Senior Cloud Platform Engineer - REMOTE

AnaVation is seeking a REMOTE Senior Cloud Platform Engineer with deep experience in Azure, AKS, IaC, and SRE practices. You will build, deploy, and operate a cloud-native platform that processes and analyzes digital evidence for legal investigations. Our environment is highly containerized, fully automated, and built around Azure services, AKS, Terraform/Terragrunt, and GitOps workflows. US Citizenship with a Public Trust, Secret, or Top Secret clearance and experience supporting the Federal Government is REQUIRED. What you will be doing • Operate and optimize AKS: upgrades, scaling, node pools, troubleshooting. • Build and manage IaC with Terraform and Terragrunt. • Implement GitOps with Argo CD and GitHub workflows. • Deploy and maintain containerized workloads using Docker, Helm, Kustomize. • Manage Azure networking, identity, and security (VNets, Private Link, RBAC, Key Vault). • Run Azure data services: PostgreSQL Flexible Server, Service Bus, Redis, AI Search, Storage, ACR. • Own reliability: monitoring, alerting, KQL dashboards, incident response, performance tuning. Required Qualifications: • Minimum Qualifications (Education/Certications, Experience, etc): • Bachelors Degree in a relevant field • Five (5) years of hands-on experience cloud platform engineering, SRE, or DevOps roles • Experience supporting large, distributed systems within the Federal Government • Clearance: • Minimum Public Trust; US Citizenship and ability to maintain a High Risk Public Trust designation is required • Other Required Skills & Qualifications: • Deep hands-on experience with Azure, AKS, and Kubernetes operations. (AWS experience may be considered in lieu of Azure.) • Deep hands-on experience with containerization technologies: Docker, Helm, Kustomize. • Deep hands-on experience with Terraform, Terragrunt, and modular IaC. • Strong GitOps experience with Argo CD and GitHub workflows. • Strong experience in platform observability tools (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics/KQL). • Self-motivation and self-sufficiency requiring minimal guidance to achieve technical objectives. • Excellent communication skills and comfort collaborating with diverse technical teams. • Continuous alignment with and adherence to AnaVation's core values. • Location/Hours: • This position is fully remote and can be performed from anywhere within the continental United States. • Regardless of location, this position requires full-time support during core Eastern Time business hours to align with our Government customer in Washington, DC. • This position may require support outside of core business hours for outages, updates/upgrades, and other needs. Preferred Qualifications: • Experience with Azure Government and/or AWS GovCloud/C2S/SC2S • Active Secret or Top Secret clearance • Azure certifications (Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Administrator, and/or Developer) • Kubernetes certifications (CKA, CKAD, CKS) • IaC/DevOps certifications (Hashicorp/Terraform) • AWS certifications (AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional, DevOps Engineer Professional, Developer, and/or SysOps Administrator) • Familiarity with cloud cost optimization strategies $85,678.38 - $200,993.63 a year Please note: The listed salary range reflects our market-based compensation structure. Final compensation will depend on business needs, local market conditions, internal equity, and the selected candidate's skills, education, and experience. Benefits • Generous cost sharing for medical insurance for the employee and dependents • 100% company paid dental insurance for employees and dependents • 100% company paid long-term and short-term disability insurance • 100% company paid vision insurance for employees and dependents • 401k plan with generous match and 100% immediate vesting • Competitive Pay • Generous paid leave and holiday package • Tuition and training reimbursement • Life and AD&D Insurance