DevOps Platform Engineer

###  Job Description: **POSITION SUMMARY** We are seeking a DevOps Platform Engineer to architect and operate a scalable internal developer platform (IDP) for a federal IT program. This role drives platform reliability, developer experience, and operational consistency across cloud and on-premises infrastructure, leading a team responsible for the full platform lifecycle. **KEY RESPONSIBILITIES** * Architect and operate a centralized developer platform enabling self-service infrastructure provisioning, deployment, and observability * Design and maintain Kubernetes-based workload orchestration environments across hybrid cloud (on-prem + GovCloud) * Build and manage CI/CD toolchains (GitLab, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD, Tekton) supporting multiple application teams * Implement observability solutions (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK stack) and establish SLIs, SLOs, and alerting standards * Lead platform onboarding for development teams; define and enforce platform engineering standards and runbooks * Partner with security and compliance teams to embed policy controls and audit logging within the platform * Capacity plan and optimize infrastructure spend across cloud services; manage platform roadmap and sprint planning **REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS** * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field * 8+ years of IT engineering experience with 3+ years focused on platform or infrastructure engineering * Expert-level Kubernetes administration; experience with OpenShift or Rancher preferred * Strong IaC skills: Terraform, Helm, Kustomize, Ansible * Experience with GitOps workflows and tooling (ArgoCD, Flux) * Familiarity with federal IT standards: FISMA, NIST, FedRAMP **Clearance:** Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a federal Public Trust background investigation (MBI or HBI). U.S. citizenship or permanent residency required. **BENEFITS** Avyanna LLC offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, 401(k), paid time off, and professional development support. _Avyanna LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or veteran status._ #####   Required Skills: Environment Religion CI/CD pipelines Cloud Support Development Github Actions Pipelines Investigation Azure DevOps Salary Ansible Compliance CI/CD Gitlab Government Metrics Azure Software Development DevOps Infrastructure AWS Information Technology Kubernetes Jenkins Github Computer Science Security Docker Research Software Design Engineering Science