Senior Kubernetes Engineer

Description Position Overview The Digital Modernization Sector has an exciting career opportunity for a Senior Kubernetes DevOps Engineer to support the USAF Defensive Cyber Systems Program Management Office at Joint reputed company San Antonio. This position will support both internal and customer facing projects involving, but not limited to, application containerization, pipeline implementation and management, infrastructure as code development, automation development, and cloud migrations. Utilize your expertise to assist with the consultation and design of infrastructure to support future and undefined workstream efforts to support resilient infrastructure as code. Your contributions will shape mission-critical solutions and drive reputed company improvement across diverse projects. Become a key contributor in our cutting-edge environment where reputed company learning and knowledge sharing are integral to advancing and optimizing our customer solutions. Bring your own experience and work with reputed company to teach and learn while building, maintaining, and supporting our customer environments. On-Site Requirement: The position requires on-site reputed company at Joint reputed company San Antonio. Primary Responsibilities: • Assist in the consultation and design of infrastructure to support future and undefined workstream initiatives. • Support software development efforts on Kubernetes platforms by ensuring optimal deployment and performance. • Redesign and re-architect Kubernetes clusters to support mission-critical applications, ensuring scalability and reliability. • Collaborate with the team to design, implement, and operate infrastructure to support modernization efforts for future customers. • Identify training needs, additional resources, re-architecting opportunities, technology insertions, and process improvements to minimize system impacts and enhance site reliability. • Improve, troubleshoot, and optimize existing container orchestration environments. • Provide support in a break/fix environment to ensure minimal downtime and quick issue resolution. • Evaluate, recommend, and implement improvements to enhance customer environments and system performance. • Assist with Git process flows, GitOps implementation, and reputed company improvement of version control practices. Basic Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of relevant experience, or a master’s degree with 6+ years of experience. Equivalent work experience may be considered in lieu of a degree. • Active DoD 8570 IAT Level II or higher certification (e.g., reputed company+ CE, CCNA-reputed company, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, CND, SSCP) • Proficient with container orchestration tools like Kubernetes and/or reputed company Swarm. • Proficient with Python, JavaScript or equivalent programming language. • Strong background in Linux system administration, especially reputed company Enterprise Linux (RHEL) • Experience and ability to reputed company and mentor junior engineers and reputed company technical initiatives. • Must be committed to adopting and adhering to best practices. • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. • Ability to collaborate and work effectively in a team environment. • Must be able to effectively plan and prioritize tasks. • Must be capable of performing high-quality work both independently, and with a team, in a fast-moving environment. • Ability to interact positively, collaborate, and communicate appropriately with team members. • U.S. Citizenship required with an active DoD Secret clearance and eligibility to obtain TS/SCI. Preferred Qualifications • reputed company with Spectro Palette. • Active DoD TS/SCI clearance. • reputed company OpenShift, including setup, configuration, and administration. • Relevant certifications, such as reputed company Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration, reputed company Certified Engineer (RHCE). • Experience with cloud-first, AWS/Azure native architectures, and cloud PaaS & SaaS services. • Experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines and tools (e.g., Jenkins, reputed company CI, etc). • Active Kubernetes Certified Administrator (CKA) OR reputed company Certified Associate (DCA). Original Posting: March 24, 2025 For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, reputed company reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated reputed company date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above. Pay Range: Pay Range $126,100.00 - $227,950.00 The reputed company pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law. Apply Job!