Senior Kubernetes & Cloud DevOps Engineer (EKS)

Guidehouse Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 85,000 - 141,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

Personal and Family Sick Time & Paid H

Parental Leave

401(k) Retirement Plan

Group Term Life and Travel Assistance

Health Savings Account & FSAs

Transit and Parking Benefits

Disability insurance

Tuition Reimbursement & Learning Oppt.

Employee Referral Program

Corporate Sponsored Events & Community

Accommodation support if needed

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking a Senior Cloud Kubernetes Engineer to maintain and optimize Kubernetes-based workloads, including Appian and .NET services, across AWS. You will implement CI/CD pipelines, manage Helm deployments, and strengthen security controls to align with FedRAMP/NIST standards.

The role requires 5+ years in cloud operations, strong AWS EKS expertise, and the ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance. Washington, DC area on-site with competitive benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university.
• 5+ years of overall work experience.
• 3+ years in Cloud Kubernetes Operations, DevOps, or SRE.
• Hands-on AWS EKS experience (kubectl, namespaces, resource limits) and Helm charts.
• AWS GovCloud familiarity and core AWS infra knowledge.
• Experience supporting .NET environments and familiarity with Appian or BPM engines.
• Must obtain and maintain a Public Trust; US citizenship or Green Card required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, troubleshoot, and monitor Kubernetes pods, services, and ingress controllers for Appian workloads and .NET apps.
• Package .NET apps in Windows or Linux containers and deploy via Helm charts and CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
• Monitor Appian platform layers using the Appian Operator on Kubernetes.
• Update Terraform/CloudFormation modules for core AWS services (EC2, EKS, RDS, IAM, VPCs).
• Perform cluster updates, patch vulnerabilities, and enforce RBAC per FedRAMP/NIST SP 800-53.
• Configure alerts, dashboards, and log streaming with Prometheus, Grafana, or CloudWatch to minimize downtime.

Skills

Kubernetes operations

DevOps / SRE

AWS EKS

Helm charts

Appian familiarity

Security clearance (Public Trust)

US Citizenship / Green Card

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Appian Operator on Kubernetes

Job description

Guidehouse is seeking a Senior Cloud Kubernetes Engineer to maintain and optimize Kubernetes-based workloads, including Appian and .NET services, across AWS. You will implement CI/CD pipelines, manage Helm deployments, and strengthen security controls to align with FedRAMP/NIST standards.

The role requires 5+ years in cloud operations, strong AWS EKS expertise, and the ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance. Washington, DC area on-site with competitive benefits.