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Base Salary
$146k - $234k/yr
Responsibilities
- Stand up, deploy, configure, operate, monitor, troubleshoot, and maintain bare-metal AI and container platforms.
- Deploy and operate large language models and integrate approved frontier AI models and services into enterprise environments.
- Optimize model inference, deployment configurations, response times, throughput, and GPU/memory utilization while maintaining output quality.
- Transition platform provisioning from manual bare-metal installations to infrastructure-as-code managed provisioning using Terraform and Ansible.
- Install, configure, and operate bare-metal OpenShift or an equivalent enterprise Kubernetes distribution.
- Assess OpenShift versus Spectro Cloud, including licensing, operability, and long-term sustainability tradeoffs.
- Deploy and support core platform services including authoritative DNS such as PowerDNS.
- Implement STIGs and cybersecurity compliance requirements on platform infrastructure.
- Monitor platform health, performance, capacity, logging, and alerting using observability tools.
- Support OCONUS platform bootstrap activities, including physical hardware installation and configuration.
- Document platform architecture, configuration decisions, licensing tradeoffs, and operational procedures.
Requirements
- Minimum experience is 12 years with a BS/BA, 10 years with an MS/MA, 7 years with a Ph.D., or 16 years without a degree.
- Experience with platform, systems, or integration engineering and hands-on Kubernetes-based container platforms.
- U.S. citizenship and an active DoD Secret clearance.
- A DoD 8570/8140-compliant certification.
- Practical experience deploying and operating AI models, with foundational knowledge of inference and performance tuning.
- Hands-on experience deploying and administering OpenShift or another enterprise Kubernetes distribution on bare metal.
- Infrastructure-as-code proficiency with Terraform and Ansible for provisioning and configuration management.
- Working knowledge of Spectro Cloud, VMware, or an equivalent virtualization or cloud orchestration platform.
- Understanding of container networking, storage, cluster security, lifecycle management, and agentic platform modeling, hosting, or services.
- Strong Linux administration skills, particularly RHEL.
- Regular or recurring physical access to a DISA SIPR-accredited facility.
- Ability to document platform architecture, licensing tradeoffs, and operational considerations.
- Preferred qualifications include CKA or CKAD certification, HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate, GitOps experience with ArgoCD or Flux, and experience bootstrapping disconnected or OCONUS platforms.
- Excellent communication, writing, organization, and attention to detail.
Benefits
- Eligible employees may receive medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short- and long-term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off, and company-paid holidays.
- The role allows occasional telework, but candidates must live within 50 miles of Ft. Meade, Maryland.
- The position may include overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.
- The application period is estimated at 30 days from the posting date, subject to business needs and candidate availability.
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About Peraton
Peraton builds and integrates mission systems, cyber, space, and intelligence solutions for U.S. defense, intelligence, and civil agencies. It delivers enterprise IT, satellite and terrestrial communications, and spectrum management under government contracts. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in Reston, Virginia and is privately held by Veritas Capital.