Kubernetes Platform Engineer

About the role

Booz Allen is looking for a Kubernetes Platform Engineer in Chantilly, VA, to develop, manage and secure a container platform for its clients. The role involves building container management software that helps clients harness cloud capabilities, improving orchestration and meeting standards throughout the containerization process.

Key responsibilities

• Develop container management software to solve clients' toughest challenges
• Recommend resources that help clients manage and securely adopt containers
• Support the development of critical cloud platforms and inform strategy and design
• Create technical documentation, system diagrams and SOPs

Required profile

• 5+ years of experience in platform or systems engineering within classified environments
• TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph; applicants are subject to a security investigation
• HS diploma or GED and 9+ years of DevSecOps experience, or a bachelor's degree and 5+ years of DevSecOps experience

Required skills

• AWS (IAM, VPC, EC2, ELB/ALB/NLB, CloudWatch)
• Production Kubernetes clusters
• Linux-based systems (RedHat or CentOS) and scripting (Python or Bash)
• CI/CD, cloud environments and programming languages
• Kubernetes networking, container registry management and image hardening

Nice to have

• Experience with AI tools for development
• Experience supporting Intelligence Community mission partners
• Knowledge of AWS EKS, cloud-native tooling, vulnerability analysis and modernization frameworks

What we offer

• Health, life, disability, financial and retirement benefits, paid leave and professional development
• Tuition assistance, work-life programs and dependent care
• Recognition awards program
• Projected annual salary range of $77,600 to $176,000