Field Service Engineer – DoD Secure Kubernetes HA Clusters

Kavaliro; Homestead (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Kavaliro seeks a highly secure, hands-on Kubernetes engineer in Homestead, FL to architect, deploy and maintain mission-critical, HA clusters in air-gapped environments. You will work with AWS IL6 and on-prem systems, enabling DevSecOps and ensuring robust data replication and backups.

Required are DoD RMF familiarity, Security+ and TS/SCI if available, plus experience with GitOps tools, Terraform and cloud-native services. This role is on-site in Florida with potential regional deployments.

Qualifications

• Active DoD security clearance preferred.
• Must have Security+ certification.
• Experience architecting and deploying high-availability Kubernetes clusters in air-gapped environments.

Responsibilities

• Interface with stakeholders to capture requirements and brief government stakeholders.
• Plan execution of technical requirements and RMF documentation to achieve ATO.
• Deploy and maintain HA Kubernetes RKE2 on AWS IL6 and on-prem.
• Deploy and maintain MinIO in distributed mode across nodes.
• Ensure multi-node GitOps setups with redundancy and regular backups.
• Coordinate with DEVSECOP for deployments and security patches.
• Deploy and remotely maintain clusters in Japan and other regions.

Skills

Active Security+

TS/SCI clearance

Kubernetes HA

Tools

Terraform

GitOps

S3

EKS

RDS

IAM

CloudWatch

Job description

Kavaliro seeks a highly secure, hands-on Kubernetes engineer in Homestead, FL to architect, deploy and maintain mission-critical, HA clusters in air-gapped environments. You will work with AWS IL6 and on-prem systems, enabling DevSecOps and ensuring robust data replication and backups.

Required are DoD RMF familiarity, Security+ and TS/SCI if available, plus experience with GitOps tools, Terraform and cloud-native services. This role is on-site in Florida with potential regional deployments.