Senior C2 Cloud Platform Engineer (Kubernetes)

Phase2 Technology; Lincoln (MA); On-site; USD 112,900 - 257,000; Full time

Job summary

Phase2 Technology in Massachusetts seeks an experienced cloud computing infrastructure architect to guide a team building secure, scalable containerized platforms for DoD missions. You will oversee production systems across data centers, the tactical edge, and cloud components.

Collaborate with engineers skilled in GitLab CI, Jenkins, ArgoCD/Flux, Terraform, and Ansible to deliver resilient, mission-critical solutions while meeting security requirements in air‑gapped environments.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in infrastructure or platform engineering, including technical leadership on production systems.
• Experience operating Kubernetes at production scale, including cluster deployment, day‑2 operations, upgrades, and security hardening.
• Experience with CI/CD and GitOps pipelines using tools such as GitLab CI, Jenkins, and ArgoCD or Flux.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and configuration management using Terraform and Ansible.
• Experience implementing and operating an observability stack such as Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK or OpenTelemetry.
• Experience designing and deploying systems in secure, air‑gapped, or DDIL environments.
• Ability to translate mission and reliability requirements into resilient, automated platform designs.
• Ability to obtain a Secret clearance.
• DoD 8570 IAT Level II Security+ CE certification.

Skills

Kubernetes administration

CI/CD pipelines

GitOps (GitLab CI, Jenkins, ArgoCD/Flu

Terraform & Ansible

Observability stack (Prometheus, Grafa

Air-gapped / DDIL environments

Security clearance

Security+ CE certification

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering/Tech field

6+ years of relevant experience in lieu of degree

DoD 8570 IAT Level II Security+ CE certification

Tools

Kubernetes

GitLab CI

Jenkins

ArgoCD

Flux

Terraform

Ansible

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK/OpenTelemetry

HashiCorp Vault

Job description

Phase2 Technology in Massachusetts seeks an experienced cloud computing infrastructure architect to guide a team building secure, scalable containerized platforms for DoD missions. You will oversee production systems across data centers, the tactical edge, and cloud components.

Collaborate with engineers skilled in GitLab CI, Jenkins, ArgoCD/Flux, Terraform, and Ansible to deliver resilient, mission-critical solutions while meeting security requirements in air‑gapped environments.