Senior DevOps Engineer

Cubic Corporation • Ashburn, VA

2d

About The Position

We are seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to drive the hands-on development and sustainment of a Kubernetes platform built around RKE2, expand that platform to support Red Hat OpenShift, and support internal developer teams through shared CI/CD infrastructure. This role supports customer-site deployments in restricted environments and focuses on platform engineering, CI/CD enablement, and operational execution. The role will implement platform designs and deployment patterns defined by the Lead Architect while maintaining platform and CI/CD capabilities.

Requirements

• Four-year college degree in computer science, electronic engineering or other related technical discipline, plus a minimum of five years of related experience or a master’s degree with three years of related experience. Experience to include software development/engineering, developing state-of-the-art computer software, exercising creativity in technical direction and successful strategy development.
• Strong hands-on experience with Rancher RKE2.
• Experience creating Helm charts and configuration artifacts for repeatable installs.
• Strong scripting and automation skills (Python, Bash, Go, or similar).
• Experience with observability tooling (Prometheus, Grafana, EFK/ELK, OpenSearch).
• Experience working in classified, air-gapped, or otherwise restricted environments.
• Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, Salt, or similar).
• Ability to use PC software such as word processing, database, spreadsheet and flowchart, and Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools.
• Must be available for domestic and possible international travel.
• Must be eligible to work in a DOD cleared facility

Nice To Haves

• Experience with GitLab CI/CD, including pipeline authoring and runner management.
• Hands-on experience with Red Hat OpenShift platform.
• Experience operating Kubernetes-based systems in disconnected or limited-connectivity environments.
• Software development experience, including integrating with Kubernetes.
• Experience using dependency management tools (Renovate).
• Experience deploying and managing VM-based infrastructure using Terraform / Tofu.
• Familiarity with GitOps-style configuration management.
• Knowledge of DoD compliance frameworks (RMF, STIGs, NIST 800-53).
• Kubernetes, OpenShift, or GitLab certifications.
• Active DoD Top Secret clearance.

Responsibilities

• Extend and adapt platform capabilities to support and integrate with Red Hat OpenShift
• Lead development of platform capabilities using industry best practices and standards
• Develop platform tooling and services to support repeatable, automated deployments
• Support installation, configuration, upgrades, and patching of platform components on customer-managed clusters
• Implement Kubernetes and OpenShift security controls aligned with DoD STIGs, RMF, and NIST 800-53
• Troubleshoot and resolve platform-level issues across development, test, and deployed environments
• Design and maintain GitLab CI pipelines and shared pipeline templates
• Maintain CI/CD runners, build environments, and supporting tooling
• Assist developers with pipeline design, troubleshooting, and optimization
• Support platform deployments at customer sites, including pre-deployment validation and post-deployment stabilization
• Participate in incident response and root cause analysis related to platform or CI/CD services
• Demonstrates deep technical ownership across Kubernetes platform and CI/CD infrastructure
• Serves as a primary technical reference for RKE2, OpenShift, and GitLab CI/CD
• Balances platform development with developer support responsibilities
• Ensures solutions are robust, supportable, and aligned with architectural intent
• Mentors engineers through design reviews, implementation guidance, and troubleshooting

Benefits

• Cubic offers medical, dental and vision insurance, company-paid disability (company continues full pay and benefits for up to six weeks), life insurance options, critical illness and accident coverages, Flexible Spending Accounts, a pre-paid legal plan, travel accident insurance, an award-winning well-being program which includes an employer-funded lifestyle spending account, up to six weeks of paid parental leave, and a 401k Retirement Plan with a company match.
• Employees can also take advantage of backup childcare, pet care, pet insurance, virtual tutoring, and a tuition reimbursement program.
• Many locations follow a 9/80 work schedule with time-off policies to help encourage employees to take time for rest and relaxation.
• Full-time salaried employees are eligible to participate in Cubic’s flexible time-off arrangement.
• Part-time and hourly employees accrue paid time-off (PTO)/Sick leave at a rate of 5.23 hours bi-weekly.
• Lastly, Cubic provides its employees 11 paid holidays throughout the calendar year.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees