Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Akima is a federal IT contractor focused on supporting shareholder communities in Alaska. They are seeking a Cloud Platform Engineer to design, implement, and maintain secure Kubernetes platform capabilities within DoD cloud environments, ensuring cybersecurity compliance and operational reliability.
Responsibilities
- Design, deploy, and maintain Kubernetes platforms (EKS) for multi-tenant enterprise workloads
- Lead application migration to containerized architectures
- Build reusable platform components such as operators, Helm charts, and IaC modules
- Automate cluster lifecycle tasks (provisioning, upgrades, scaling, patching)
- Develop IaC with Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK
- Implement monitoring and observability solutions
- Troubleshoot cluster, node, networking, and application issues
- Ensure compliance with DoD cybersecurity standards
- Implement RBAC, IAM roles for service accounts, and least-privilege policies
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows
- Support application modernization and migration strategies
- Provide Tier 3 engineering support and documentation
Skills
- Interim Secret Clearance with ability to obtain Top Secret clearance
- Bachelor's degree in CS, IT, Engineering, Math, or related field, or equivalent experience
- 8+ years experience (Bachelor's) or 6+ years (Master's)
- Hands-on AWS experience (EKS, EC2, VPC, IAM, ECR)
- Experience with Kubernetes architecture and operations
- Experience with Docker and container security
- Experience with IaC tools
- Understanding of DoD cybersecurity frameworks
- Experience with Linux system administration, with preference given to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) in enterprise or DoD environments
- Experience in Agile/SAFe environments
- Advanced experience operating Kubernetes/EKS clusters in production at scale
- Proficiency with Terraform or CloudFormation for modular IaC provisioning
- Hands-on experience with Ansible or similar tools for configuration automation
- Experience implementing GitOps workflows with ArgoCD or Flux
- Strong background designing cloud-native platform components (Helm charts, operators, reusable modules)
- Experience with container security tools (Anchore, Twistlock, Aqua)
- Familiarity with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd)
- Experience implementing RBAC, IAM Roles for Service Accounts (IRSA), and least-privilege models
- Proven ability to build automated cluster lifecycle workflows (upgrades, scaling, patching)
- Experience with multi-cluster or multi-region Kubernetes operations
- Strong understanding of DoD cloud security frameworks (STIGs, NIST 800‑53, RMF)
- Experience integrating observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry)
- Ability to troubleshoot complex networking issues within distributed container platforms
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Life insurance
- 401(k)
- A range of other voluntary benefits
- Paid Time Off (PTO) is offered to regular full-time and part-time employees
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