Senior DevOps Engineer - Backend Microservices & Kubernetes

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 97,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and disability insurance

401(k) match

Flexible spending accounts

Education assistance

Parental leave

Paid time off

Company-paid holidays

Job summary

L3Harris Technologies, Inc. in Colorado Springs seeks a Senior Specialist, Software Engineering (DevOps) to design, build, and operate backend microservices using Java, Spring Boot, SQL, and Kubernetes.

You will deploy and sustain services across multiple environments with automation and observability. You’ll work with a cross‑discipline team including systems engineers, front‑end developers, testers, and mission operators to ensure reliable, scalable capabilities with strong security controls.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher with 6+ years of relevant experience, or 4+ years with a graduate degree, or 10+ years in lieu of a degree.
• Strong hands-on experience building backend microservices and APIs with Java, Spring Boot, and SQL.
• Experience designing, testing, and troubleshooting distributed apps, including concurrency and data consistency.
• Hands-on Kubernetes deployment, automation, and multi-environment operations.
• Experience with CI/CD, automated testing, and config management.
• Experience Linux and Windows Server environments; U.S. Secret security clearance eligibility.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and sustain backend microservices and APIs with Java, Spring Boot, and SQL.
• Develop services for concurrent training scenarios and lifecycle operations.
• Collaborate with architects to implement scenario-time control and distributed state management.
• Design Kubernetes deployment/orchestration and automated provisioning for training environments.
• Integrate platform services for isolation, scalability, security, and operability.
• Establish interfaces, deployment automation, configuration practices, and integration tests.
• Develop automated tests and observability for reliability and data integrity.
• Troubleshoot and optimize backend services and Kubernetes workloads across environments.
• Collaborate with engineers, testers, and mission operators to deliver reliable capabilities.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

SQL

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Linux/Windows

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher

Tools

Helm

Kubernetes operators

GitOps

vCluster (virtual clusters)

GraphQL

Job description

L3Harris Technologies, Inc. in Colorado Springs seeks a Senior Specialist, Software Engineering (DevOps) to design, build, and operate backend microservices using Java, Spring Boot, SQL, and Kubernetes.

You will deploy and sustain services across multiple environments with automation and observability. You’ll work with a cross‑discipline team including systems engineers, front‑end developers, testers, and mission operators to ensure reliable, scalable capabilities with strong security controls.