Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Five Rivers Analytics, an Akima company, is looking for a Cloud Platform Engineer to work in North Charleston, SC. This role involves designing, implementing, and maintaining secure and scalable Kubernetes platform capabilities within DoD cloud environments, while ensuring compliance with cybersecurity standards.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain Kubernetes platforms (EKS) for multi-tenant enterprise workloads
• Lead application migration to containerized architectures
• Build reusable platform components such as operators, Helm charts, and IaC modules
• Automate cluster lifecycle tasks (provisioning, upgrades, scaling, patching)
• Develop IaC with Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK
• Implement monitoring and observability solutions
• Troubleshoot cluster, node, networking, and application issues
• Ensure compliance with DoD cybersecurity standards
• Implement RBAC, IAM roles for service accounts, and least-privilege policies
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows
• Support application modernization and migration strategies
• Provide Tier 3 engineering support and documentation

Skills

• Interim Secret Clearance with ability to obtain Top Secret clearance
• Bachelor's degree in CS, IT, Engineering, Math, or related field, or equivalent experience
• 8+ years experience (Bachelor's) or 6+ years (Master's)
• Hands-on AWS experience (EKS, EC2, VPC, IAM, ECR)
• Experience with Kubernetes architecture and operations
• Experience with Docker and container security
• Experience with IaC tools
• Understanding of DoD cybersecurity frameworks
• Experience with Linux system administration, with preference given to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) in enterprise or DoD environments
• Experience in Agile/SAFe environments
• Advanced experience operating Kubernetes/EKS clusters in production at scale
• Proficiency with Terraform or CloudFormation for modular IaC provisioning
• Hands-on experience with Ansible or similar tools for configuration automation
• Experience implementing GitOps workflows with ArgoCD or Flux
• Strong background designing cloud-native platform components (Helm charts, operators, reusable modules)
• Experience with container security tools (Anchore, Twistlock, Aqua)
• Familiarity with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd)
• Experience implementing RBAC, IAM Roles for Service Accounts (IRSA), and least-privilege models
• Proven ability to build automated cluster lifecycle workflows (upgrades, scaling, patching)
• Experience with multi-cluster or multi-region Kubernetes operations
• Strong understanding of DoD cloud security frameworks (STIGs, NIST 800‑53, RMF)
• Experience integrating observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry)
• Ability to troubleshoot complex networking issues within distributed container platforms

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life insurance
• 401(k)
• A range of other voluntary benefits
• Paid Time Off (PTO) is offered to regular full-time and part-time employees

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