About the Role
At MomentumAI, you’ll architect, harden, and deliver secure Kubernetes platforms and CI/CD pipelines that power mission-critical systems for enterprise and government clients. You’ll partner with platform, application, and security teams to design resilient architectures, drive application migrations, and implement repeatable, compliance-ready delivery patterns aligned to MomentumAI’s Platform-as-a-Product approach.
We are seeking a Platform Architect with deep, hands-on platform engineering, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and container security experience. You will work with mission stakeholders, developers, security, and operations to design resilient architectures, build application and data platforms, and migrate workloads while meeting stringent compliance requirements.
What You’ll Do
- Platform Architecture: Design and implement Kubernetes-based platforms on cloud and on-premises infrastructure, including air-gapped and disconnected environments
- CI/CD Pipeline Development: Design and implement CI/CD pipelines (GitOps-first using Argo CD/Flux, or classic pipelines via GitHub Actions/GitLab CI/Jenkins) with policy gates, automated testing, artifact signing, and environment promotion
- Container & Cluster Hardening: Apply CIS Benchmarks, admission control (OPA/Gatekeeper/Kyverno), image scanning (Trivy/Anchore/Clair), SBOM/SLSA supply-chain controls, and secrets management (Vault/KMS)
- Application Migration & Modernization: Lead discovery, assessment, and execution (rehost/replatform/refactor), data migration strategies, blue/green and canary releases, and service mesh patterns (Istio/Linkerd)
- Infrastructure as Code: Implement Terraform/Pulumi/Helm/Kustomize/Kratix/Crossplane; codify platform baselines and repeatable environment builds
- Observability & Reliability: Establish monitoring and logging (Prometheus/Grafana/ELK/OpenTelemetry), performance tuning, autoscaling, and SLOs
- Security & Compliance: Implement security controls ensuring platforms meet enterprise security standards and government/industry regulations (e.g., PCI, HIPAA, SOC2, ISO 27001, GDPR, CCPA, FedRAMP, NIST 800-53)
- Client Engagement: Work directly with clients to understand requirements, present solutions, and guide technical decisions
- Team Leadership: Mentor junior engineers and contribute to practice development, including reusable patterns and accelerators
- Documentation: Create architecture documentation, decision records, runbooks, and training materials for client teams
Required Qualifications
Strong candidates will meet most (not necessarily all) of the following requirements.
- 8+ years of experience in platform engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure roles
- Deep expertise with Kubernetes (vanilla, OpenShift, vSphere Kubernetes Service / VKS, or EKS/AKS/GKE)
- Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Crossplane, Ansible, or Pulumi)
- Proficiency with CI/CD tools and GitOps practices
- Remote-friendly with travel to client sites as needed
Preferred Qualifications
These are nice-to-haves that strengthen your candidacy. You don’t need all of them.
- Experience with air-gapped or disconnected environment deployments
- Familiarity with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd)
- Knowledge of container security tools (Twistlock, Anchore, Trivy)
- Experience with Platform as a Product methodologies
- Experience with software engineering, particularly in the context of extending Kubernetes (Go) and facilitating migration to Kubernetes (Java, C#, JavaScript, TypeScript, Ruby, Python)
- CKA, CKS, or cloud provider certifications
- Experience with VKS, Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG), OpenShift, Rancher, or similar enterprise Kubernetes distributions
Nice to Have
- Active security clearance (TS/SCI preferred for government engagements)
- Experience working in financial services, federal, or defense environments
About MomentumAI
MomentumAI is a platform engineering consultancy that helps enterprises build and operate modern platforms. We've been building platforms since 2010 and pioneered the Platform as a Product approach at Pivotal Labs. Our team works with platform teams at scale, helping large enterprises and government agencies build next-generation platforms.
We value innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. If you're passionate about building platforms that empower organizations to move faster and more securely, we'd love to hear from you.
Compensation & Benefits
Salary Range: $150,000 - $275,000 annually, based on experience, qualifications, and clearance level
Benefits Include:
- Competitive health, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) with 6% company match
- FSA and HSA options
- Life insurance and AD&D coverage
- Short and long-term disability
- Unlimited vacation policy
Ready to Apply?
We'd love to hear from you. Submit your application and we'll be in touch.