Senior DevSecOps Engineer: Kubernetes, Cloud & DoD

OpenTalent; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Core4ce is hiring a DevSecOps Engineer to deliver containerization, cloud, and systems engineering for a major DoD program. Responsibilities include engineering container services, sustaining Kubernetes clusters, security procedures, and SOP documentation.

The role requires DoD experience or the ability to obtain a Secret clearance, extensive Linux administration, and hands-on work with Kubernetes tools (GitLab, Harbor, ArgoCD). Hybrid growth and cross-functional collaboration are expected.

Qualifications

• Active Secret Clearance or ability to obtain a Secret clearance.
• Seven+ years administering and hardening Linux operating systems (prefer Red Hat).
• Five+ years designing and deploying hardened Kubernetes clusters and cluster orchestration platforms (Rancher, OpenShift).
• Two+ years with Windows operating system.
• Two+ years of AWS experience including EKS, EC2, S3, EBS, Load-Balancers, RDS.
• Experience with Kubernetes tools (GitLab, Harbor, ArgoCD, StackRox, Keycloak).
• Experience operating in a DoD environment with network/access/security policies.
• Ability to obtain CKA certification within 6 months of hire.

Responsibilities

• Engineer new container services and sustain existing container orchestration systems.
• Understand customer requirements and evaluate best-of-class solutions.
• Support system architecture design and implementation efforts.
• Manage accounts, network rights, and system resources (performance, capacity, availability).
• Implement security procedures and tools; develop admin SOPs.
• Troubleshoot compute infrastructure/software interface and interoperability problems.
• Ensure Kubernetes environment availability and configuration management.
• Install and integrate system fixes, updates, and enhancements.
• Adhere to DoD information security policies; flexible responsibilities.

Skills

Kubernetes

Linux

AWS

Windows

Terraform

Ansible

GitLab

OpenShift

Harbor

ArgoCD

StackRox

Keycloak

CKA

DoD compliance

Tools

Rancher

OpenShift

Job description

Core4ce is hiring a DevSecOps Engineer to deliver containerization, cloud, and systems engineering for a major DoD program. Responsibilities include engineering container services, sustaining Kubernetes clusters, security procedures, and SOP documentation.

The role requires DoD experience or the ability to obtain a Secret clearance, extensive Linux administration, and hands-on work with Kubernetes tools (GitLab, Harbor, ArgoCD). Hybrid growth and cross-functional collaboration are expected.