Platform Architect – Navy CANES, Active Secret Clearance Required
CyKor
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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About the role
- Lead the end-to-end technical architecture for CANES Next Generation across shipboard and shore environments.
- Ensure architectural consistency across Unit Level, Force Level, submarine, and small platform variants.
- Define reference architectures, design patterns, and constraints that enable modularity, scalability, and repeatable pier-side installation.
- Architect and govern the use of Red Hat OpenShift as the primary hosting platform, supporting containers and virtual machines side by side using OpenShift Virtualization.
- Define workload placement, enclave-specific cluster topology, and migration approaches that allow legacy CANES and hosted applications to transition without operational disruption.
- Define and oversee the technical approach for sustaining and migrating existing VMware-based and bare-metal workloads into OpenShift Virtualization.
- Establish and enforce Infrastructure as Code and GitOps principles across CANES Next Generation.
- Architect day-0, day-1, and day-2 automation using Ansible Automation Platform, integrated with shore-to-ship parent and child governance models.
- Define how modular hardware building blocks and CyKor Equipment Groups are incorporated into the platform architecture.
Requirements
- Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field preferred.
- Minimum of 8 years of experience in platform architecture, systems engineering, or infrastructure engineering roles, with demonstrated success leading complex platform transformations in mission-critical or regulated environments.
- Deep expertise in Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes, including cluster architecture, operators, upgrades, lifecycle management, and multi-cluster operations in constrained or disconnected environments.
- Active Secret clearance
- Travel availability for on-site client installations or similar projects
- Hands-on experience with OpenShift Virtualization and KubeVirt, including VM lifecycle management, live migration, backup and restore, and migration of workloads from VMware or other legacy hypervisors.
- Advanced experience with Ansible Automation Platform for orchestration, configuration management, and platform lifecycle automation, particularly in environments requiring strong governance and repeatability.
- Strong experience with RHEL and Red Hat CoreOS, platform hardening, and secure configuration management.
- Solid understanding of container and VM security controls, identity integration, and compliance enforcement.
- Experience with Navy CANES, ADNS, or other DoD tactical network programs (preferred).
- Familiarity with Cisco NSO and model-driven network configuration management.
- Experience designing platforms for disconnected, intermittent, or bandwidth-constrained environments.
- Strong background in DevSecOps pipelines and controlled software delivery environments.
- Ability to produce clear technical documentation for formal design reviews and government stakeholders.
Benefits
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Hard Skills & Tools
platform architecturesystems engineeringinfrastructure engineeringRed Hat OpenShiftKubernetesOpenShift VirtualizationAnsible Automation PlatformRHELRed Hat CoreOSDevSecOps
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationtechnical documentation
Certifications
Bachelor degree in Computer ScienceActive Secret clearance