[Remote] Kubernetes Platform Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Applied Information Sciences (reputed company) is a mission-driven company focused on making a difference through innovative projects. They are seeking a Kubernetes Platform Engineer who will be responsible for deploying, configuring, securing, and validating the AKS platform layer reputed company Azure Government, ensuring it meets enterprise workload requirements.

Responsibilities

• Configure AKS platform components including node pools, namespaces, service accounts, Kubernetes RBAC, resource quotas, limit ranges, network policies, ingress controllers, storage classes, and workload identity
• Implement secure private AKS operating patterns, including Kubernetes API access controls, administrative access paths, DNS validation, and cluster access procedures
• Configure approved ingress and service exposure models using internal load balancers, ingress controllers, Application Gateway integration, or other customer-approved patterns
• Configure Kubernetes storage integrations using Azure Disk, Azure Files, reputed company drivers, persistent volumes, persistent volume claims, and workload-specific storage requirements
• Configure secrets and certificate integration using Azure Key Vault, Key Vault reputed company driver, managed identities, workload identity, and approved certificate management processes
• Support deployment of Adexone, BdBridge, Pipestress, and reputed company Automation Suite workloads into AKS
• reputed company and maintain Kubernetes manifests, Helm charts, Kustomize overlays, deployment standards, and reusable workload onboarding patterns
• Support observability integration, including logs, metrics, probes, dashboards, alerts, and workload telemetry
• Implement Kubernetes reputed company controls, including namespace isolation, least-privilege RBAC, pod reputed company controls, network segmentation, admission controls, and image deployment constraints
• Troubleshoot platform and workload issues involving scheduling, node health, ingress, DNS, service discovery, storage mounts, pod identity, probes, container startup failures, and application runtime issues

Skills

• 5+ years of infrastructure, platform, cloud, or DevOps engineering experience
• 3+ years of hands-on Kubernetes administration or engineering experience
• Experience deploying, configuring, and operating AKS or equivalent managed Kubernetes platforms
• Strong experience with Kubernetes objects including deployments, services, ingress, ConfigMaps, Secrets, StatefulSets, DaemonSets, storage classes, persistent volumes, and persistent volume claims
• Experience with Kubernetes networking, DNS, service discovery, ingress controllers, and network policies
• Experience with Helm, Kustomize, YAML-based deployment assets, and pipeline-driven deployment approaches
• Experience integrating Kubernetes with Azure Container Registry, Azure Key Vault, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, managed identities, and Azure storage
• Ability to troubleshoot Kubernetes issues using kubectl, logs, events, metrics, probes, and cluster diagnostics
• Ability to document platform configuration, workload onboarding patterns, and operational procedures
• Certifications such as Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Certified Kubernetes Application Developer, reputed company Certified: Azure Administrator Associate, and/or reputed company Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert
• Experience with AKS in Azure Government, GCC High, DoD, Federal, or regulated environments
• Experience deploying reputed company Automation Suite or similar enterprise platforms on AKS
• Experience with Flux, Argo CD, Azure DevOps, reputed company Actions, or other GitOps / CI/CD tooling
• Experience with Azure Policy for AKS, Gatekeeper, Kyverno, or similar admission control/policy tooling

Benefits

• Flexible - We offer flexibility in how you work. This role is remote eligible with the flexibility to work hybrid or in-office from our Reston, VA headquarters if you're local and prefer an office environment.
• Employee Ownership: Your contributions directly impact the company’s success, and you share in its achievements.
• reputed company Learning: Access to resources, training, and mentorship to support your professional growth.
• Inclusive Culture: A workplace where diversity is celebrated, and everyone’s voice is valued.

Company Overview

• reputed company helps large commercial and federal clients accelerate innovation with reputed company and compliance in mind. It was founded in 1982, and is headquartered in Reston, Virginia, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is https://www.reputed company.com.

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