Remote Senior Kubernetes Engineer — AKS & ARK Expert

Peraton; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 104,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Senior Kubernetes Engineer to lead the containerized workload modernization and migration in a government multi-cloud environment. The role focuses on AKS design, ARK runtime operations, incident management, and security controls across 70+ tenant environments.

The candidate will mentor engineers, own root-cause analysis, and ensure observability and compliance with FedRAMP standards while coordinating with Architecture to align with Azure Well-Architected principles.

Qualifications

• Engineering and systems analysis experience with a hands-on focus on Kubernetes in production.
• Extensive hands-on expertise operating AKS and the broader Kubernetes stack (control plane, CNI, ingress, storage, RBAC).
• Experience deploying and operating Agentic Runtime for Kubernetes (ARK) or comparable platforms.
• Proven incident management leadership in large multi-tenant government environments with FedRAMP knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Lead incident response and root-cause analysis across the Kubernetes stack.
• Manage high-priority incident communications with stakeholders and tenants.
• Define observability standards using Azure Monitor, Prometheus, and OpenTelemetry.
• Ensure security, RBAC, network policies, and FedRAMP compliance across clusters.
• Mentor Tier 2 engineers and drive improvements in service delivery and documentation.

Skills

Kubernetes in production

AKS

Incident management

FedRAMP security

Kubernetes certs

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Associate degree

High School diploma/equivalent

Tools

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

ARK runtime

Terraform

Argo CD/ Flux

Job description

Peraton is seeking a Senior Kubernetes Engineer to lead the containerized workload modernization and migration in a government multi-cloud environment. The role focuses on AKS design, ARK runtime operations, incident management, and security controls across 70+ tenant environments.

The candidate will mentor engineers, own root-cause analysis, and ensure observability and compliance with FedRAMP standards while coordinating with Architecture to align with Azure Well-Architected principles.