Kubernetes Engineer (Cloud Native Infrastructure & Automation)

Atlas Technologies•North Charleston, SC

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Atlas Tech, a veteran-owned IT company serving multiple DoD customers, is seeking an experienced Kubernetes and cloud-native infrastructure subject matter expert. The role focuses on designing, implementing, and optimizing enterprise-grade Kubernetes environments to improve scalability, reliability, and operational excellence. The engineer will serve as a technical authority for Kubernetes strategy, operations, and best practices, and work with application teams and other engineers to build and operate infrastructure across bare-metal, virtualized, and multi-cloud environments. The position allows telework up to two days per week, with the schedule subject to adjustment to meet customer needs. Travel is up to 10%. Atlas Tech describes its culture as emphasizing learning, teaching, passion, flexibility, teamwork, and process improvement.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. citizen.
Must currently possess and maintain a Department of Defense Secret-level security clearance.
Extensive hands-on Kubernetes experience, including cluster operations, workload deployment, and infrastructure components.
Familiarity with managed Kubernetes platforms such as AKS, EKS, and GKE.
Excellent communication and documentation skills, including the ability to explain complex concepts clearly.
Solid understanding of containers and container build processes, such as Docker, Podman, and Buildah.
Strong troubleshooting skills for cluster networking, storage, and control-plane issues.
Experience with service mesh technologies such as Istio or Linkerd, or ingress controllers such as NGINX, HAProxy, or Traefik.
Experience with Helm charts, Kustomize, and Kubernetes Operators as templating and packaging mechanisms.
Knowledge of Kubernetes security tooling such as OPA/Gatekeeper, Kyverno, or Falco.
Strong skills with automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or similar.
Proficiency with Git, Jenkins, YAML, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps workflows.
Familiarity with DoD/DoW compliance automation, including DISA STIGs, SCAP, and RMF.

Nice To Haves

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS), or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) certification.
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Ability to obtain CompTIA Security+ CE within three months of start date.
Ability to obtain a Professional Scrum Developer or Certified Scrum Developer certification.
At least 3 years of dedicated, hands-on experience designing, provisioning, and administering production Kubernetes environments.
At least 5 years of experience working with a wide range of IT products.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary technical authority for Kubernetes strategy, operations, and best practices.
Architect, deploy, and manage Kubernetes clusters across bare-metal, virtualized, and multi-cloud environments.
Use GitOps delivery pipelines, such as Argo CD or Flux, to automate infrastructure state, cluster add-ons, and workload deployments across multi-cluster environments.
Configure, tune, and troubleshoot cluster networking, including Container Network Interfaces, ingress controllers, and service mesh architectures.
Build and optimize monitoring, logging, and tracing frameworks for cluster reliability and workload visibility.
Troubleshoot complex cluster issues involving networking, scheduling, performance, and node health.
Collaborate with application teams to onboard workloads, design deployment patterns, and optimize resource usage.
Develop documentation, standards, and reusable automation templates for repeatability across environments.
Provide knowledge transfer, training, and mentorship to junior engineers and cross-functional teams.