Top Secret DoD Platform Engineer - Kubernetes & Infra

Seekr; United States; Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Unlimited PTO

14 holidays

Hybrid work (Reston, VA & Austin, TX)

401(k) with match

Health, dental, vision, life insurance

Parental leave

Job summary

Seekr is seeking a Platform/DevOps engineer to scale its AI platform across on‑premises, cloud, and SaaS environments. The role emphasizes Kubernetes, databases, Terraform, and Ansible to support US Government customers with secure, scalable infrastructure.

You will design, deploy, and operate highly available systems, own networking and storage, and automate provisioning while ensuring security and compliance across hybrid environments. Expect impactful work with meaningful mission alignment.

Qualifications

• Active U.S. DoD Top Secret clearance required.
• 5+ years in Platform Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, or DevOps supporting large-scale distributed systems.
• 5+ years of Kubernetes experience — cluster architecture, multi-tenancy, RBAC, scheduling, security standards, and autoscaling across cloud and bare‑metal.
• Strong Kubernetes networking knowledge — CNI (Calico, Cilium), service mesh (Istio, Traefik), ingress controllers, and NetworkPolicy.
• Linux networking fundamentals — TCP/IP, DNS, BGP, and network troubleshooting.
• Experience designing and operating infrastructure across hybrid environments — on‑premises, edge, and multiple cloud providers (AWS, Azure, OCI).
• Infrastructure as code proficiency — Terraform and Ansible.
• Working knowledge of Helm/Kustomize for application packaging and deployment.
• Proficiency in Python, Go, and Bash for automation and tooling.
• Postgres experience — replication, HA/failover, connection pooling (PgBouncer), query tuning, backup/recovery, and Kubernetes operators (CloudNativePG).
• Experience operating stateful workloads on Kubernetes including Elasticsearch/Opensearch and Postgres.
• Experience operating storage solutions (CSI, Rook/Ceph).
• Cloud-native observability experience — Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, and Tempo.
• Experience with Security Standards — FIPS, CVE mitigation, FedRAMP, and STIGs.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver results on time and with high quality.
• Effective communication skills and the ability to work effectively across multiple business and technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, architect, and operate highly available, multi-tenant Kubernetes platforms across cloud and on-premises environments.
• Own the full networking stack — CNI, service mesh, ingress, DNS, load balancing, and network policy.
• Own database operations for production Postgres and Opensearch clusters — availability, performance, backup, and recovery.
• Partner with engineering teams to define platform and delivery standards.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and lifecycle management.
• Enforce security best practices across the platform — network policies, RBAC, secrets management, and vulnerability patching.
• Lead incident response and post-mortems for platform-level failures; implement systemic fixes.
• Proactively identify and remediate scalability and reliability risks across the platform.

Skills

Kubernetes experience

Platform engineering

Linux networking

Automation scripting

Security compliance

Python/Go/Bash

Cloud & on-prem hybrid

DoD TS clearance

PostgreSQL & OpenSearch

Prometheus/Grafana

Terraform & Ansible

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Helm

Kustomize

PostgreSQL

OpenSearch

CloudNativePG

Prometheus

Grafana

Loki

Tempo

Job description

Seekr is seeking a Platform/DevOps engineer to scale its AI platform across on‑premises, cloud, and SaaS environments. The role emphasizes Kubernetes, databases, Terraform, and Ansible to support US Government customers with secure, scalable infrastructure.

You will design, deploy, and operate highly available systems, own networking and storage, and automate provisioning while ensuring security and compliance across hybrid environments. Expect impactful work with meaningful mission alignment.