Senior Deployment Platforms Engineer — Kubernetes & CI/CD Lead

SciTec; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 151,000 - 201,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4% Safe Harbor 401(k) match

Company paid health insurance

Dental, Vision, Life insurance

Discretionary performance bonus

Generous PTO and holidays

Flexible work hours

Job summary

SciTec is a dynamic defense contractor seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead Deployment Environments. You will build repeatable, secure deployment practices for mission-critical data processing and workflows, mentoring engineers and elevating organizational capabilities.

The role focuses on CI/CD, containerization, Kubernetes, Helm, and secure, observable deployment pipelines across multiple locations. DoD clearance is required and experience with government contracting is highly valued.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, or a related technical field.
• 10+ years of professional experience designing, implementing, and troubleshooting production software systems, including build and deployment infrastructure.
• Deep experience with containerization (Docker and/or Podman), including image construction, optimization, and security.
• Deep production experience with Kubernetes, including resource management, scheduling, and troubleshooting.
• Experience packaging and deploying workloads with Helm or similar tools.
• Experience designing and maintaining production CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
• Experience with local Kubernetes environments (e.g., Minikube, KinD) for development and integration testing.
• Experience with observability, logging, and monitoring for containerized workloads.
• Proficiency in Python, Go, Bash, or TypeScript/Node.js.
• Comfortable working in Linux development environments.
• Strong technical writing, mentoring, and cross-team communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Assess current build, packaging, and deployment practices and identify gaps across teams.
• Define evaluation criteria for core deployment technologies and reference architectures.
• Document ADRs, runbooks, and troubleshooting guides for deployment tech.
• Build/maintain reference pipelines, Helm charts, container images, starter templates.
• Guide CI/CD pipeline design, automation, and reproducible builds.
• Improve image construction, security, and deployment practices.

Skills

Containerization

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Scripting languages

Linux

DoD security clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker/Podman

Helm

GitLab CI/CD

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Job description

SciTec is a dynamic defense contractor seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead Deployment Environments. You will build repeatable, secure deployment practices for mission-critical data processing and workflows, mentoring engineers and elevating organizational capabilities.

The role focuses on CI/CD, containerization, Kubernetes, Helm, and secure, observable deployment pipelines across multiple locations. DoD clearance is required and experience with government contracting is highly valued.