Senior Cloud Platform Engineer
Anavation· Defense· Oct 21, 2026 · 7d ago
Washington, DC
Remote
Full-time
Senior
$86K–$201K
Job description
Be Challenged and Make a Difference
In a world of technology, people make the difference. We believe if we invest in great people, then great things will happen. At AnaVation, we provide unmatched value to our customers and employees through innovative solutions and an engaging culture.
Description of Task to be Performed:
AnaVation is seeking a REMOTE Senior Cloud Platform Engineer with deep experience in Azure, AKS, IaC, and SRE practices. You will build, deploy, and operate a cloud-native platform that processes and analyzes digital evidence for legal investigations. Our environment is highly containerized, fully automated, and built around Azure services, AKS, Terraform/Terragrunt, and GitOps workflows.
US Citizenship with a Public Trust, Secret, or Top Secret clearance and experience supporting the Federal Government is REQUIRED .
What you will be doing
Operate and optimize AKS: upgrades, scaling, node pools, troubleshooting.
Build and manage IaC with Terraform and Terragrunt.
Implement GitOps with Argo CD and GitHub workflows.
Deploy and maintain containerized workloads using Docker, Helm, Kustomize.
Manage Azure networking, identity, and security (VNets, Private Link, RBAC, Key Vault).
Run Azure data services: PostgreSQL Flexible Server, Service Bus, Redis, AI Search, Storage, ACR.
Own reliability: monitoring, alerting, KQL dashboards, incident response, performance tuning.
Required Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications (Education/Certications, Experience, etc) :
Bachelors Degree in a relevant field
Five (5) years of hands-on experience cloud platform engineering, SRE, or DevOps roles
Experience supporting large, distributed systems within the Federal Government
Clearance :
Minimum Public Trust; US Citizenship and ability to maintain a High Risk Public Trust designation is required
Other Required Skills & Qualifications :
Deep hands-on experience with Azure, AKS, and Kubernetes operations. (AWS experience may be considered in lieu of Azure.)
Deep hands-on experience with containerization technologies: Docker, Helm, Kustomize.
Deep hands-on experience with Terraform, Terragrunt, and modular IaC.
Strong GitOps experience with Argo CD and GitHub workflows.
Strong experience in platform observability tools (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics/KQL).
Self-motivation and self-sufficiency requiring minimal guidance to achieve technical objectives.
Excellent communication skills and comfort collaborating with diverse technical teams.
Continuous alignment with and adherence to AnaVation’s core values.
Location/Hours :
This position is fully remote and can be performed from anywhere within the continental United States.
Regardless of location, this position requires full-time support during core Eastern Time business hours to align with our Government customer in Washington, DC.
This position may require support outside of core business hours for outages, updates/upgrades, and other needs.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with Azure Government and/or AWS GovCloud/C2S/SC2S
Active Secret or Top Secret clearance
Azure certifications (Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Administrator, and/or Developer)
Kubernetes certifications (CKA, CKAD, CKS)
IaC/DevOps certifications (Hashicorp/Terraform)
AWS certifications (AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional, DevOps Engineer Professional, Developer, and/or SysOps Administrator)
Familiarity with cloud cost optimization strategies
Benefits
Generous cost sharing for medical insurance for the employee and dependents
100% company paid dental insurance for employees and dependents
100% company paid long-term and short-term disability insurance
100% company paid vision insurance for employees and dependents
401k plan with generous match and 100% immediate vesting
Competitive Pay
Generous paid leave and holiday package
Tuition and training reimbursement
Life and AD&D Insurance
About AnaVation
AnaVation is the leader in solving the most complex technical challenges for collection and processing in the U.S. Federal Intelligence Community. We are a US owned company headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia. We deliver groundbreaking research with advanced software and systems engineering that provides an information advantage to contribute to the mission and operational success of our customers. We offer complex challenges, a top-notch work environment, and a world-class, collaborative team.
If you want to grow your career and make a difference while doing it, AnaVation is the perfect fit for you!
AnaVation is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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