Senior OpenShift Platform Engineer - IaC, Kubernetes

Peraton; San Antonio (TX); Hybrid; USD 146,000 - 234,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton seeks a Senior Platform Engineer to stand up and operate a bare-metal OpenShift/container platform, driving IaC provisioning with Terraform and Ansible. You will evaluate OpenShift versus Spectro Cloud and support OCONUS bootstrap activities while adhering to security standards.

Ideal candidates have extensive Kubernetes expertise, DoD clearance, and experience managing lifecycle, DNS, and platform services in a hybrid work model. This role requires US citizenship.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of general experience; more with advanced degrees.
• 5+ years platform/systems engineering with hands-on Kubernetes experience.
• US Citizenship and active DoD Secret clearance.
• DoD 8570/8140 compliant certification and relevant OpenShift/Kubernetes experience on bare metal.
• IaC proficiency with Terraform and Ansible for provisioning and configuration management.

Responsibilities

• Install, configure, and operate bare-metal OpenShift clusters.
• Design and implement IaC provisioning using Terraform and Ansible.
• Support feasibility assessment of OpenShift vs Spectro Cloud and document tradeoffs.
• Manage OpenShift cluster lifecycle: install, upgrades, patching, scaling, day-2 operations.
• Deploy and support core platform services (e.g., DNS like PowerDNS).
• Implement STIGs and cybersecurity compliance on platform infrastructure.
• Monitor platform health and observability; manage logging and alerts.
• Document platform architecture and operational procedures.
• Transition provisioning from manual to IaC-managed model.

Skills

Kubernetes-based container platform

Linux administration(RHEL)

Terraform

Ansible

OpenShift administration

Documentation

Education

BS/BA in Computer Science or related field

Tools

PowerDNS

Spectro Cloud

ArgoCD

Flux

VMware

Job description

Peraton seeks a Senior Platform Engineer to stand up and operate a bare-metal OpenShift/container platform, driving IaC provisioning with Terraform and Ansible. You will evaluate OpenShift versus Spectro Cloud and support OCONUS bootstrap activities while adhering to security standards.

Ideal candidates have extensive Kubernetes expertise, DoD clearance, and experience managing lifecycle, DNS, and platform services in a hybrid work model. This role requires US citizenship.