.