Senior OpenShift Platform Engineer (Bare-Metal)

Peraton; Herndon (VA); Hybrid; USD 112,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Platform Engineer to stand up and operate a bare-metal OpenShift container platform and drive IaC provisioning using Terraform and Ansible. The role supports feasibility work comparing OpenShift with Spectro Cloud and involves OCONUS bootstrap activities.

Required are 8+ years with BS/BA or 6+ with MS/MA, hands-on Kubernetes on bare metal, US citizenship, DoD Secret clearance, and IaC experience. Telework is possible within 50 miles of specified bases.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 6 years with MS/MA
• 5+ years of platform/systems engineering with hands-on Kubernetes-based container platform experience
• US Citizenship
• Active DoD Secret clearance
• DoD 8570/8140 compliant certification
• Hands-on OpenShift/bare-metal deployment
• IaC with Terraform and Ansible for provisioning and config
• Experience with virtualization/cloud orchestration platforms

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and operate bare-metal OpenShift clusters
• Design infrastructure-as-code provisioning using Terraform and Ansible
• Assess OpenShift vs Spectro Cloud and document tradeoffs
• Manage OpenShift cluster lifecycle including upgrades and day-2 operations
• Deploy core services including DNS (PowerDNS) and ensure platform security
• Enforce STIGs and cybersecurity requirements on platform
• Monitor health and capacity with observability tools; manage logging/alerts
• Support OCONUS hardware bootstrap activities
• Document platform architecture and operational procedures
• Transition provisioning to fully IaC-managed model

Skills

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Linux (RHEL)

IaC (Terraform)

Ansible

GitOps (ArgoCD/Flux)

Container Platform Architecture

Documentation

Education

BS/BA

MS/MA

Tools

Spectro Cloud

VMware

PowerDNS

Job description

Peraton is seeking a Platform Engineer to stand up and operate a bare-metal OpenShift container platform and drive IaC provisioning using Terraform and Ansible. The role supports feasibility work comparing OpenShift with Spectro Cloud and involves OCONUS bootstrap activities.

Required are 8+ years with BS/BA or 6+ with MS/MA, hands-on Kubernetes on bare metal, US citizenship, DoD Secret clearance, and IaC experience. Telework is possible within 50 miles of specified bases.