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Required Qualifications • Active TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph. • 8 years' minimum with a BS/BA, 10 years' with an AS/AA, 12 years' may be considered in lieu of a degree. • 8+ years of experience in cloud, infrastructure, platform, or systems engineering. • Strong hands-on experience with AWS. • Strong Kubernetes and container-platform experience. • Experience with Linux, networking, storage, load balancing, and production infrastructure. • Experience supporting hybrid cloud and on-premises environments. • Strong troubleshooting skills across infrastructure and application-platform dependencies. • Ability to work effectively across multiple technical disciplines and environments. Desired Qualifications Experience with one or more of the following is beneficial: • AWS GovCloud, C2S, SC2S, Secret/Top Secret cloud, or comparable classified cloud environments. • EKS, OpenShift, or comparable Kubernetes platforms. • Istio or a comparable service mesh technology. • Terraform, CloudFormation, or other Infrastructure-as-Code technologies. • Disconnected or restricted-network environments. • Large-scale, multi-tenant Kubernetes platforms. • AWS cost and capacity optimization experience. • Experience supporting standardized infrastructure patterns across multiple deployment environments. We are seeking a Senior Hybrid Cloud / Kubernetes Engineer to design, build, operate, and sustain the cloud and on-premises infrastructure supporting platform services and mission-critical workloads in highly secure environments. This role offers the opportunity to work across AWS classified environments, Kubernetes platforms, on-premises infrastructure, networking, storage, security controls, and tenant services. The ideal candidate brings deep hands-on infrastructure expertise and understands how to engineer reliable, scalable, and consistent solutions across cloud, on-premises, and restricted deployment environments. As part of a highly technical engineering team, you will help build and operate hybrid infrastructure, support growing tenant environments, troubleshoot complex platform issues, and contribute to the reliability, resiliency, and performance of mission-critical systems. Key ResponsibilitiesCloud & Platform Engineering • Design, deploy, configure, and operate AWS infrastructure supporting shared services, mission hosting, and tenant environments. • Deploy, configure, and operate Kubernetes and container platforms, including EKS or comparable technologies. • Engineer and support compute, storage, load balancing, DNS, ingress, egress, and supporting platform services. • Evaluate and support workload placement decisions based on mission, security, performance, connectivity, and operational requirements. • Develop and maintain scalable, repeatable infrastructure patterns across diverse deployment environments. Hybrid Infrastructure • Integrate cloud environments with on-premises and restricted-network infrastructure. • Maintain common platform patterns where practical while accounting for the unique requirements and constraints of different deployment environments. • Support backup, recovery, resiliency, capacity, patching, and platform lifecycle activities. • Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues spanning cloud, Kubernetes, storage, networking, and operating systems. • Support the reliability, scalability, and operational performance of production infrastructure across hybrid environments. Tenant & Shared-Service Support • Support standardized tenant infrastructure and reusable environment patterns. • Partner with Infrastructure-as-Code engineers to ensure infrastructure can be provisioned and maintained through controlled, repeatable automation. • Support platform services including identity, CI/CD, observability, repositories, and mission-hosting dependencies. • Participate in Tier 3/4 troubleshooting and escalation for complex infrastructure and application-platform issues. • Participate in scheduled maintenance, infrastructure upgrades, and ongoing platform lifecycle activities. • Support on-call responsibilities for production infrastructure and platform services. Location: This position is fully onsite in Chantilly, VA. We are seeking a Senior Hybrid Cloud / Kubernetes Engineer to design, build, operate, and sustain the cloud and on-premises infrastructure supporting platform services and mission-critical workloads in highly secure environments. This role offers the opportunity to work across AWS classified environments, Kubernetes platforms, on-premises infrastructure, networking, storage, security controls, and tenant services . The ideal candidate brings deep hands-on infrastructure expertise and understands how to engineer reliable, scalable, and consistent solutions across cloud, on-premises, and restricted deployment environments. As part of a highly technical engineering team, you will help build and operate hybrid infrastructure, support growing tenant environments, troubleshoot complex platform issues, and contribute to the reliability, resiliency, and performance of mission-critical systems. Key Responsibilities Cloud & Platform Engineering • Design, deploy, configure, and operate AWS infrastructure supporting shared services, mission hosting, and tenant environments. • Deploy, configure, and operate Kubernetes and container platforms , including EKS or comparable technologies. • Engineer and support compute, storage, load balancing, DNS, ingress, egress, and supporting platform services . • Evaluate and support workload placement decisions based on mission, security, performance, connectivity, and operational requirements . • Develop and maintain scalable, repeatable infrastructure patterns across diverse deployment environments. Hybrid Infrastructure • Integrate cloud environments with on-premises and restricted-network infrastructure . • Maintain common platform patterns where practical while accounting for the unique requirements and constraints of different deployment environments. • Support backup, recovery, resiliency, capacity, patching, and platform lifecycle activities. • Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues spanning cloud, Kubernetes, storage, networking, and operating systems . • Support the reliability, scalability, and operational performance of production infrastructure across hybrid environments. Tenant & Shared-Service Support • Support standardized tenant infrastructure and reusable environment patterns . • Partner with Infrastructure-as-Code engineers to ensure infrastructure can be provisioned and maintained through controlled, repeatable automation . • Support platform services including identity, CI/CD, observability, repositories, and mission-hosting dependencies . • Participate in Tier 3/4 troubleshooting and escalation for complex infrastructure and application-platform issues. • Participate in scheduled maintenance, infrastructure upgrades, and ongoing platform lifecycle activities. • Support on-call responsibilities for production infrastructure and platform services. Location: This position is fully onsite in Chantilly, VA. Required Qualifications • Active TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph . • 8 years' minimum with a BS/BA, 10 years' with an AS/AA, 12 years' may be considered in lieu of a degree. • 8+ years of experience in cloud, infrastructure, platform, or systems engineering. • Strong hands-on experience with AWS . • Strong Kubernetes and container-platform experience. • Experience with Linux, networking, storage, load balancing, and production infrastructure . • Experience supporting hybrid cloud and on-premises environments . • Strong troubleshooting skills across infrastructure and application-platform dependencies . • Ability to work effectively across multiple technical disciplines and environments. Desired Qualifications Experience with one or more of the following is beneficial: • AWS GovCloud, C2S, SC2S, Secret/Top Secret cloud , or comparable classified cloud environments. • EKS, OpenShift , or comparable Kubernetes platforms. • Istio or a comparable service mesh technology. • Terraform, CloudFormation , or other Infrastructure-as-Code technologies. • Disconnected or restricted-network environments . • Large-scale, multi-tenant Kubernetes platforms . • AWS cost and capacity optimization experience. • Experience supporting standardized infrastructure patterns across multiple deployment environments.

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Required Qualifications • Active TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph.
8 years' minimum with a BS/BA, 10 years' with an AS/AA, 12 years' may be considered in lieu of a degree.
8+ years of experience in cloud, infrastructure, platform, or systems engineering.
Strong hands-on experience with AWS.
Strong Kubernetes and container-platform experience.
Experience with Linux, networking, storage, load balancing, and production infrastructure.
Experience supporting hybrid cloud and on-premises environments.
Strong troubleshooting skills across infrastructure and application-platform dependencies.
Ability to work effectively across multiple technical disciplines and environments.
Desired Qualifications Experience with one or more of the following is beneficial:
AWS GovCloud, C2S, SC2S, Secret/Top Secret cloud, or comparable classified cloud environments.
EKS, OpenShift, or comparable Kubernetes platforms.
Istio or a comparable service mesh technology.
Terraform, CloudFormation, or other Infrastructure-as-Code technologies.
Disconnected or restricted-network environments.
Large-scale, multi-tenant Kubernetes platforms.
AWS cost and capacity optimization experience.

Nice-to-haves

Experience with one or more of the following is beneficial:
AWS GovCloud, C2S, SC2S, Secret/Top Secret cloud , or comparable classified cloud environments.
EKS, OpenShift , or comparable Kubernetes platforms.
Istio or a comparable service mesh technology.
Terraform, CloudFormation , or other Infrastructure-as-Code technologies.
Disconnected or restricted-network environments .
Large-scale, multi-tenant Kubernetes platforms .

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