Platform Engineer

MAG DS Corp dba MAG Aerospace
Fort Liberty, NC, United States
8 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Experienced
Experience required
3 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Kubernetes Security Cloud Engineering DevOps Distributed Systems Domain Name System (DNS) Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Internet Protocol Key Management Linux System Administration Platform as a Service (PAAS) Package Management Systems Performance Tuning
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Role-Based Access Control Software Vulnerability Management Load Balancing Istio System Availability Containerization Kubernetes Infrastructure Automation Frameworks Tenable Nessus Azure AKS Terraform Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Job description

MAG Aerospace is seeking a highly skilled Cloud Engineer (platform) to join our growing organization in Ft. Bragg, NC. This position provides an opportunity to further advance the cutting-edge technology that supports some of our nation’s core defense/intelligence services and systems. You will work with a team of diverse architects and engineers with backgrounds in PaaS, DevOps, Security, and IaaS operations in order to spread knowledge and practices. All in support of the Government Program Office’s global cloud and platform services environments., Duties include, but are not limited to :

  • Manage, administer, support, and enhance cloud environments ensuring continuous improvement and rapid problem resolution.
  • Apply advanced consulting skills and extensive technical expertise, including full industry knowledge.
  • Develop innovative solutions to complex problems.
  • Work without considerable direction, and mentor and supervise team members.

Requirements

  • Experience with deploying, managing, and upgrading Kubernetes clusters in cloud and hybrid environments
  • Experience with containerization technologies and OCI standards
  • Experience with infrastructure as code and automation using tools such as Terraform
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows for Kubernetes environments
  • Experience with Kubernetes networking, ingress, DNS, and cluster security, including RBAC and secrets management
  • Experience with observability, performance tuning, high availability design, and troubleshooting distributed systems

Requirements

Knowledge and Skills

The required skills and knowledge include:

  • US Citizenship and Possess an Active TS/SCI Clearance.

  • DOD 8570 IAT Level II required
  • 3 years of experience with Kubernetes architecture, cluster design, and production operations Relevant experience in developing and deploying cloud and platform automation
  • Relevant experience in designing and building scalable containerized applications
  • Relevant experience in IP networking, load balancing, and DNS, * High School diploma or GED, * Experience with Helm, Kustomize, and Kubernetes package management practices
  • Experience with service mesh technologies and advanced traffic management
  • Experience with multi cluster and multi region Kubernetes deployments
  • Experience with cloud provider managed Kubernetes services
  • Experience with storage orchestration and CSI driver implementation
  • Experience with vulnerability management and container security scanning tools
  • Experience with cost optimization and resource efficiency strategies in Kubernetes environments
  • Experience with compliance frameworks such as NIST or FedRAMP
  • Experience with Linux systems administration in production environments

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