DevOps Platform Engineer at Avyanna Technologies
Bethesda, MD
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Aug 14, 2026
Bethesda, MD
Aug 18, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A federal IT program is hiring a platform engineer to design, build, and operate an internal developer platform spanning hybrid cloud (on-premises plus GovCloud) environments. The role involves Kubernetes-based workload orchestration, CI/CD toolchain management, observability, and GitOps workflows, while also leading a team and setting platform engineering standards for multiple application teams. It suits an experienced infrastructure/platform engineer comfortable with federal compliance frameworks.
Senior level · 8+ years · Bachelor's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
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The clearance requirement is a federal Public Trust background investigation (MBI or HBI) — not a national-security clearance (Secret/TS). Eligibility to obtain it is required, but it is not a pre-existing clearance gate, so the clearance requirement is set to None.
U.S. citizenship or permanent residency is explicitly required.
The CI/CD toolchain (GitLab, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD, Tekton) and observability stack (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK) appear in the responsibilities narrative rather than a formal requirements block; they are marked preferred accordingly. ArgoCD also appears in the required GitOps section and is marked required there.
OpenShift and Rancher are listed as preferred ('preferred') within the required qualifications block; marked preferred.
FISMA, NIST, and FedRAMP are framed as 'familiarity with' in the required block — indicating awareness rather than deep expertise; marked preferred. NIST is a standards body rather than a concrete tool and is omitted per guidelines.
The role involves leading a team and roadmap ownership, but the posting frames it as a hands-on platform engineering position rather than a people-management role, so 15-1252 is preferred over 11-3021. 15-1244 is the runner-up given the significant infrastructure operations scope.
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