Atlassian Platform Engineer — Kubernetes (DoD IL5/IL6)

Innovim-Defense-Services,-LLC; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision insurance

Life insurance

401k matching

Educational/Training support

Job summary

INNOVIM is seeking an Atlassian Systems Administrator to support the Missile Defense Agency on the IRES contract. Location options include Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado Springs, CO or Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, AL.

You will deploy, maintain, and scale Jira, Confluence, and Jira Align within secure, containerized DoD environments using Docker and Kubernetes, ensuring high availability and governance.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6+ years of general full-time work experience.
• Minimum 3+ years of systems administration or DevOps experience.
• Minimum 2+ years deploying, monitoring, and managing production workloads in Kubernetes and containerized environments.
• Current DoD 8570 IAT Level II Certification.
• Active DoW Secret Security Clearance, ability to obtain Top Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Architect, deploy, and maintain Atlassian workloads (Jira, Confluence, Jira Align) using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Automate routine administration, patching, system checks, and deployments.
• Ensure security by applying DISA STIGs and working within DoD IL5/IL6 boundaries.
• Serve as escalation point for complex troubleshooting and integration issues.
• Coordinate change requests and cross-team collaboration.

Skills

General work experience

Systems administration

DevOps engineering

Kubernetes administration

Education

DoD 8570 IAT Level II Certification

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Grafana

Splunk

Job description

INNOVIM is seeking an Atlassian Systems Administrator to support the Missile Defense Agency on the IRES contract. Location options include Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado Springs, CO or Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, AL.

You will deploy, maintain, and scale Jira, Confluence, and Jira Align within secure, containerized DoD environments using Docker and Kubernetes, ensuring high availability and governance.