Platform Engineer (TS/SCI/CI Poly) – Kubernetes & CI/CD

Vantor; Virginia (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Vantor is seeking a Platform Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable, secure platforms with a focus on Kubernetes and OpenShift. The role enables development teams through automation, platform reliability, and self-service tooling. Candidates should have extensive DevSecOps experience and can operate in SCIF settings at multiple U.S.

locations. The successful candidate will join a distributed team, collaborate with security and operations, and contribute to ongoing platform improvement

Qualifications

• Must be a U.S. Citizen with an active TS/SCI with CI poly (or willingness to obtain a CI poly).
• Minimum of 14 years of total professional experience in a technical support role.
• Demonstrated technical experience with DevSecOps.
• Demonstrated experience working with Kubernetes in production environments.
• Demonstrated experience with Red Hat OpenShift.
• Proficiency in container technologies such as Docker or CRI-O.
• Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI).
• Open source and custom application deployments and maintenance experience.
• Capable of working effectively with a geographically distributed ops & development team.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with customers and team in written and oral forums.
• Willingness to work 90% or as needed in a SCIF environment with some on-call or after-hours onsite support for customer’s mission in either Herndon, VA; Westminster, CO; or St. Louis, MO.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage Kubernetes and OpenShift clusters across cloud and/or on-prem 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

DevSecOps

Docker

SRE

Automation

Communication

Distributed team

Education

Degree in technical field

Tools

Red Hat OpenShift

CI/CD Tools

Job description

Vantor is seeking a Platform Engineer to design, build, and maintain scalable, secure platforms with a focus on Kubernetes and OpenShift. The role enables development teams through automation, platform reliability, and self-service tooling. Candidates should have extensive DevSecOps experience and can operate in SCIF settings at multiple U.S.

locations. The successful candidate will join a distributed team, collaborate with security and operations, and contribute to ongoing platform improvement