Kubernetes Platform Engineer
Booz Allen Hamilton2 months ago
Base Salary
$87k - $198k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop, manage, and secure container platforms and cloud platforms for clients.
- Operate production Kubernetes clusters and support Kubernetes networking, including Services, Ingress, network policies, load balancing, DNS, and CNI technologies.
- Design and troubleshoot networks supporting containerized or microservices-based applications.
- Recommend resources and inform platform strategy and design for secure container adoption.
- Create technical documentation, system diagrams, and standard operating procedures.
- Support network automation, infrastructure as code, container registry management, and image-hardening approaches.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of experience in platform engineering or systems engineering within classified environments.
- At least 5 years of experience with cloud environments, programming languages, and CI/CD.
- Experience with Linux-based systems, including RedHat or CentOS, Linux administration and networking, and scripting with Python or Bash.
- Knowledge of Kubernetes networking, container registry management, and image-hardening approaches.
- TS/SCI clearance and eligibility for access to classified information.
- HS diploma or GED required.
- Preferred: experience with AWS EKS, air-gapped environments, Calico, Cilium, Flannel, Istio, VMware NSX, Cisco ACI, F5, Helm, Terraform, GitOps, Ansible, network automation, cloud-native tooling, vulnerability analysis, and modernization frameworks.
- Preferred: experience with Agile teams and collaboration tools including Jira, Confluence, or Discourse.
- Preferred: bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Cybersecurity, or a technical discipline.
Benefits
- Health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits.
- Paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care.
- Recognition awards for exceptional performance and demonstration of company values.
- Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours per week on a regular basis are eligible for Booz Allen benefit programs; other employees may receive select offerings.
- Position is located in Dayton, OH.
About Booz Allen Hamilton
Booz Allen Hamilton builds and integrates software, analytics, AI, cloud, and cybersecurity solutions while providing engineering and consulting services, primarily for U.S. defense, intelligence, and civil government clients, with select commercial partnerships. Its business is largely government contracting and professional services delivering mission systems and cyber defense. Founded in 1914 and headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Booz Allen is a public company traded on the NYSE (ticker: BAH).