Platform Engineer

Oteemo is looking for a driven, hands-on Platform Engineer to help design, automate, and deliver next-generation secure platforms for Department of Defense (DoD) missions. In this role, you’ll architect and manage air-gapped, mission-critical, and compliance-focused environments, leveraging your deep expertise in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Kubernetes automation (preferably RKE2). You’ll play a key role in building and scaling modern, automated infrastructure using tools like Ansible and Jenkins, directly supporting systems that enable the success of national defense and security operations.

This is an opportunity to work on cutting-edge DevSecOps initiatives, help shape the technical direction of secure cloud-native ecosystems, and contribute to Oteemo’s mission of driving innovation across the DoD landscape.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and manage highly secure and resilient RHEL environments, including advanced SELinux configurations in air-gapped and classified deployments.
• Architect, deploy, and automate Kubernetes clusters (preferably RKE2) to support containerized workloads in production and test environments.
• Develop Ansible playbooks and automation pipelines for provisioning, configuration management, patching, and software deployment.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, supporting secure software delivery across controlled environments.
• Partner with cybersecurity and compliance teams to ensure systems align with DoD standards, including STIG, RMF, and ATO requirements.
• Troubleshoot complex challenges across infrastructure, networking, storage, and automation layers.
• Drive continuous improvement and innovation by contributing to automation frameworks, DevSecOps practices, and operational excellence initiatives.

• Active DoD security clearance required.
• 5+ years of experience in Linux systems engineering, infrastructure automation, or DevSecOps.
• Strong, hands-on experience with RHEL and SELinux configuration, troubleshooting, and hardening.
• Proven success deploying and maintaining Kubernetes clusters—RKE2 experience is a major plus.
• Proficiency with Ansible automation for infrastructure provisioning and management.
• Experience designing and maintaining Jenkins CI/CD pipelines for secure and automated delivery.
• Familiarity with DoD cybersecurity frameworks, including STIGs, RMF, and ATO processes.
• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals, container orchestration, and distributed systems.

Nice to Have:

• Experience implementing Cilium CNI and Rook-Ceph in production Kubernetes environments.
• Knowledge of GitOps workflows, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), and container security scanning tools.
• Exposure to OpenShift, Harbor, or DoD DevSecOps Reference Architectures (DSOP, Iron Bank, Platform One).
• Experience working within classified, disconnected, or air-gapped networks.

We Value:

• Drive: Passion and energy to implement quality technical solutions. Self-motivation and intellectual curiosity
• Commitment to Quality: Passion to conceive and produce world-class solutions that drive real-world value for the customer
• Customer Focus: Consultative approach to solving problems for customers. Expectations management.
• Communication: Superior communication skills. Ability to clearly articulate problems, solutions, risks, rewards etc. (written and verbal)
• Technical Skills: Love for technology. You have to be inherently passionate about technology.
• Business Acumen: Technology ultimately is used to enable the business. We look for people who understand how the businesses can be enabled through their technical solutions

What we offer:

• Ability to make a noticeable difference for the organization and our customers
• Tremendous growth opportunity by becoming part of a rapidly growing organization. It’s not your tenure but what you can bring to the table that defines how your career will be shaped. You control your growth.
• Complex but interesting challenges to improve the depth and breadth of your technical and business skills. Our consultants are business technologists and understand how technology drives business. 
• Competitive pay and benefits

Oteemo is an equal employment and affirmative action employer. We evaluate qualified applicants on merit and business needs and not on race, color, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status or any other factor protected by law. Oteemo complies with the law regarding reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled employees.