Cloud Platform Engineer-Customer Delivery
5411-585
CALIBRE is an Employee-Owned AI transformation company delivering mission focused solutions. We are seeking to hire a Cloud Platform Engineers to deliver Kubernetes-based platform solutions across commercial and government environments.
This is a hands-on, customer-facing engineering role operating in a professional services model. You will architect, build, harden, and deploy production-ready Kubernetes platforms using Spectro Cloud across SaaS, on-prem, and fully air-gapped environments.
Engagements range from short accelerators to multi-month implementations. Once delivery and knowledge transfer are complete, you move to the next challenge. This is not a long-term operations role.
Openings include:
TS/SCI
TS
Commercial (no clearance required)
What You’ll Do
Architect and deploy Kubernetes platforms using Spectro Cloud in:
Build and configure clusters from scratch, including control plane, networking, storage, and ingress.
Integrate CI/CD pipelines and container supply chains (build, scan, push, deploy).
Containerize and modernize customer workloads using Helm, OCI registries, and Git-based workflows.
Troubleshoot real-world distributed system issues across:
Support both connected SaaS-style deployments and fully offline artifact mirroring environments.
Produce clear architecture diagrams, runbooks, and structured knowledge transfer for customer independence.
Control plane components
Networking (CNI, DNS, ingress, load balancers)
RBAC and security boundaries
Persistent storage (PV/PVC, CSI)
Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP (EKS/AKS/GKE).
Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, etc.).
Hands-on experience with Docker/OCI images and private registries.
Experience working in restricted or air-gapped environments.
Strong troubleshooting skills and ability to operate independently in customer-facing scenarios.
Preferred
Experience with cluster lifecycle platforms (Spectro Cloud, Rancher, OpenShift, Tanzu).
Helm chart authoring and Kubernetes operator familiarity (CRDs/CRs).
Experience with artifact mirroring, offline deployments, and secure supply chains.
Exposure to STIG hardening, vulnerability management, and compliance-driven environments.
CKA, CKAD, or cloud provider certifications.
Minimum 10 years of information technology experience which includes cloud, DevOps, or platform engineering.
Proven experience building and troubleshooting Kubernetes clusters (not only consuming managed services).
Strong customer service skills
Ability to act independently in client environment as a representative of CALIBRE
Preferred experience in consulting or advisory roles.
What Success Looks Like
Secure, production-grade clusters delivered on time.
Customers fully enabled to operate and extend their platform.
Clear documentation and repeatable architecture patterns.
High technical credibility in front of senior customer engineers.
Travel may be required depending on customer engagement and clearance requirements.
REMOTE, United States
Full-Time/Regular
PI288318720