Five Rivers Analytics is looking for a Cloud Platform Engineer. The Cloud Platform Engineer designs, implements, and sustains secure, scalable, and automated Kubernetes platform capabilities within DoD cloud environments. This role enables application teams to adopt cloud-native patterns while ensuring cybersecurity compliance and operational reliability.
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.
Qualifications- 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.
Desired Qualifications:- 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.
Job ID2026-24028
Work TypeRemote
Pay Range$170,000 - $185,000
Benefits Regular - The company offers a comprehensive benefits program, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) and a range of other voluntary benefits. Paid Time Off (PTO) is offered to regular full-time and part-time employees.
