Software Integration Engineer 2 - (Kubernetes, Linux, Bash)

Akina, Inc.; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 188,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

24 days PTO

11 federal holidays

401k with 10% company match

Healthcare fully covered for employees

Educational assistance

Job summary

Akina, Inc. in Fort Meade, Maryland seeks a Software Integration Engineer 2 to administer the PaaS component of the CASA Compute Environment, focusing on Kubernetes clusters and a Linux-based stack to ensure reliability and high availability for mission workloads.

The role requires hands-on containerization, IaC, Helm, Ansible, and monitoring expertise, with cross-functional collaboration across security engineers and developers to maintain secure, scalable platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field with 6+ years' experience integrating, installing, configuring, upgrading COTS/GOTS software.
• Five years full-time CS-related work may substitute for a degree.
• Experience administering and monitoring Kubernetes clusters; strong Linux basics and shell scripting.

Responsibilities

• Provide administration, maintenance, and operational support of the PaaS component of the CASA Compute Environment (CCE).
• Ensure platform reliability, scalability, security compliance, and optimal cluster performance.

Skills

Kubernetes

Linux

Bash scripting

Docker/Podman

Ansible

Helm charts

Prometheus/Grafana

Git

CI/CD

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Jira/Confluence

Helm

Job description

Software Integration Engineer 2 - (Kubernetes, Linux, Bash)

• Fort Meade, Maryland

Clearance: TS/SCI - Polygraph required
Position ID: 02-514-SIE2
Location: Fort Meade, Maryland

Description:

The Software Integration Engineer shall be responsible for the administration, maintenance, and operational support of the Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) component of the CASA Compute Environment (CCE). The CCE provides secure, multi-tenant, high-performance, and highly available Kubernetes clusters operating within a Linux-based infrastructure. Tasking shall ensure platform reliability, scalability, security compliance, and optimal cluster performance in support of mission and application requirements.

• Provide administration, maintenance, and operational support of the Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) component of the CASA Compute Environment (CCE).
• Ensure platform reliability, scalability, security compliance, and optimal cluster performance in support of mission and application requirements.

Position Required Skills

• Ability to integrate, install, configure, upgrade, compile, and support COTS/GOTS software.
• Generate documentation for the full software stack.
• Update software for sustainment support.
• Basic Linux system administration skills and shell scripting.
• Execute test codes for characterization of software performance.
• Experience using the Linux CLI and Linux suite of tools.
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker/Podman.
• Demonstrated experience administrating and monitoring Kubernetes clusters.
• Experience troubleshooting and resolving issues related to Kubernetes workloads (ingress, performance, networking, storage, etc.).
• Experience with IaC principles, concepts, and methodologies using automation tools including Ansible.
• Experience writing, deploying, and maintaining Helm Charts.
• Experience using system monitoring tools such as Prometheus /Grafana.
• Experience using Git for source code management, branching strategies, and team collaboration.

Position Desired Skills

• Experience with the Atlassian Tool Suite (Jira, Confluence, etc.).
• Experience working in a DevOps environment that uses Agile principles and methodologies.
• Experience with or willingness to learn development of Python applications (REST services, microservices, etc.).

SIE2 Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field and have at least six (6) years of demonstrable experience with integrating, installing, configuring, upgrading, compiling, and supporting COTS/GOTS software in a heterogeneous operating system environment.

The individual shall have five (5) years full-time Computer Science directly related work that can be substituted for a degree and have six (6) years of demonstrable experience with integrating, installing, configuring, upgrading, compiling, and supporting COTS/GOTS software in a heterogeneous operating system environment.

Salary Range: $188k-$230k (Annually)

The range displayed above is a likely salary range for this position. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possible contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Akina is a Woman Owned, Service Disabled, Veteran Owned, Small Business, looking for talented and ambitious individuals to join our team. We offer a generous compensation package that includes 24 days PTO accrued annually and 11 federal holidays. Our 401k is 100% vested on your start date and the company makes a direct contribution worth 10% of your salary. Akina covers 100% of healthcare costs for employees and 50% toward dependents. We offer educational assistance towards college classes and will cover costs associated with job related training and certifications.

Akina is committed to excellence and creating innovative and flexible solutions for our clients. We are a small company with an open ear to our employees' needs in order to attract and retain quality talent that enables our customer's mission.

We are an equal employment opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.