Platform Operations Engineer, DevOps | TS Cleared
$75,000–$90,000 year
On-siteColorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Job Summary
Oversee deployment, configuration, lifecycle management, and sustainment of OpenShift environments within classified networks while ensuring platform reliability and integration with mission applications. Design and maintain Rundeck runbooks to enable deployment workflows, system administration tasks, and incident response procedures, guaranteeing automation is consistent, repeatable, and auditable. Provide hands-on operational expertise for Linux and Windows environments, including configuration management, patching, and troubleshooting, while acting as the primary technical escalation point during outages and deployment failures. Conduct root-cause analysis across infrastructure layers to restore mission capability under time-sensitive conditions and coordinate resolution activities across cybersecurity, networking, and program stakeholders. Maintain adherence to security controls, compliance frameworks, and accreditation requirements across classified environments.
Required Qualifications
- Active Top Secret clearance with the ability to maintain clearance eligibility throughout employment
- SCI preferred
- Hands-on experience supporting OpenShift platform operations
- Linux and/or Windows administration
- Operational automation tools such as Ansible, Puppet, and Rundeck
- Strong troubleshooting capability across distributed systems and infrastructure layers including compute, network, storage, and platform services
- Experience supporting security compliance, system hardening, audit readiness, and mission-critical operational environments
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to operate across operations, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and program teams in high-pressure environments
- 2+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, platform operations, system administration, or operational support within enterprise or classified environments
- Experience developing and maintaining Rundeck workflows for operational automation and incident response
- Strong understanding of enterprise infrastructure technologies including networking such as routing, switching, DNS, and load balancing
- Strong understanding of storage systems such as SAN/NAS, replication, backup, and recovery
- Experience serving as a technical anchor during deployment events or major operational incidents, including providing informal guidance and mentorship to supporting engineers
- Certifications such as Security+, RHCSA/RHCE, CISSP, or Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- Experience supporting enterprise-scale modernization initiatives such as 1LMX or similar transformation programs
- This position is on site in either Littleton, CO, Denver, CO, or King of Prussia, PA
- This role can be a direct hire/full time position, or a W2 hourly role depending on preference
- Employees must comply with all applicable security protocols and access control procedures, including restrictions on personal electronic devices and the handling of sensitive information
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