Platform Services Technical Lead

ABSC (Absolute Business Solutions Corp.)

. Provide technical leadership, product direction, and execution for the team deploying and sustaining Kubernetes-based application-runtime capabilities and shared services .

Posted 11/6/2026full-timeBethesda • Maryland • United StatesSenior💰 $135,000 - $245,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Kubernetes administration, cloud infrastructure, and DevOps practices, with a strong focus on technical leadership and agile methodologies. Capable of translating complex government mission requirements into actionable technical plans while ensuring security and operational excellence.

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Kubernetes AdministrationCloud Infrastructure ExperienceDevOps Technical LeadershipAgile Program ExperienceActive TS/SCI Clearance

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Hard Skills

KubernetesLinuxElasticRedisCloudFormationHelmJavaPython.NETPostgreSQL

Soft Skills

Strong Written CommunicationStrong Verbal Communication

Tools & Technologies

CI/CDGitLabJenkinsAnsibleSalt

Certifications & Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree in EngineeringMaster’s Degree in Computer ScienceActive TS/SCI Clearance

Industry Keywords

AgileSAFeApplication SecurityInfrastructure as CodeAutomated Testing

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleCloudDNSJavaJenkinsKubernetesLinuxMS SQL ServerPostgresPythonRedisSaltStackSQLTypeScript.NET

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide technical leadership, product direction, and execution for the team deploying and sustaining Kubernetes-based application-runtime capabilities and shared services
Lead the design, integration, deployment, operation, and sustainment of mission application-runtime and shared platform services
Translate Government mission priorities and product-roadmap requirements into executable technical plans and backlog items
Own and prioritize the team backlog and define user stories and acceptance criteria
Guide architecture, engineering, security, automation, and implementation decisions
Lead technical discussions, evaluate alternatives, and resolve complex application, integration, Kubernetes, Linux, data-service, and infrastructure challenges
Balance new capabilities, security findings, defects, operational sustainment, and technical debt
Identify and manage technical risks, capacity concerns, dependencies, and impediments
Drive execution against Program Increment objectives and sprint commitments
Lead backlog refinement, sprint planning, reviews and demonstrations, retrospectives, and PI Planning
Promote automated testing, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, observability, application security, and continuous improvement
Communicate progress, status, risks, tradeoffs, and investment needs to technical and nontechnical stakeholders
Contribute to technical documentation, design reviews, and planning for current and future capabilities
Work closely with Government stakeholders and cross-functional engineering teams
Support DIA-NDOC’s D3P modernization under the DTP contract

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or a related field with 12 or more years of relevant experience, or a master’s degree with 10 or more years of relevant experience
Active TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a CI polygraph
Hands-on production Kubernetes administration, including cluster lifecycle, upgrades, configuration, namespaces, tenancy, quotas, limits, capacity planning, RBAC, and troubleshooting
Experience operating Elastic, Redis, or comparable shared platform services, including configuration, scaling, monitoring, high availability, backup, recovery, upgrades, and incident response
Experience implementing least privilege, vulnerability remediation, secure baselines, encryption, audit logging, and secrets management
Experience with metrics, logs, traces, dashboards, alerting, SLOs, SLIs, capacity monitoring, and root-cause analysis
Strong knowledge of Linux application hosting, containers, images, networking, DNS, TLS and certificates, and storage
Experience using CloudFormation, Helm, Salt, Ansible, or comparable automation and configuration-management tools
Experience as a DevOps, Platform, Shared Services, or Systems Engineering technical lead
Experience working in an Agile program, particularly SAFe
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Experience with AI-driven processing systems
Cloud infrastructure experience
Experience with Appian or another low-code platform
Experience with PostgreSQL, Keycloak, GitLab, Jenkins, or other CI/CD technologies
Development or scripting experience with Java, Python, or .NET
Experience administering Microsoft SQL Server or another relational database

Benefits

Comp & perks

Generous PTO plus 11 Federal Holidays
Retirement Planning – 401k Fully Vested with Match
Annual Health and Wellness Allowance – buy an Apple Watch, a treadmill, or hit the gym on us
Career Development – Annual Funds to spend on Education and Training
Volunteer Time Off – Annually, all employees can spend 8 hours directly supporting a charity of choice
Charitable Match – ABSC matches an employee’s donation to a qualifying charity
Referral Program – We pay for internal and external referrals
LOV Awards – Earn bonus awards throughout the year from our Living Our Values awards program
Generous external referral bonuses