Platform Engineer
Allen Control Systems7 months ago
Austin, TX, USAMid Level
Responsibilities
- Deploy and operate bare-metal Kubernetes clusters hosting more than 130 NVIDIA GPUs, with hybrid burst capability to AWS.
- Manage NVIDIA GPU clusters for ML training.
- Own the CI/CD pipeline from source through deployment, including artifact signing, build automation, and version pinning for repeatable cloud and edge delivery.
- Build and maintain observability for log aggregation, metrics, alerting, dashboards, cluster health, and system performance.
- Develop infrastructure-as-code practices with Terraform, Helm, or Ansible across on-premises and cloud deployments.
- Manage network configuration, storage provisioning, and security hardening for the bare-metal cluster in accordance with applicable defense security requirements.
- Collaborate with computer vision, robotics, and software engineering teams on developer tooling.
Requirements
- At least two years of experience in platform engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure engineering with hands-on production Kubernetes experience.
- Strong Python programming and Bash scripting skills.
- Deep expertise administering bare-metal Kubernetes, including CNI configuration, storage backends, node management, and cluster upgrades.
- Hands-on experience with NVIDIA GPU infrastructure, CUDA, device plugins, GPU scheduling in Kubernetes, and KubeFlow or similar ML orchestration tooling.
- Strong CI/CD experience involving Debian packaging, build automation, artifact management, and pipeline tooling such as GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or Jenkins.
- Proficiency with observability tooling such as ELK for log aggregation, metrics, and alerting in distributed Linux environments.
- Experience building C++ and Python toolchains on Linux using CMake, with familiarity with cross-compilation for ARM targets such as NVIDIA Jetson.
- Strong Linux systems knowledge, preferably Debian or Ubuntu, including networking, storage, kernel tuning, and production security hardening.
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Paid time off
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About Allen Control Systems
Allen Control Systems builds AI-enabled robotic weapon stations and small autonomous gun turrets that retrofit legacy and modern weapons for precise targeting, with emphasis on counter‑UAS missions. It sells hardware and software systems to U.S. defense and national security customers and integrators. The privately held company is headquartered in Austin, Texas, with an office in Alexandria, Virginia, and was founded by two former Navy electrical engineers.