DevOps Platform Engineer
Job Description:
POSITION SUMMARY
We are seeking a DevOps Platform Engineer to architect and operate a scalable internal developer platform (IDP) for a federal IT program. This role drives platform reliability, developer experience, and operational consistency across cloud and on-premises infrastructure, leading a team responsible for the full platform lifecycle.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Architect and operate a centralized developer platform enabling self-service infrastructure provisioning, deployment, and observability
- Design and maintain Kubernetes-based workload orchestration environments across hybrid cloud (on-prem + GovCloud)
- Build and manage CI/CD toolchains (GitLab, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD, Tekton) supporting multiple application teams
- Implement observability solutions (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK stack) and establish SLIs, SLOs, and alerting standards
- Lead platform onboarding for development teams; define and enforce platform engineering standards and runbooks
- Partner with security and compliance teams to embed policy controls and audit logging within the platform
- Capacity plan and optimize infrastructure spend across cloud services; manage platform roadmap and sprint planning
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- 8+ years of IT engineering experience with 3+ years focused on platform or infrastructure engineering
- Expert-level Kubernetes administration; experience with OpenShift or Rancher preferred
- Strong IaC skills: Terraform, Helm, Kustomize, Ansible
- Experience with GitOps workflows and tooling (ArgoCD, Flux)
- Familiarity with federal IT standards: FISMA, NIST, FedRAMP
Clearance: Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a federal Public Trust background investigation (MBI or HBI). U.S. citizenship or permanent residency required.
BENEFITS
Avyanna LLC offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, 401(k), paid time off, and professional development support.
Avyanna LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
Required Skills:
Environment Religion CI/CD pipelines Cloud Support Development Github Actions Pipelines Investigation Azure DevOps Salary Ansible Compliance CI/CD Gitlab Government Metrics Azure Software Development DevOps Infrastructure AWS Information Technology Kubernetes Jenkins Github Computer Science Security Docker Research Software Design Engineering Science