Kubernetes Platform Engineer II — Security Clearance

CTRL + LLC; Maryland; On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO

Sign-on & retention bonuses

Tech reimbursement

Employer-paid life/AD&D

Employer-paid 401(k)

Job summary

Ctrl+ is an innovative software engineering and staffing firm specializing in DoD programs, seeking a Software Integration Engineer with a security clearance. The role focuses on administering the PaaS component of the CASA Compute Environment, ensuring secure, scalable, and high-availability Kubernetes clusters within Linux infrastructure to meet mission needs.

Candidates should have 5+ years of STEM-degree-anchored experience, strong Linux and scripting skills, and hands-on work with

Qualifications

• Requires 5 years of experience with STEM Bachelor's Degree.
• Experience with Linux CLI and tooling, scripting, and containerization.
• Experience administering Kubernetes clusters and related workloads.

Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain, and provide operational support for the PaaS component of the CASA Compute Environment (CCE).
• Ensure platform reliability, scalability, security compliance, and optimal cluster performance to support mission and application requirements.
• Monitor and troubleshoot Kubernetes workloads (ingress, networking, storage, etc.) and manage Helm charts.

Skills

Linux CLI

Bash/Python scripting

Docker/Podman

Kubernetes

Kubernetes monitoring

Kubernetes troubleshooting

IaC automation (Ansible)

Helm Charts

Prometheus/Grafana

Git version control

Education

STEM Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Atlassian Jira/Confluence

Job description

Ctrl+ is an innovative software engineering and staffing firm specializing in DoD programs, seeking a Software Integration Engineer with a security clearance. The role focuses on administering the PaaS component of the CASA Compute Environment, ensuring secure, scalable, and high-availability Kubernetes clusters within Linux infrastructure to meet mission needs.

Candidates should have 5+ years of STEM-degree-anchored experience, strong Linux and scripting skills, and hands-on work with