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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