Senior Kubernetes Engineer
Senior Kubernetes Engineer
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$ 126100 - 227950
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Job 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 Base 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 missioncritical solutions and drive continuous improvement across diverse projects. Become a key contributor in our cuttingedge environment where continuous learning and knowledge sharing are integral to advancing and optimizing our customer solutions. Bring your own experience and work with our team to teach and learn while building maintaining and supporting our customer environments.
OnSite Requirement:
The position requires onsite presence at Joint Base 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 rearchitect Kubernetes clusters to support missioncritical 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 rearchitecting 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 continuous improvement of version control practices.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelors degree with 12 years of relevant experience or a masters degree with 10 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. Security CE CCNASecurity CySA GICSP GSEC CND SSCP)
- Proficient with container orchestration tools like Kubernetes and/or Docker Swarm.
- Proficient with Python JavaScript or equivalent programming language.
- Strong background in Linux system administration especially Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
- Experience and ability to lead and mentor junior engineers and lead technical initiatives.
- Must be committed to adopting and adhering to best practices.
- Strong analytical and problemsolving 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 highquality work both independently and with a team in a fastmoving 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
- Experienced with Spectro Palette.
- Active DoD TS/SCI clearance.
- Red Hat OpenShift including setup configuration and administration.
- Relevant certifications such as Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE).
- Experience with cloudfirst AWS/Azure native architectures and cloud PaaS & SaaS services.
- Experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines and tools (e.g. Jenkins GitLab CI etc).
- Active Kubernetes Certified Administrator (CKA) OR Docker Certified Associate (DCA).
Original Posting:
March 24 2025For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range:
Pay Range $126100.00 $227950.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand 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.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
