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Armada is a hyperscaler for edge AI infrastructure, delivering modular solutions deployed across 60+ countries for energy, defense, and other sectors. Backed by ~$500M in funding from Founders Fund, Lux, BlackRock, and Microsoft, with partnerships including NVIDIA, Palantir, and SpaceX, the company is building sovereign and edge AI infrastructure for customers requiring rugged, deployable compute outside centralized cloud.
As Senior Platform Engineer, you will own the design, automation, optimization, and operation of Kubernetes-based infrastructure supporting Armada's Galleon mobile data centers and Atlas cloud integration. This is a hands-on technical leadership role focused on building resilient, secure, and scalable Kubernetes environments across diverse edge locations and multi-cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP).
Key responsibilities include:
- Architect and deploy highly available Kubernetes clusters in on-premises (bare-metal) and cloud environments, managing cluster layout, resource allocation, and storage
- Administer, monitor, and optimize cluster health, performance, and capacity
- Implement Kubernetes networking (CNI, Ingress) and storage solutions (PV/PVC, CSI drivers)
- Design and manage Azure Stack Local and HCI environments
- Build robust monitoring, logging, and alerting systems (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)
- Drive Infrastructure-as-Code initiatives using Terraform, Ansible, Helm, and Kubernetes Operators
- Troubleshoot complex platform, networking, and infrastructure issues
- Enforce Kubernetes security best practices (RBAC, Network Policies, Secrets Management, Image Scanning)
- Automate cluster operations and CI/CD deployment pipelines
- Optimize for performance and resource utilization in edge environments
- Develop comprehensive documentation and runbooks
- Collaborate with software engineering, DevOps, security, and product teams
- Participate in on-call rotations and incident management
Required: US citizenship, 7+ years DevSecOps/SRE/platform engineering, 5+ years hands-on Kubernetes (including on-premises/bare-metal), 3+ years Linux administration.
