Senior OpenShift Engineer – Onsite with Secret Clearance

Piper Companies; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k)

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Sick Leave

Job summary

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Systems Engineer / Senior OpenShift Administrator to support NIWC Pacific in San Diego, CA. This full-time, onsite role focuses on OpenShift health, performance, and security in a government environment.

You will lead OpenShift cluster administration, automation, and platform optimization, collaborating with agile teams and ensuring STIG compliance for mission-critical systems.

Qualifications

• Active Secret Clearance required.
• DoD 8570 IAT Level II certifications: CySA+, Security+, CCNA Security, GICSP, GSEC, SSCP.
• 7+ years of Linux systems administration experience.
• 3+ years of proven OpenShift deployment experience.
• Experience with automation and scripting (Bash, Python, Ansible).
• Strong Kubernetes fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end administration, scaling, maintenance and optimization of on-premises OpenShift clusters.
• Ensure secure, highly available enterprise infrastructure supporting mission-critical apps.
• Monitor cluster health, capacity and performance, proactively resolve issues.
• Troubleshoot cluster and infra problems using logs and diagnostics.
• Configure and maintain cluster security settings, RBAC and network policies.
• Perform upgrades, patching, backups, lifecycle management.
• Develop automation solutions using Bash, Python and Ansible.
• Collaborate with agile teams supporting government apps.
• Document configurations and procedures.
• Support STIG compliance initiatives.
• Assist with Kubernetes platform administration and container support.
• Provide technical leadership on OpenShift best practices.

Education

Active Secret Clearance

DoD 8570 IAT Level II certifications: CySA+, Security+, CCNA Security, GICSP, GSEC, SSCP

Linux systems administration

Kubernetes fundamentals

Automation and scripting

Tools

Bash

Python

Ansible

Job description

Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking a Systems Engineer / Senior OpenShift Administrator to support NIWC Pacific in San Diego, CA. This full-time, onsite role focuses on OpenShift health, performance, and security in a government environment.

You will lead OpenShift cluster administration, automation, and platform optimization, collaborating with agile teams and ensuring STIG compliance for mission-critical systems.