Infrastructure Engineer: Kubernetes & Virtualization

Nightwing; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 99,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

401k plan

Paid time off

Holidays

Job summary

Nightwing is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to design, build, and maintain the backbone of advanced systems infrastructure onsite in Maryland. You will own planning, configuring, and sustaining scalable, secure infrastructure with containerization using Kubernetes and Rancher, virtualization with Proxmox, and robust monitoring via ELK, Prometheus, and Grafana.

Ideal candidates will excel as systems thinkers who can deploy, optimize, and secure distributed architectures,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years in infrastructure engineering or related roles.
• Experience designing, deploying, and maintaining Kubernetes clusters.
• Strong virtualization knowledge, including Citrix environments.
• Experience with monitoring tools (ELK, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Linux-based systems and network administration expertise.
• Automation scripting in Python, Bash, or Terraform.
• Familiar with DevSecOps, CI/CD, and Git.
• Ability to lead scalable, virtualized system planning.

Responsibilities

• Architect, deploy, and maintain containerized environments (Kubernetes, Rancher, Proxmox).
• Design scalable virtualization solutions (Citrix multi-user environments).
• Manage logging/observability (ELK, Prometheus, Grafana) for performance.
• Plan and configure network stacks for microservices and distributed systems.
• Develop automation scripts in Python, Bash, or Terraform.
• Optimize infrastructure to support heavy workloads and reduce downtime.
• Collaborate with devs and ops to integrate infra into CI/CD pipelines.
• Ensure security policies with DevSecOps practices and Git workflows.
• Provide guidance on capacity planning and risk mitigation in virtualized envs.

Skills

Linux systems

Networking

DevSecOps

Scripting (Python/Bash)

CI/CD pipelines

Git version control

Automation with Terraform

Distributed systems

Leadership & planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

Kubernetes

Rancher

Proxmox

Citrix virtualization

ELK Stack

Prometheus

Grafana

Python

Terraform

Ansible

Git

Job description

Nightwing is seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to design, build, and maintain the backbone of advanced systems infrastructure onsite in Maryland. You will own planning, configuring, and sustaining scalable, secure infrastructure with containerization using Kubernetes and Rancher, virtualization with Proxmox, and robust monitoring via ELK, Prometheus, and Grafana.

Ideal candidates will excel as systems thinkers who can deploy, optimize, and secure distributed architectures,