Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Hampton North is a mission-driven cybersecurity firm established by veterans of the DoD and Intelligence Community. They are seeking a Kubernetes Platform Engineer to own and operate a Kubernetes-based platform that facilitates collaboration for red team operators across the US government, with a focus on building, maintaining, and securing the platform.
Responsibilities
- Own and operate Kubernetes environments (AKS, RKE2) across the full lifecycle, including cluster deployment, upgrades, scaling, troubleshooting, and extension with operators and custom tooling
- Serve as the technical point person for platform availability, security, and compliance, working directly with government stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver solutions
- Architect infrastructure across cloud environments (IL-5, IL-6, GCC High) with all supporting services self-contained within the cluster (identity management, observability, secrets management)
- Implement and enforce secure configurations aligned to DISA STIGs, CIS Benchmarks, and NIST frameworks, and prepare the platform for handling classified tooling
- Develop automation and internal tooling using Python, Terraform, Ansible, and Helm to improve reliability, reduce manual intervention, and accelerate provisioning
- Document platform architecture, runbooks, and operational procedures, and onboard other engineers to platform practices as the team grows
Skills
- Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility (or recent SSBI that supports eligibility)
- 7+ years of hands-on infrastructure or platform engineering experience, with a consistent thread of Kubernetes ownership throughout your recent roles
- Experience as the person accountable for a production Kubernetes platform, where your job was to make sure it stayed up, scaled correctly, and could be extended
- Strong Linux fundamentals and comfort working in Azure or AWS cloud environments at DoD impact levels
- Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible) and Helm chart development
- Ability to walk into an environment with limited documentation, figure out how things work, and chart a path forward
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for direct interaction with government clients
Benefits
- Remote position from FL, TX, MD, VA, AL, NC, GA, CO, AZ
- Travel: Occasional onsite meetings with client and team (a few times per year)
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