Platform Engineer, Public Sector
ExigerNew York, Richmond, Mc LeanFull TimeEngineering
Remotely
awskubernetesterraformci/cdgithub actionseksgovcloud
Job Description
📋 Description
- Design and maintain the reference cloud substrate for federal programs (AWS, GovCloud, VPC, IAM).
- Operate Kubernetes platform patterns and RBAC; manage autoscaling and upgrades.
- Build and own a shared Terraform module library used across programs.
- Develop a CI/CD paved road with security gates for self-service deployment.
- Build observability patterns, dashboards, alerts, and SLO scaffolding.
- Own cloud cost across the portfolio with forecasting and governance.
🎯 Requirements
- 5+ years of production cloud engineering on AWS, with IAM, VPC, EKS, S3, KMS, CloudTrail.
- Hands-on experience inside a FedRAMP boundary (Moderate/High).
- Strong Terraform skills and module authorship.
- Production Kubernetes / EKS experience; cluster upgrades, RBAC, network policies, autoscaling.
- CI/CD ownership at production scale with security gates (image/dep scanning, IaC policy).
- Observability ownership at meaningful scale.
🎁 Benefits
- Hybrid work policy; discretionary time off; comprehensive health benefits.
- Competitive compensation; 16 weeks of paid parental leave.
- Wellness stipends and dedicated wellness programs; career development support.