Senior Platform Engineer – Kubernetes & AI Infra

Careerwebsite; Bethesda, Northern (MD, KY); Hybrid; USD 108,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a highly skilled platform engineer to design, develop, and optimize Kubernetes clusters powering enterprise AI for the mission customers. This is a 100% on-site role at the Intelligence Community Campus in Bethesda.

You will implement IaC (Terraform, Salt, Ansible) and collaborate with development teams to build secure, automated pipelines, while ensuring compliance with federal security standards and ATO processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in CS/EE or related field.
• 5+ years in Platform Engineering or System Engineering.
• Strong expertise with Linux distributions (RHEL/Ubuntu/Oracle/Rocky).
• Experience administering Kubernetes clusters (deploying, scaling, maintaining).
• Hands-on experience with Docker containers and images.
• Experience with AI/ML workflow orchestration (Argo, Airflow, Kubeflow).
• Experience consuming and troubleshooting RESTful APIs for platform integration.

Responsibilities

• Design, configure, and maintain enterprise Kubernetes platforms.
• Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Salt, Ansible, Bash, Python).
• Collaborate to design secure, automated pipelines (GitLab CI/CD).
• Troubleshoot complex systems across cloud, network, and platform layers.
• Maintain technical documentation and ensure compliance with security standards (ATO).

Skills

Kubernetes

Linux

Terraform

IaC

Docker

Python

Automation

Security+ or IAT II

Networking

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE or related field

Tools

Terraform

Salt

Ansible

GitLab CI/CD

Argo

Airflow

Kubeflow

Docker

Job description

Leidos is seeking a highly skilled platform engineer to design, develop, and optimize Kubernetes clusters powering enterprise AI for the mission customers. This is a 100% on-site role at the Intelligence Community Campus in Bethesda.

You will implement IaC (Terraform, Salt, Ansible) and collaborate with development teams to build secure, automated pipelines, while ensuring compliance with federal security standards and ATO processes.