AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Engineering & Analysis, Test & Evaluation, and Training.
ResponsibilitiesThe Kubernetes Engineer will be standing up an enclave which will be a Red Hat environment utilizing Kubernetes for deploying and managing applications. They will be responsible for standing up the Kubernetes environment as well as the management/administration of the environment over the lifecycle. This person should also have experience in Red Hat administration.
As a Kubernetes Engineer with AMERICAN SYSTEMS you will have the opportunity to do the following:
- Design, Management, and Administration of Kubernetes environment
- Configure Kubernetes deployments in order to meet relevant STIGs and the JSIG
- Manage Red Had Linux systems in a software development or scientific computing environment
- Recommend and implement Kubernetes cluster, to include utilization, number of workloads, etc.
- Work with users to recommend containerization best practices for their workloads
- Assist users in deployment of containerized workloads onto Kubernetes in scalable manners
- Deploy support system applications onto Kubernetes like Red Hat IDM
- Deploy highly utilized software onto Kubernetes in highly available manners like GitLab, and chat applications like Mattermost
- Troubleshoot Kubernetes performance Issues
- Develop example Kubernetes deployment packages, as well as container build pipelines
- Assist with software selection for Kubernetes and container relevant workloads
- Assist with the administration of container artifact management
- Recommend and implement best practices for Kubernetes storage utilization.
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Qualifications- Active TOP SECRET clearance with SCI eligibility
- U.S. Citizenship Required for the purposes of obtaining/holding a U.S. security clearance.
- Minimum of 2-3 years in deploying and managing Kubernetes environment.
- No bachelor degree required. Experience (technical skills) is more critical.
- Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate (KCNA) Certification
- Solid Linux background
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) is highly desired but not required
- Familiarization with Ansible, PostgreSQL, Scripting (BASH, Python, or Perl)
- CompTIA Linux+, Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) is a plus
Skills Required
- Active Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility
- U.S. citizenship for obtaining or holding a security clearance
- 2–3 years of experience deploying and managing Kubernetes environments
- Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate certification
- Solid Linux background
- Familiarity with Ansible, PostgreSQL, and Bash, Python, or Perl scripting
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator certification
- CompTIA Linux+ certification
- Red Hat Certified System Administrator certification
What We Do
AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned government services contractor that delivers professional, technical, information technology, engineering, analysis, testing, evaluation, and training solutions for complex national-priority programs. Based in McLean, Virginia, the company supports federal customers—particularly defense and other Department of Defense missions—with mission-essential and information engineering, digital engineering, systems integration, cybersecurity, cloud, data, and lifecycle IT services across critical public-sector environments.
