Role & Responsibilities:
Design, development and maintain Kubernetes Platform Infrastructure, including but not limited to:
Produce and maintain functional Kubernetes Infrastructure as Code according to consumer needs based on the ticket requirements (such as: solutions for Security/Policy & Network, Monitoring & Logging, Storage, CI/CD Pipelines, Service Mesh and Backup & Restore)
Collaborate with stakeholders, development and product teams to understand operational product requirements, feature specifications, Architecture, CM and Testing processes
Manage time for assigned tasks to ensure progression/status updates and provide Level of Effort (LOE) forecasting with stakeholders
Understand and assist with documenting implementation requirements definition fulfillment, prior to execution of ticket
Ensure industry and security best practices across the team are known, in accordance with SSP and ISSO(s) and implemented
Research and study trends with relevant tools and technologies from the industry and Agency
Participate in team code reviews, cross-training, brainstorming, sprint review/demo, sprint planning sessions
Create and maintain clear and concise implementation documentation and SOPs
Report bugs and new feature proposals to the CCB
Qualifications:
Must have an active TS/SCI security clearance with lifestyle and CI polygraph.
Must have an active Sec + IAD 2 certification
Familiar with Kubernetes (K8s) Application Development and Administration
Containerization
Skilled in Linux (RHEL) Administration including storage and interface management, hardening, patching and bash scripting
Skilled in Ansible or similar automation technologies for configuration management, maintenance and deployment of operating systems and application
Virtualization/VMware
Cloud-Providers (AWS, AZURE or similar)
Microservices
Terraform
Go
Python
Familiar with GitLab or similar
Familiar with Helm Charts
Strong communication skills, self starter with the ability to work independently and in a team environment on new features, bug fixes and troubleshooting
Preferred Technologies, Skillsets & Certificates:
CKA Certification or Similar (Certified Kubernetes Administrator, Certified Kubernetes Application Developer or Certified Kubernetes Security)
GitOPS
CI/CD
Unit Testing
Ingress/Egress
Networking
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)