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# Cloud Platform Engineer/Devops Engineer, Intermediate

- **Company:** the Naval Nuclear Laboratory
- **Location:** West Mifflin, PA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $78,700.0 - $120,500.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Application Performance Management, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Computer Networks, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Key Management, OpenShift, Role-Based Access Control, Software Deployment, Data Logging, Cloud Platform System, System Availability, Containerization, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Deployment Automation
- **Published:** September 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://jobs.localjobnetwork.com/apply/add/88019238/1

## About the Role

The Naval Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) is looking for a skilled Cloud Engineer to design, deploy, administer, and support enterprise-grade Red Hat OpenShift container platforms running mission-critical workloads across on-premises and cloud environments. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Kubernetes, containerization technologies, automation, infrastructure as code, and cloud platforms, with a passion for building secure, scalable, and highly available containerized environments., * Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience; or

 * Master's degree from an accredited college or university in a related field and a minimum of 1 year of relevant experience.

Preferred Skills

 * 2-3 years of hands-on experience with container technologies, administration and support.
 * Experience Kubernetes architecture and workload management.
 * Knowledge of CI/CD tools.
 * Experience with automation tools.
 * Experience with Infrastructure as Code.
 * Experience working with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS).
 * Familiarity with container image security.
 * Experience with Kubernetes/OpenShift security features such as RBAC, network policies, pod security, secrets management.
 * Experience with Helm and Kustomize.
 * Strong ability to lead, and collaborate.

## Description

* Deploy, configure, and administer Red Hat OpenShift clusters across development, testing, and production environments.
 * Manage, monitor, and optimize Kubernetes workloads to ensure high availability, scalability, and performance.
 * Install, configure, and maintain OpenShift Operators for application deployment and lifecycle management.
 * Support and enhance CI/CD pipelines by integrating containerized applications into automated deployment workflows.
 * Monitor cluster health, resource utilization, and application performance using appropriate monitoring and logging tools.
 * Troubleshoot platform, networking, storage, and application issues to minimize downtime and improve reliability.
 * Implement security, compliance, and governance best practices for OpenShift and Kubernetes environments.
 * Automate infrastructure provisioning and platform management using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.
 * Collaborate with development, DevOps, infrastructure, and security teams to deliver reliable container platform solutions.
 * Maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and platform standards.
Required Combination of Knowledge and Skill