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Platform Engineer

Greenbelt, MD

$120k-$160k / yearest.

full-timeleadFederal IT / Space

🛠 Tech Stack

💼 About This Role

You'll lead the migration of legacy NASA satellite ground software to Kubernetes on-premise, ensuring mission continuity. Your core impact is maintaining high-availability Linux servers and automating operations. This role stands out for its direct mission-critical work supporting space science.

🎯 What You'll Do

  • Analyze, configure, and maintain Linux servers in a heterogeneous environment
  • Build, deploy, and manage infrastructure systems
  • Implement backup and redundancy strategies
  • Collaborate on policies, procedures, and technical documentation

📋 Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
  • 7+ years experience with AWS, RHEL, and Windows/AD
  • Experience operating Kubernetes clusters
  • Strong scripting skills (Shell/Perl/Python)

✨ Nice to Have

  • VMWare/Nutanix/Hyper-V experience
  • Private-cloud backup and recovery experience

🚩 Heads Up

  • Role mixes system engineering with platform engineering responsibilities
  • Requires 7+ years but only title and platform focus suggest lead level
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