Senior Infrastructure Architect

Join Oteemo and become part of a transformation powerhouse where innovation meets impact. We're not just another consulting firm—we're architects of digital evolution, blending cutting-edge technical expertise with human-centered design principles to create solutions that resonate. Our work spans Infrastructure, Software Development, DevSecOps, Cybersecurity, Experience and Design, Organizational Change Management, and AI-enabled solutions, but our approach is what truly sets us apart. We measure success through tangible business outcomes, not billable hours. We foster a culture of continuous learning where your ideas can thrive and technical excellence is celebrated. Our collaborative global team works across borders and time zones, tackling complex challenges for both Commercial Enterprise and Federal Defense clients with equal passion and precision. At Oteemo, you'll have the opportunity to work with emerging technologies and develop your skills alongside industry experts who are reshaping digital landscapes. If you're seeking a place where your technical prowess can drive meaningful change and where innovation isn't just encouraged—it's expected—Oteemo is your next career destination. 

The Senior Infrastructure Engineer will be responsible for design, implementation, and maintaining the containerized Kubernetes environment supporting application re-architecture. This position will be responsible for establishing and operating the Platform as a Service (PaaS) infrastructure that enables the cloud-based transformation. Primarily leveraging Kubernetes and container orchestration technologies to ensure optimal performance, security, and scalability. This work is to be performed in support of application migration so additional experience in software development would be beneficial. This role will include managing containerized environments, cloud-native applications, and microservices architectures, with a strong emphasis on deploying and managing Kubernetes clusters. This is a hybrid position in Manassas, VA. 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Lead the design and implementation of scalable, future-proof infrastructure solutions across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments, ensuring alignment with organizational goals. 

• Assess current infrastructure, processes and recommend improvements to enhance efficiency, automation, and orchestration. Infrastructure improvements should align with application modernization efforts. 

• Conduct technology assessments and POCs to evaluate new tools and platforms, validating solutions before broader implementation. 

• Install, configure, and maintain RKE2 Kubernetes clusters across development, staging, and production environments 

• Provide architectural leadership to ensure infrastructure solutions align with business and technical requirements, while mentoring teams and setting long-term strategies. 

• Design and recommend strategies for high availability, business continuity, and disaster recovery that meet modern best practices. 

• Collaborate with business and technical teams to understand requirements and deliver infrastructure solutions that support business growth and innovation. 

• Evaluate and recommend security frameworks and compliance strategies to ensure infrastructure security and regulatory alignment. 

• Lead rapid prototyping efforts to test and validate infrastructure solutions, ensuring they meet performance, scalability, and reliability expectations. 

• Troubleshoot and resolve complex infrastructure issues. 

• Support the migration of legacy applications to containerized environments. 

• Active Secret or Top-Secret Clearance. 

• 10+  years of experience designing, implementing, and maintaining enterprise infrastructure solutions. 

• Strong experience with cloud infrastructure management (Azure, AWS, GCP). 

• Proficiency in the development and automated management of portable infrastructure deployments across various platforms with tools such as Terraform, Ansible, and Crossplane.io, etc. 

• Hands-on experience developing GitLab-CI pipelines. 

• Deep understanding of container orchestration via portable Kubernetes distributions (RKE, RKE2, OpenShift, etc.). 

• Experience leading platform backup & disaster recovery efforts. 

• Familiarity with distributed cloud-native storage solutions such as Longhorn. 

• Strong knowledge of Linux operating systems (RHEL). 

• Understanding of observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Kibana, Fluentd, etc.) 

• Ability to define and enforce configuration and policy management using tools such as Open Policy Agent. 

• Familiarity with cloud-native IdPs such as Keycloak. 

• Experience managing software-related artifacts with tools such Artifactory and Harbor Registry. 

• Familiarity with cloud native application management tools such as Kustomize, Helm, and ArgoCD. 

• Experience drafting detailed technical documentation. 

• Understanding of networking concepts including VLANs, SDN, and load balancing. 

• Skilled in assessing business needs and translating them into technical infrastructure solutions while troubleshooting and resolving issues efficiently. 

• Experience with software development in C++ and/or Java is a plus 

• CKS, CKA, and/or CKAD is a plus.  

We Value:

• Drive: Passion and energy to implement quality technical solutions. Self-motivation and intellectual curiosity
• Commitment to Quality: Passion to conceive and produce world-class solutions that drive real-world value for the customer
• Customer Focus: Consultative approach to solving problems for customers. Expectations management.
• Communication: Superior communication skills. Ability to clearly articulate problems, solutions, risks, rewards etc. (written and verbal)
• Technical Skills: Love for technology. You have to be inherently passionate about technology.
• Business Acumen: Technology ultimately is used to enable the business. We look for people who understand how the businesses can be enabled through their technical solutions

What we offer:

• Ability to make a noticeable difference for the organization and our customers
• Tremendous growth opportunity by becoming part of a rapidly growing organization. It’s not your tenure but what you can bring to the table that defines how your career will be shaped. You control your growth.
• Complex but interesting challenges to improve the depth and breadth of your technical and business skills. Our consultants are business technologists and understand how technology drives business. 
• Competitive pay and benefits

Oteemo is an equal employment and affirmative action employer. We evaluate qualified applicants on merit and business needs and not on race, color, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status or any other factor protected by law. Oteemo complies with the law regarding reasonable accommodations for handicapped and disabled employees.