Platform Engineer

Designs, implements, integrates, and maintains systems and tools to automate complex cyber activities. Applies specific functional knowledge and working and general industry knowledge. Develops or contributes to solutions to a variety of problems of moderate scope and complexity. Works independently with some guidance, and reviews or guides activities of junior employees.

You Have:
3+ years of experience administering Kubernetes clusters in production environments
Experience with Helm charts, Kustomize, or Operators for deploying and managing applications on Kubernetes
Experience with GitOps workflows using tools such as ArgoCD, Flux, or GitLab CI/CD for infrastructure and application delivery
Experience with Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK) or deploying or managing stateful applications on Kubernetes
Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure-as-code deployments
Experience with monitoring and observability tooling, such as Prometheus or Grafana, for platform health and SLA dashboards
Knowledge of Linux systems administration and container troubleshooting, including logs, networking, and resource constraints
Ability to identify, prioritize, and remediate technical debt across platform environments, such as refactoring, dependency upgrades, and deprecated API migration, and work on-site at the designated location per program requirements
Secret clearance
HS diploma or GED
Nice If You Have:
Experience deploying and upgrading ECK Operators and managing Elasticsearch/Kibana custom resources in Kubernetes
Experience with Platform One Big Bang or Iron Bank hardened container workflows in a DoD environment
Experience with GitLab self-hosted administration, including runners, pipelines, merge request automation, and repository management
Experience automating dashboard generation or reporting such as Grafana-as-code, Kibana saved objects API, or scripted dashboard provisioning
Experience with multi-classification or air-gapped deployment patterns such as IL5/IL6, artifact mirroring, and offline registries
Experience with Istio, Linkerd, or similar service mesh technologies for mTLS and traffic management
Experience in Terraform, Pulumi, or Crossplane for declarative infrastructure provisioning
Experience with DAST, SAST, or container scanning integrated into GitOps pipelines such as RMF or ATO compliance automation
Experience with Vault, SOPS, or sealed-secrets for secrets management in GitOps workflows
Experience running cost and resource optimization on Kubernetes, such as right-sizing, HPA/VPA tuning, and node pool strategy for stateful workloads like Elasticsearch
Clearance:
Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret clearance is required.

Compensation and Benefits
Salary Range: $120,000 - $180,000 (Compensation is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, work experience, skills, education, certifications, seniority, and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.)

Benefits: Gridiron offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), disability & ADD insurance, life and pet insurance to eligible employees. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 30 hours per week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Gridiron’s benefits programs.

Gridiron IT Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status or disability status.

Gridiron IT is a Women Owned Small Business (WOSB) headquartered in the Washington, D.C. area that supports our clients' missions throughout the United States. Gridiron IT specializes in providing comprehensive IT services tailored to meet the needs of federal agencies. Our capabilities include IT Infrastructure & Cloud Services, Cyber Security, Software Integration & Development, Data Solution & AI, and Enterprise Applications. These capabilities are backed by Gridiron IT's experienced workforce and our commitment to ensuring we meet and exceed our clients' expectations.