Kubernetes Engineer

American Systems•Arlington, VA

1d•$120,000 - $160,000

About The Position

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Test & Evaluation, Program Mission Support, Engineering & Analysis, and Training. The Kubernetes Engineer will be standing up an enclave which will be a Red Hat environment utilizing Kubernetes for deploying and managing applications. They will be responsible for standing up the Kubernetes environment as well as the management/administration of the environment over the lifecycle. This person should also have experience in Red Hat administration. As a Kubernetes Engineer with AMERICAN SYSTEMS you will have the opportunity to do the following: Design, Management, and Administration of Kubernetes environment Configure Kubernetes deployments in order to meet relevant STIGs and the JSIG Manage Red Had Linux systems in a software development or scientific computing environment Recommend and implement Kubernetes cluster, to include utilization, number of workloads, etc. Work with users to recommend containerization best practices for their workloads Assist users in deployment of containerized workloads onto Kubernetes in scalable manners Deploy support system applications onto Kubernetes like Red Hat IDM Deploy highly utilized software onto Kubernetes in highly available manners like GitLab, and chat applications like Mattermost Troubleshoot Kubernetes performance Issues Develop example Kubernetes deployment packages, as well as container build pipelines Assist with software selection for Kubernetes and container relevant workloads Assist with the administration of container artifact management Recommend and implement best practices for Kubernetes storage utilization.

Requirements

Active TOP SECRET clearance with SCI eligibility
U.S. Citizenship Required for the purposes of obtaining/holding a U.S. security clearance.
Minimum of 2-3 years in deploying and managing Kubernetes environment.
No bachelor degree required. Experience (technical skills) is more critical.
Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate (KCNA) Certification
Solid Linux background
Familiarization with Ansible, PostgreSQL, Scripting (BASH, Python, or Perl)

Nice To Haves

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) is highly desired but not required
CompTIA Linux+, Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) is a plus

Responsibilities

Design, Management, and Administration of Kubernetes environment
Configure Kubernetes deployments in order to meet relevant STIGs and the JSIG
Manage Red Had Linux systems in a software development or scientific computing environment
Recommend and implement Kubernetes cluster, to include utilization, number of workloads, etc.
Work with users to recommend containerization best practices for their workloads
Assist users in deployment of containerized workloads onto Kubernetes in scalable manners
Deploy support system applications onto Kubernetes like Red Hat IDM
Deploy highly utilized software onto Kubernetes in highly available manners like GitLab, and chat applications like Mattermost
Troubleshoot Kubernetes performance Issues
Develop example Kubernetes deployment packages, as well as container build pipelines
Assist with software selection for Kubernetes and container relevant workloads
Assist with the administration of container artifact management
Recommend and implement best practices for Kubernetes storage utilization.