Lead OpenShift/Kubernetes GitOps & CI/CD Engineer

System One; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 103,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

System One in Washington, DC seeks a Senior OpenShift/Kubernetes GitOps and CI/CD Engineer for a contract role. You will architect and operationalize GitOps, OpenShift/Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines, ensuring security and compliance, with remote/offsite work.

Responsibilities include designing GitHub repo structures, building Argo CD deployment models, integrating Nexus/Artifactory, Buildah and registries, and enabling end-to-end deployment traceability.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in a technical field with 8–12 years of experience or 6–10 years with a Master’s degree.
• Strong hands-on experience designing, engineering, and operating enterprise CI/CD and GitOps solutions.
• Proven experience with Kubernetes or Red Hat OpenShift in production.
• Experience integrating security controls, registry management, and deployment rollback.
• Proficient in Git workflows, and CI/CD tools such as Tekton, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement GitOps/CI/CD capability from foundation to production.
• Assess OpenShift/Kubernetes environments and onboard workloads from traditional platforms.
• Design standardized GitHub repo structures including CODEOWNERS and branch protection.
• Engineer reusable OpenShift Pipelines/Tekton templates for build, test, and promotion.
• Build container images with Buildah and manage registries like Quay/Artifactory.
• Integrate pipelines with Nexus/Artifactory and ensure image provenance and immutability.
• Establish end-to-end deployment traceability from source to deployment and validation.

Skills

Kubernetes/OpenShift production

CI/CD design

GitOps workflows

Argo CD

Tekton

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI/CD

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Buildah / Build technologies

Quay / Harbor / registries

Helm / Kustomize

Education

BS degree

MS degree

Tools

Buildah

Docker/BuildKit

Quay

Nexus

JFrog Artifactory

Argo CD

Tekton

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI/CD

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Quay/Harbor

Job description

System One in Washington, DC seeks a Senior OpenShift/Kubernetes GitOps and CI/CD Engineer for a contract role. You will architect and operationalize GitOps, OpenShift/Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines, ensuring security and compliance, with remote/offsite work.

Responsibilities include designing GitHub repo structures, building Argo CD deployment models, integrating Nexus/Artifactory, Buildah and registries, and enabling end-to-end deployment traceability.