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# Platform Engineer (1017)

- **Company:** Herdt Consulting Inc
- **Location:** Radford, VA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $101,000.0 - $145,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Domain Name System (DNS), Internet Hosting Service, Image Management, Python (Programming Language), Network Control, OpenShift, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ansible, Enterprise Software Applications, Containerization, Kubernetes, Multiaccess Edge Computing, Terraform, Devsecops
- **Published:** May 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=19ffd2c6907aa821

## About the Role

* Education: Bachelor's degree or higher in an IT-related field
 * Experience: Mid-to-senior level experience building and administering enterprise Kubernetes clusters
 * Work Schedule: Full-time

Mandatory Certifications

 * Baseline: Security+ or equivalent DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level II
 * Computing Environment: Must obtain a certification (CKA, Red Hat OpenShift Specialist, or CKS) within 6 months of hire, * Cluster Administration: Proficiency in building and configuring enterprise Kubernetes clusters.
 * Kubernetes Networking: Understanding of CNI plugins (Calico, Cilium), ingress controllers, and DNS management.
 * Image Management: Experience with container registries like Harbor or Red Hat Quay.
 * Automation: Strong skills in Ansible, Terraform, and Python.

Preferred Skills & Experience

 * DoD Policy: Knowledge of DoD STIGs and the IAVM process.
 * DevSecOps: Familiarity with integrating CI/CD pipelines for containerized workloads.

## Description

This position is for a Platform Engineer supporting the Army Edge Computing Capability (AECC)project that ALTESS is fielding for the US Army. The AECC solution is a containerized, Kubernetes-based, multitenant hosting environment for hosting Army enterprise and tactical applications. AECC is utilizing Kubernetes and potentially Red Hat OpenShift to implement a cloud-native, software-defined infrastructure across multiple global sites. ALTESS provides value-added common and managed services built on top of the Kubernetes foundation, which hosted Army applications will require. ALTESS is a managed service provider (MSP) and hosting services provider for Army applications. ALTESS is a Product Lead office under Capability Program Executive (CPE) Enterprise Software and Services (CPE ES2)., * Architecture Support: Collaborate with Government engineers to maintain the AECC Kubernetes platform.

 * IaC Deployment: Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code pipelines for platform deployment and sustainment.
 * Platform Administration: Perform daily patching and upgrades of all Kubernetes components, including the control plane and worker nodes.
 * Namespace Provisioning: Utilize IaC to provision customer namespaces and containerized workloads for hosted applications.


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