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Ad Hoc LLC

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2014

🏛️ Government

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🔌 API

Government • Artificial Intelligence • API

Ad Hoc LLC is a technology consulting firm that modernizes digital government services through human-centered design, platform and mobile development, and systems transformation. The company specializes in data interoperability, API infrastructure, DevOps and cybersecurity practices, and AI-driven/agentic automation to help federal, state, and local agencies scale services, reduce costs, and improve user experiences. Notable work includes large-scale Medicare enrollment processing, the VA Health and Benefits mobile app, and enabling access to billions of health claims via modern APIs.

📋 Description

• Serve as an experienced individual contributor responsible for the design, operation, and reliability of the container orchestration platform underpinning a large federal enterprise cloud platform • Help meet scope, schedule, and delivery requirements while advancing the platform's Kubernetes practices • Design, operate, and upgrade production Kubernetes clusters on Amazon EKS, including cluster add-ons (e.g., CoreDNS, kube-proxy, CNI) • Manage cluster lifecycle, version currency, scaling, and standardized node baselines • Engineer cluster networking, ingress, service mesh, and workload isolation across multiple environments • Harden clusters and workloads to meet security and compliance requirements • Automate cluster provisioning and configuration through infrastructure as code (Terraform) • Self-directed design of cloud infrastructure and tradeoffs between cost, reliability, and efficiency • Build reusable modules and improve the developer experience for engineers deploying to the platform • Mentor engineers and present design documents and system diagrams to stakeholders • Participate in technical depth interviews with new candidates

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's and 7+ years of experience; relevant experience may be substituted for education • Demonstrated, expert-level experience operating Kubernetes in production (Amazon EKS preferred) • Expert-level knowledge of at least one infrastructure-as-code tool (Terraform preferred) • Deep command of containerization, networking, and core DevOps concepts • Must be able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Public Trust / suitability determination

🏖️ Benefits

• Company-subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance • Flexible PTO • 401K with employer match • Paid parental leave after one year of service • Employee Assistance Program