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Avyanna Technologies

DevOps Platform Engineer

Avyanna Technologies Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Information Technology & Services · 2-10 employees

3 h ago
devops Principal (10+ yrs) Full-time United States
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About the role

The DevOps Platform Engineer will architect and operate a scalable internal developer platform to support a federal IT program. This role involves managing CI/CD toolchains, implementing observability solutions, and ensuring platform reliability across hybrid cloud environments.

What they look for

Kubernetes Terraform Helm Kustomize Ansible GitOps ArgoCD Prometheus Grafana CI/CD Cloud infrastructure Platform engineering FISMA NIST FedRAMP Observability

Requirements

Candidates must have a bachelor's degree and at least 8 years of IT engineering experience, with a focus on platform or infrastructure engineering. Expert-level knowledge of Kubernetes and familiarity with federal IT standards like FISMA and FedRAMP are required.

Benefits

Health insurance Dental insurance Vision insurance 401(k) Paid time off Professional development support

Full 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.

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