Reliability Engineer Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM discipline.
• At least 5 years of relevant experience directly related to developing and delivering complex, large-scale distributed software systems solutions and technical products.
• At least 3 years supporting a highly available enterprise environment.
• At least 2 years of hands-on experience managing or administering existing Kubernetes environments.
• Shared ownership and engineering responsibility for production on-premises Kubernetes services and cloud environments, such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Ability to independently identify engineering problems and collaborate with technical leads to resolve full-stack issues.
• Working knowledge of Linux systems administration and configuration in an enterprise environment.
• Understanding of networking and storage fundamentals.
• Experience automating repetitive tasks with scripting or DevOps tools.
• Ability to obtain a U.S. government TS/SCI security clearance and polygraph; U.S. citizenship is required to obtain a clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Current and active U.S. Government TS/SCI security clearance and polygraph.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or another IT-related field.
• Master’s degree or PhD in a STEM discipline, especially an IT-related discipline.
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA), or Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) certification.
• Experience managing Kubernetes clusters using Rancher.
• Experience deploying or supporting persistent container storage on Kubernetes, such as Portworx, Rook Ceph, OpenEBS, or Longhorn.
• Experience with Linux performance tuning and security hardening for U.S. Government environments.
• Experience with VMware or Harvester virtualization infrastructures.
• Experience developing automated provisioning and configuration management solutions using Infrastructure-as-Code and GitOps practices, such as ArgoCD, Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, or Packer, and scripting or programming languages such as Bash, Go, and Python.
• Experience with Agile and Scrum.

Responsibilities

• Develop and sustain advanced services for a Kubernetes-based PaaS, such as Coder workspaces, Kueue batch scheduling, Knative serverless, and Crossplane control planes.
• Frequently apply full security patches across all layers of Kubernetes infrastructure while maintaining very high uptime.
• Contribute to the ownership and engineering responsibility of production Kubernetes and cloud environments, including AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Collaborate with Kubernetes technical leads to resolve full-stack engineering problems.
• Help ensure successful real-time analysis of telemetry data from space launch partners, including SpaceX, United Launch Alliance, and Blue Origin.
• Provide after-hours support for Kubernetes infrastructure troubleshooting, including during rocket launch events.
• Support scientists and engineers running applications in Kubernetes.
• Apply Linux systems knowledge to infrastructure troubleshooting.
• Evaluate and test new products and technologies.
• Use code to enhance and automate operations.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health care and wellness plans.
• Paid holidays, sick time, and vacation.
• Standard and alternate work schedules, including telework options.
• 401(k) plan with company-paid contributions of 8%, 10%, or 12% of eligible compensation based on years of service, plus matching contributions; employees are immediately eligible and vested upon hire.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Variable pay program for exceptional contributions.
• Relocation assistance.
• Professional growth and development programs.
• Education assistance programs.
• Inclusive work environment built on teamwork, flexibility, and respect.