Senior OpenShift Platform Engineer — IaC & Kubernetes

Peraton; Montgomery (AL); Hybrid; USD 146,000 - 234,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to stand up and operate a bare-metal OpenShift container platform across multiple U.S. locations.

The role emphasizes IaC with Terraform and Ansible, ongoing platform automation, and lifecycle management in a security-focused environment. Ideal candidates have extensive Kubernetes/OpenShift experience, DoD Secret clearance, and hands-on deployment on bare metal.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 years with BS/BA; 10 years with MS/MA; 7 years with Ph.D.

Responsibilities

• Stand up and operate bare-metal OpenShift clusters
• Design IaC provisioning with Terraform and Ansible
• Document licensing tradeoffs and operability
• Manage OpenShift lifecycle: install, upgrade, patch, scale
• Monitor platform health, performance, and capacity
• Ensure cybersecurity compliance (STIGs) on platform infrastructure
• Transition provisioning toward IaC in a bare-metal-first environment
• Support OCONUS bootstrap activities and hardware installation

Skills

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Terraform

Ansible

RHEL

SIPR access

Education

BS/BA

MS/MA

PhD

Tools

GitOps

Spectro Cloud

Job description

Peraton is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to stand up and operate a bare-metal OpenShift container platform across multiple U.S. locations.

The role emphasizes IaC with Terraform and Ansible, ongoing platform automation, and lifecycle management in a security-focused environment. Ideal candidates have extensive Kubernetes/OpenShift experience, DoD Secret clearance, and hands-on deployment on bare metal.