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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Mid-Level Platform Engineer - **Company:** Tyto Athene - **Location:** Chantilly, VA, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $180,000.0 - $200,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Application Packaging, Bash Shell, Computer Networks, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Software Debugging, Linux, DevOps, File Systems, Domain Name System (DNS), Github, Hypertext Transfer Protocols (HTTP), Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), Network Security, Linux System Administration, Octopus Deploy, OpenShift, Role-Based Access Control, Reliability Engineering, Prometheus, TCP/IP, Datadog, Data Logging, Pulumi, Scripting, Load Balancing, Computer Network Technologies, Istio, Grafana, Kubernetes Helm Charts, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Git, Cloudformation, Containerization, Gitlab-ci, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Deployment Automation, Linkerd (Service Mesh), Terraform, Splunk, Software Version Control, Data Pipelines, Dynatrace, Docker, Elk Stack, Jenkins, Vulnerability Analysis, Golang - **Published:** August 1, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9069544/mid-level-platform-engineer ## About the Role * Containerization & Orchestration: Proficient with Docker and containerization best practices, along with advanced knowledge of Kubernetes primitives like Pods, Deployments, StatefulSets, Services, Ingress, ConfigMaps, Secrets, Persistent Volumes, and Namespaces. * Networking: Strong understanding of Kubernetes networking concepts (CNI plugins like Calico or Cilium), network policies, service meshes (e.g., Istio, Linkerd), and DNS within and outside the cluster. * Security: Expertise in securing Kubernetes environments, including RBAC, Pod Security Policies/Admission Controllers, vulnerability scanning, secret management (e.g., Vault, AWS Secrets Manager), and network security. * Performance & Optimization: Ability to diagnose and resolve complex performance issues within Kubernetes, optimize resource utilization, and implement best practices for cluster tuning. * Troubleshooting: Advanced troubleshooting skills for identifying and resolving issues across the entire Kubernetes stack, from infrastructure to application-level problems. * CI/CD Tooling: Hands-on experience with popular CI/CD platforms like Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Tekton, Argo Workflows, or similar. * Pipeline Design & Implementation: Ability to design, implement, and maintain robust, automated CI/CD pipelines for deploying containerized applications to Kubernetes, adhering to best practices like GitOps. * Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Proficiency with IaC tools such as Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation for provisioning and managing infrastructure declaratively. Experience with Helm charts and Kustomize for Kubernetes application packaging and deployment. * Automation Scripting: Strong scripting skills in languages like Python, Go, Bash, or similar, for automating tasks, creating custom tooling, and integrating various systems. * GitOps Methodologies: Practical experience with GitOps workflows and tools like Argo CD for automated deployments and continuous delivery. * Monitoring & Alerting: Experience implementing and maintaining comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions for Kubernetes clusters and applications (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack/OpenSearch, Datadog, Splunk). * Logging & Tracing: Familiarity with centralized logging solutions and distributed tracing for effective debugging and performance analysis. * DevOps & SRE Principles: Deep understanding of DevOps culture, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles, and "you build it, you run it" philosophy. * Version Control: Expert in Git and collaborative development workflows. * Testing: Understanding of various testing methodologies (unit, integration, end-to-end) within the context of platform and pipeline development. * Linux/Unix: Strong background in Linux system administration, including networking, file systems, process management, and troubleshooting. * Networking Concepts: Solid understanding of core networking protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, Load Balancing). Qualifications Required: * Have current IAM Level II to satisfy DOD 8570 IAT requirement Clearance: * Active TS/SCI clearance with Counterintelligence polygraph ## Description * Cluster Management: Extensive experience designing, deploying, securing, maintaining, and upgrading highly available, scalable Kubernetes clusters (e.g., EKS, AKS, GKE, OpenShift, or self-managed). 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