Kubernetes Engineer
Core
Design, operate, and secure container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes) for federal client production workloads in on-prem, air-gapped, or hardened cloud environments.
Role type
Mid-Level Kubernetes Engineer (Platform)
Builds
Production-grade Kubernetes clusters, CI/CD pipelines, observability stacks, and security-hardened infrastructure for defense and public health clients.
Domain
US Federal Government / Cloud-Native Infrastructure / Cybersecurity
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Kubernetes cluster administration, Linux systems fundamentals, Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Helm, Kustomize), container networking, RBAC, security hardening (STIGs, Pod Security Standards), observability (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry), scripting (Bash, Python, Go)
Preferred skills
GitOps tooling (ArgoCD, Flux), service mesh (Istio, Linkerd), managed Kubernetes (EKS, GKE, AKS, OpenShift), air-gapped deployment experience, Kubernetes-based AI/ML orchestration (Kubeflow, KServe)
Technologies
Kubernetes, EKS, GKE, AKS, OpenShift, Terraform, Helm, Kustomize, ArgoCD, Flux, Istio, Linkerd, Vault, Sealed Secrets, Prometheus, Grafana, Fluentd, Fluent Bit, OpenTelemetry, Bash, Python, Go
Responsibilities
Design and deploy Kubernetes clusters supporting federal production workloads; build and maintain CI/CD pipelines with GitOps workflows; harden clusters to meet DISA STIGs and federal security requirements; implement service mesh, ingress controllers, and secrets management; build observability stacks for cluster and application health; automate infrastructure provisioning with IaC; troubleshoot cluster and application incidents; partner with dev teams to adopt Kubernetes-native patterns; support ATO and continuous monitoring processes; document platform architecture and operational runbooks.
Seniority
Mid-Level, hands-on IC