- Experience operating Amazon EKS at scale, including add-on lifecycle, node group strategy, pod identity, and IRSA
- GitOps experience with ArgoCD, Flux, or comparable
- Experience with DAST and runtime security tooling such as OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite, Nuclei, or equivalent
- Experience implementing SLIs/SLOs and error-budget-driven operational practices
- Experience building synthetic and transactional monitoring that exercises real authentication flows and critical user journeys
- Familiarity with IAVM tracking, vulnerability remediation workflows, and evidence generation for compliance reporting
- Exposure to policy-as-code frameworks: OPA/Rego, Kyverno, or Conftest
- Experience with software supply chain integrity: SBOM generation, image signing (Cosign/Sigstore), SLSA provenance
- Experience supporting FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, RMF, or comparable federal compliance environments
- Experience with distributed tracing and modern observability stacks: OpenTelemetry, Loki, Tempo, or ELK
- Active security clearance or eligibility
- Relevant certifications such as CKA/CKS, AWS Solutions Architect / Security, or Terraform Associate
- Prior experience supporting AI/ML or Agentic AI platforms in production
Why Peraton
Peraton is a next-generation national security company delivering mission capabilities across defense, intelligence, space, cyber, and federal civilian markets. The platform work you do here directly shapes how advanced AI-enabled capabilities reach mission teams — securely, compliantly, and in production.
Ready to Build?
If you'd rather engineer the paved road than write the exception ticket — apply. We're looking for a builder who treats reliability, security, and operability as one job.
Target Salary Range $146,000 – $234,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.