Kubernetes Platform Engineer – PaaS & Automation

Red Arch Solutions; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare premiums

Annual bonus

Tuition reimbursement

Paid holidays

529 Plan

College loan payback

Job summary

Red Arch Solutions is hiring a Software Integration Engineer to manage the PaaS component of the CASA Compute Environment. You will administer, maintain, and support secure, multi-tenant Kubernetes clusters within a Linux infrastructure to ensure reliability, scalability, and security compliance in mission-critical workloads.

The role requires TS/SCI with polygraph, Security+, and a CS-related degree with six years of relevant experience.

Qualifications

• TS/SCI with polygraph.
• Security+ certification.
• Bachelor’s Degree in CS or related field with at least six (6) years of demonstrable experience with integrating, installing, configuring, upgrading, compiling, and supporting COTS/GOTS software in a heterogeneous OS environment.
• Or five (5) years full-time CS-related work with six (6) years of relevant experience.
• Salary range for this position: $160,000-$210,000.

Responsibilities

• Administer, maintain, and provide operational support for the PaaS component of CASA Compute Environment (CCE).
• Ensure platform reliability, scalability, and security compliance of Kubernetes clusters.
• Troubleshoot and optimize Kubernetes workloads (ingress, networking, storage, performance).

Skills

Linux CLI

Shell scripting

Docker/Podman

Kubernetes administration

Kubernetes troubleshooting

IaC with Ansible

Helm charts

Prometheus Grafana

Git

DevOps/Agile

CKA

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Jira/Confluence

Python

Job description

Red Arch Solutions is hiring a Software Integration Engineer to manage the PaaS component of the CASA Compute Environment. You will administer, maintain, and support secure, multi-tenant Kubernetes clusters within a Linux infrastructure to ensure reliability, scalability, and security compliance in mission-critical workloads.

The role requires TS/SCI with polygraph, Security+, and a CS-related degree with six years of relevant experience.