Kubernetes & DevSecOps Infra Engineer

NS2 Mission; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 132,000 - 191,000; Full time

Job summary

NS2 Mission in Chantilly, VA seeks an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to build, secure, and operate containerized workloads in production. You will work with Kubernetes, Helm, Linux, and observability to improve reliability and security of mission-critical infrastructure.

Join a team focused on automation, configuration-as-code, and scalable cloud-native platforms. Applicants should have 5+ years in DevOps and a strong security mindset to support complex deployments and customer-ready

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Technology degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5+ years of related DevOps, infrastructure, platform engineering, or systems engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience applying DevSecOps principles, including configuration management, configuration-as-code, and continuous delivery.
• Experience building, securing, deploying, and operating containers in a production or enterprise environment.
• Working knowledge of Kubernetes, including a fundamental understanding of Kubernetes architecture and how clusters operate.
• Experience using and/or administering Kubernetes clusters.
• Experience building and deploying Kubernetes workloads using Helm.
• Understanding of container and Linux host networking concepts.
• Strong Linux skills with the ability to troubleshoot operating system, networking, and container-related issues.

Responsibilities

• Build, secure, configure, and operate containerized workloads within dynamic production environments.
• Support Kubernetes clusters, including cluster administration, configuration, troubleshooting, and day-to-day operations.
• Develop and deploy Kubernetes workloads using Helm and established deployment practices.
• Apply DevSecOps principles throughout the infrastructure lifecycle, including configuration management, configuration-as-code, and continuous delivery.
• Automate infrastructure configuration and operational processes to improve consistency, security, and deployment efficiency.
• Support Linux-based hosts and container environments, including networking, connectivity, and system-level troubleshooting.
• Monitor infrastructure and application environments, identify issues, and support resolution of performance, availability, and configuration problems.
• Collaborate with software developers, DevOps engineers, and systems teams to support application deployments and operational readiness.
• Maintain configuration documentation, deployment procedures, and operational standards for infrastructure and container platforms.
• Contribute to continuous improvement efforts focused on infrastructure reliability, security, automation, and scalability.
• Support integration with distributed data and observability platforms as required, including technologies such as Apache Kafka and the Elastic Stack.

Skills

DevOps experience

Kubernetes administration

Helm

Linux administration

Security best practices

CI/CD pipelines

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Elastic Stack

Apache Kafka

Job description

NS2 Mission in Chantilly, VA seeks an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to build, secure, and operate containerized workloads in production. You will work with Kubernetes, Helm, Linux, and observability to improve reliability and security of mission-critical infrastructure.

Join a team focused on automation, configuration-as-code, and scalable cloud-native platforms. Applicants should have 5+ years in DevOps and a strong security mindset to support complex deployments and customer-ready