DevOps Kubernetes Support

Reflexive Concepts, LLC; Hanover (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Reflexive Concepts, LLC seeks a skilled DevOps Kubernetes Support Engineer to join our Zero Trust ICAM team. You will support CI/CD pipelines, deploy containerized apps in Kubernetes, and maintain deployment artifacts under senior guidance for DoD customers.

You will configure workloads, monitor deployments, and help with vulnerability remediation and release evidence, working in a collaborative, security-conscious environment with room to grow Kubernetes and automation expertise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science or a related field.
• Seven (7) years of systems engineering experience; an additional five (5) years of systems engineering experience may substitute for the degree, for a total of twelve (12) years.

Responsibilities

• Support continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines, automated builds, testing, artifact packaging, and release activities
• Assist with deploying and sustaining containerized applications in Kubernetes environments under the guidance of senior engineers
• Maintain configuration files, scripts, deployment manifests, repositories, and version-controlled engineering artifacts
• Help configure and troubleshoot workloads, services, namespaces, ConfigMaps, Secrets, storage, networking, and access controls
• Monitor pipeline and deployment results, review logs and system health information, document issues, and support corrective actions
• Assist with container and dependency scanning, vulnerability remediation tracking, software bills of materials, artifact signing, container registries, or release evidence
• Support DISA and other DoD customer deployment activities by collecting environment information, executing documented procedures, and escalating technical issues
• Develop and maintain setup instructions, deployment checklists, troubleshooting notes, release documentation, and other technical guides

Skills

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

RKE2

Rancher

Helm

Kustomize

Jenkins

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

Ansible

Terraform

REST APIs

JSON

PKI

mTLS

OAuth 2.0

OpenID Connect

Job description

Reflexive Concepts is seeking a skilled DevOps Kubernetes Support Engineer to join our Zero Trust ICAM team!

Support DevOps activities for the Zero Trust Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ZT ICAM) program and its deployments for DoD customers. Working under the direction of senior engineers, you will assist with automated build, test, packaging, deployment, monitoring, and release activities, support Linux and containerized environments, and maintain repeatable deployment configurations and documentation. The role calls for foundational DevOps knowledge and some hands-on Kubernetes experience, with room to grow those skills.

Responsibilities:

• Support continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines, automated builds, testing, artifact packaging, and release activities
• Assist with deploying and sustaining containerized applications in Kubernetes environments under the guidance of senior engineers
• Maintain configuration files, scripts, deployment manifests, repositories, and version-controlled engineering artifacts
• Help configure and troubleshoot workloads, services, namespaces, ConfigMaps, Secrets, storage, networking, and access controls
• Monitor pipeline and deployment results, review logs and system health information, document issues, and support corrective actions
• Assist with container and dependency scanning, vulnerability remediation tracking, software bills of materials, and release evidence
• Support DISA and other DoW customer deployment activities by collecting environment information, executing documented procedures, and escalating technical issues
• Develop and maintain setup instructions, deployment checklists, troubleshooting notes, release documentation, and other technical guides

Qualifications:

• Seven (7) years of systems engineering experience
• Bachelor's Degree or higher in Computer Science or a related technical field
  • An additional five (5) years of systems engineering experience may be substituted for the degree, for a total of twelve (12) years

Desired Skills:

• Must be able to work in a collaborative environment, with minimal supervision
• Experience with RKE2, Rancher, Helm, Kustomize, Kubernetes package configuration, or single- and multi-namespace deployments
• Familiarity with Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Ansible, Terraform, or comparable automation and infrastructure tools
• Exposure to security scanning, vulnerability management, software bills of materials, artifact signing, container registries, or software supply chain practices
• Familiarity with REST APIs, JSON, PKI, mutual TLS, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, or enterprise identity and access management concepts
• Experience supporting classified, disconnected, air-gapped, or otherwise restricted customer environments
• Experience using Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Word, SharePoint, or Git-based repositories to manage work and technical documentation