Senior Platform Engineer (TS/SCI) - Kubernetes & PaaS

Shield Consulting Solutions; Maryland; On-site; USD 220,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO 25 days

Paid holidays

Health insurance

401(k) match

Job summary

Shield Consulting Solutions is seeking a Software Integration Engineer with TS/SCI w/Polygraph to administer and support the CASA Compute Environment's PaaS. You will manage secure Kubernetes clusters in a Linux-based infra, ensuring reliability, scalability, and security compliance for mission-critical workloads.

The role requires extensive Linux, scripting, containerization, and IaC experience, with a strong emphasis on Helm, Prometheus/Grafana, and Git for collaboration.

Qualifications

• Security+ certification is required.
• 8 years of demonstrable experience with integrating, installing, configuring, upgrading, compiling, and supporting COTS/GOTS software.
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline (or 5 additional years substituted for degree).
• Active TS/SCI w/Polygraph is REQUIRED.

Responsibilities

• The Software Integration Engineer shall be responsible for the administration, maintenance, and operational support of the PaaS component of the CASA Compute Environment.
• The CCE provides secure, multi-tenant, high-performance Kubernetes clusters in a Linux-based infrastructure.
• Tasking shall ensure platform reliability, scalability, security compliance, and optimal cluster performance.

Skills

Linux CLI

Bash/Python scripting

Docker/Podman

Kubernetes administration

Kubernetes troubleshooting

Ansible IaC

Helm charts

Prometheus/Grafana

Git version control

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

5 additional years of software engineering experience substituted for degree

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Shield Consulting Solutions is seeking a Software Integration Engineer with TS/SCI w/Polygraph to administer and support the CASA Compute Environment's PaaS. You will manage secure Kubernetes clusters in a Linux-based infra, ensuring reliability, scalability, and security compliance for mission-critical workloads.

The role requires extensive Linux, scripting, containerization, and IaC experience, with a strong emphasis on Helm, Prometheus/Grafana, and Git for collaboration.