Kubernetes Engineer (Charleston)
Atlas Tech, a veteran-owned IT firm serving DoD customers, is hiring a Kubernetes Subject Matter Expert in Charleston (telework up to 2 days/week) to architect, deploy, and optimize enterprise Kubernetes clusters across bare-metal and multi-cloud environments using GitOps (Argo CD/Flux), service mesh, and DevOps tooling. Requires US citizenship and an active DoD Secret clearance.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- United States
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Category
- Not specified
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Must be a US Citizen
- Must currently possess and maintain a DoD Secret Level Security Clearance
- Extensive hands-on Kubernetes experience: cluster operations, workload deployment, infrastructure components
- 3+ years dedicated hands-on experience designing, provisioning, and administering production Kubernetes environments
- 5+ years experience working with a wide range of IT products
- Familiarity with managed Kubernetes cloud platforms (AKS, EKS, GKE)
- Solid understanding of containers and container build processes (Docker, Podman, Buildah)
- Strong troubleshooting of cluster networking, storage, and control plane issues
- Experience with service mesh (Istio, Linkerd) or ingress controllers (NGINX, HAProxy, Traefik)
- Experience with Helm charts, Kustomize, and Kubernetes Operators
- Knowledge of Kubernetes security tooling (OPA/Gatekeeper, Kyverno, Falco)
- Strong skills with automation tooling (Ansible, Terraform, or similar)
- Proficiency with Git, Jenkins, YAML, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps workflows
- Familiarity with DoD/DoW compliance automation (DISA STIGs, SCAP, RMF)
- Excellent communication and documentation skills
- BS degree in a relevant technical field or combination of education and experience
- Ability to obtain CompTIA Security+ CE within 3 months of start date
- Ability to obtain Professional Scrum Developer or Certified Scrum Developer certification within 3 months of start date
Nice to have
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
- Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
Full description
Atlas Tech, a veteran-owned IT company serving multiple DoD customers in support of America's warfighters, is seeking an experienced Subject Matter Expert (SME) specializing in Kubernetes and cloud native infrastructure. The ideal candidate will bring deep hands on knowledge of container orchestration, cluster operations, automation frameworks, and modern DevOps practices. Experience with multi cluster environments, service mesh, and cloud provider Kubernetes platforms is highly valuable. This role focuses on designing, implementing, and optimizing enterprise grade Kubernetes environments to drive scalability, reliability, and operational excellence.
This position allows for telework up to 2 days per week. However, Atlas reserves the right to adjust the schedule, if required to meet the needs of our customer.
Travel Up To - 10%
You Will:
- 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.
- Leverage GitOps delivery pipelines using 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 enhance monitoring, logging, and tracing frameworks to ensure cluster reliability and workload visibility.
- Troubleshoot complex cluster issues, including networking, scheduling, performance tuning, and node health.
- Collaborate with application teams to onboard workloads, design deployment patterns, and optimize resource usage.
- Drive documentation, standards, and reusable automation templates for repeatability across environments.
- Provide knowledge transfer, training, and mentorship to junior engineers and cross functional teams
You Have:
- Must be a US Citizen.
- Must currently possess and maintain a Department of Defense (DoD) Secret Level Security Clearance.
- Extensive hands-on Kubernetes experience, including cluster operations, workload deployment, and infrastructure components.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms providing managed Kubernetes (AKS, EKS, GKE).
- Excellent communication and documentation skills.
- Solid understanding of containers and container build processes (Docker, Podman, Buildah, etc.).
- Strong troubleshooting skills for cluster networking, storage, and control plane issues.
- Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd) or ingress controllers (NGINX, HAProxy, Traefik)
- Experience with Helm charts, Kustomize, and Kubernetes Operators templating/packaging mechanism.