Software Infrastructure Engineer

KES•San Diego, CA

20h

About The Position

Koam Engineering Systems, Inc. (KES Inc.) is seeking a Software Infrastructure Engineer to support edge compute infrastructure, virtualization, container orchestration, storage, automation, and software platform sustainment within a Department of Defense test, integration, and evaluation environment. The role focuses on on-premises and edge compute environments, requiring hands-on infrastructure implementation, platform configuration, and ongoing operational support. The engineer will build, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot infrastructure supporting software workloads, containerized applications, GPU-enabled services, and lab-based integration efforts. The work includes standing up and sustaining hypervisor and storage environments, Kubernetes and container infrastructure, automation workflows, and supporting network dependencies. It requires skills across Linux administration, virtualization, storage, containerization, Kubernetes, automation, platform operations, and software infrastructure support. Experience with edge compute, on-premises infrastructure, GPU-enabled platforms, Kubernetes, container runtimes, hypervisors, storage systems, secure lab environments, or DoD test and integration environments is highly desired.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a related field such as computer science, computer engineering, information systems, or software engineering, or equivalent specialized knowledge acquired through military training, formal technical instruction, certifications, and substantial progressively responsible practical experience of comparable scope, complexity, and independent judgment.
Security+ (DoD IAT Level II), or ability to meet the requirement within three months of employment.
Existing U.S. Government DoD-granted security clearance or eligibility at the final Secret level and ability to obtain a favorably adjudicated T5 background investigation; clearance requirements must be maintained for continued employment.
U.S. citizenship.
Minimum 3 to 5 years of progressively responsible experience supporting software infrastructure, systems engineering, Linux administration, virtualization, storage, containerization, Kubernetes, automation, DevOps, or secure test environment sustainment in a DoD, enterprise, lab, test, or other complex technical environment.
Hands-on experience building, configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting Linux systems, virtual environments, storage, container platforms, network dependencies, system services, and application-supporting infrastructure.
Experience deploying and supporting hypervisors, virtual machines, virtual networking, Kubernetes, containers, orchestration platforms, storage mappings, and infrastructure management components.
Experience developing and managing automation, scripting, configuration management, and deployment workflows using tools such as Python, Bash, PowerShell, Ansible, Terraform, Git-based repositories, CI/CD pipelines, GitLab, Jenkins, or similar technologies.
Experience troubleshooting complex infrastructure and platform issues and maintaining technical documentation, including configuration records, deployment procedures, diagrams, validation steps, and troubleshooting or engineering support records.

Nice To Haves

Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA), CompTIA Linux+, or equivalent Linux certification.
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD), or equivalent Kubernetes/container certification.
VMware Certified Professional (VCP) or equivalent virtualization/platform certification.
Experience supporting edge compute, on-premises infrastructure, GPU-enabled systems, AI/ML infrastructure, Kubernetes-based platforms, or containerized software environments.
Experience with Morpheus/KVM, VMware, Hyper-V, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker, Podman, Run, ClearML, PaletteAI, storage platforms, artifact repositories, or similar infrastructure and platform technologies.
Experience supporting secure, disconnected, classified, air-gapped, controlled, or highly regulated environments where commercial cloud or standard development practices must be adapted for local infrastructure.
Experience supporting DoD, Navy, NIWC Pacific, lab, test, integration, C4I, C5ISR, or operational evaluation environments.

Responsibilities

Build, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot edge compute and on-premises software infrastructure for DoD lab, test, integration, and evaluation environments.
Stand up and sustain hypervisor, virtual machine, virtual networking, and storage environments, including resource allocation, storage mappings, shared data, repositories, and management components.
Deploy and sustain Kubernetes and containerized infrastructure using Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, OpenShift, or similar platforms.
Install, configure, and troubleshoot Linux operating systems, system services, drivers, container runtimes, and supporting software dependencies.
Support GPU-enabled infrastructure, including driver installation, version compatibility, container integration, resource scheduling, and workload placement.
Develop and maintain automation and configuration management solutions for repeatable infrastructure deployment, patching, validation, and sustainment, using Git-based repositories, CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, artifact tracking, and version control.
Integrate software infrastructure with network dependencies, including IP addressing, VLANs, routing, firewall paths, and end-to-end connectivity.
Troubleshoot issues across hardware, hypervisors, storage, Linux systems, containers, Kubernetes services, networking, automation workflows, and hosted software components.
Maintain technical documentation, including system configurations, storage and network mappings, deployment procedures, troubleshooting guides, validation steps, and sustainment procedures.