Senior Platform Engineer — Cloud-Native & Kubernetes Lead

RTI International; United States; On-site; USD 133,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

RTI International is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to design, implement, and support enterprise platform services that enable scalable, secure, and compliant delivery of research, analytics, and business applications. You will develop cloud-native infrastructure and Kubernetes platforms, build CI/CD pipelines, and drive observability and platform automation.

You will collaborate with security, governance, and engineering teams to ensure platforms meet regulatory requirements and deliver

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field.
• Experience with cloud-native platforms and Kubernetes
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD workflows and GitOps principles.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, automate, and support enterprise platform services for scalable, secure delivery of applications.
• Develop and maintain cloud-native infrastructure and Kubernetes platforms.
• Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines and observability solutions.
• Configure security controls, secrets management, and identity integration.
• Evaluate performance, availability, and cost optimization opportunities.
• Collaborate with security, operations, and development teams to ensure regulatory compliance.

Skills

Automation & modernization

Troubleshooting

Cross-functional collaboration

Strong communication

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field

Tools

OpenTofu

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Flux CD

Helm

Kustomize

Prometheus

Grafana

Loki

OpenShift

AWS EKS

Terraform

Job description

RTI International is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to design, implement, and support enterprise platform services that enable scalable, secure, and compliant delivery of research, analytics, and business applications. You will develop cloud-native infrastructure and Kubernetes platforms, build CI/CD pipelines, and drive observability and platform automation.

You will collaborate with security, governance, and engineering teams to ensure platforms meet regulatory requirements and deliver