Seeking a DevSecOps Engineer SME for a US Air Force program. Responsibilities include building PaaS environments with Kubernetes and Terraform, deploying applications, and ensuring compliance with cybersecurity policies.
Title: DevSecOps (Kubernetes) Engineer SME
Clearance: US Citizen (Secret Eligible)
Location: Remote
About this role:
- Rackner is seeking an DevSecOps (Kubernetes) Engineer SME to support a US Air Force program called Platform One, to work on a product called Big Bang.
- Big Bang provides the tooling for mission application owners to create a Platform as a Service in their own Kubernetes cluster running in a cloud or datacenter.
- This PaaS environment is built with Terraform and Helm charts, and comes with cybersecurity and other governance policies out of the box, as well as collaboration tools and plugins.
- We're looking for a DevSecOps Engineer who has deep experience in Kubernetes, Terraform and CI/CD Pipelines to join our team. This role is remote.
We are seeking professionals with:
- 3+ years; Kubernetes exp. in production environments
- Kubernetes distro (RKE2, EKS, OpenShift, VMWare Tanzu, etc)
- 3+ years; Terraform exp.
- Docker or other container technologies exp.
- Helm exp.
- Defense customers background (highly preferable)
What will make you successful:
- Build DevSecOps platforms which are used by a variety of mission application owners
- Create and update Kubernetes clusters using Terraform
- Deploy applications to Kubernetes clusters by writing and modifying Helm charts
- Become comfortable getting exposed to and learning different Kubernetes distributions (RKE2, OpenShift, Tanzu, etc)
- Self teach and work with custom operators and CRDs in Kubernetes as needed
- Use automation best practices, such as IaC and GitOps, for repeatability and fast provisioning of environments
- Ensure platform and pipelines are compliant with DoD cybersecurity policies (NIST 800-53/RMF, STIGs)
- Work with the Cybersecurity team by implementing industry best practices for system hardening and configuration management
Who We Are:
- Rackner is a software consultancy that builds cloud-native solutions for startups, enterprises, and the public sector.
- We are an energetic, growing consultancy with a passion for solving big problems for both startups and enterprises.
- Each of us enable digital transformation for large organizations through the newest in distributed technologies as we are laser focused on end-to-end application development, DevSecOps, AI/ML and systems architecture and our methodology focuses on cloud-first and cost-effective innovation.
- Our customers hail from a diverse, ever-growing list of industries.
Benefits/Additional Info:
Rackner embraces and promotes employee development and training and covers the cost of certifications relevant to a position and the technologies/services provided. Fitness/Gym membership eligibility, weekly pay schedule and employee swag, snacks & events are offered as well!
- 401K with 100% matching up to 6%
- Highly competitive PTO
- Great health insurance with large network of providers
- Medical/Dental/Vision
- Life Insurance, and short & long term disability
- Industry-Leading Weekly Pay Schedule
- Home office & equipment plan
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Top Skills
Ci/Cd
Docker
Helm
Kubernetes
Terraform
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