Senior Kubernetes Software Engineer

Senior Kubernetes Software Engineer TS/SCI Eligible San Antonio TX onsite

Job Description

IPSecure is seeking a Senior Kubernetes Software Engineer with extensive software development experience and strong Kubernetes expertise to design develop and support scalable containerized applications. This role will collaborate with DevOps and platform engineering teams to automate deployment pipelines strengthen application reliability and resolve complex challenges across Kubernetes environments. The ideal candidate brings hands-on experience with cloud-native technologies infrastructure automation and production systems along with a commitment to continuous improvement and collaborative problem-solving.

Job Responsibilities

• Design develop and deploy scalable containerized applications within Kubernetes environments (Kubeadm RKE2) to ensure consistent and reliable delivery.
• Author and maintain Kubernetes manifests including Deployments Services Ingress ConfigMaps and Secrets following best practices for configuration management.
• Implement manage and optimize CI/CD pipelines to automate build test and deployment workflows for Kubernetes-based applications.
• Diagnose and resolve deployment infrastructure and runtime issues across Kubernetes clusters to maintain high availability and performance.
• Monitor application health and resource utilization leveraging tools such as Prometheus Grafana or similar for proactive performance management.
• Develop and maintain centralized logging and monitoring solutions for observability and incident response in Kubernetes environments.
• Collaborate with DevOps and platform engineering teams to enhance Kubernetes infrastructure improve application resilience and streamline delivery processes.
• Contribute to infrastructure-as-code initiatives using tools like Terraform Ansible or Helm to standardize and automate infrastructure provisioning.
• Stay current with the latest trends and advancements in Kubernetes cloud-native technologies and container orchestration strategies (Podman Docker Bootc).
• Participate actively in agile development ceremonies including sprint planning daily stand-ups and retrospectives contributing to continuous improvement and team alignment.

Basic Qualifications

Security Clearance: Must possess an active Secret clearance and ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance is required to be considered

Education: Bachelors degree in Information Technology Computer Science Cybersecurity Information Systems Engineering or related discipline. Equivalentexperiencemay be substituted.

Experience:

• 10 years of experience in software development including building deploying and supporting production-grade applications.
• 5 years of hands-on experience with Kubernetes including deployment orchestration scaling and cluster management.
• Proven understanding of containerization technologies particularly Docker and their role in modern application architecture.
• In-depth knowledge of Kubernetes networking service discovery DNS ingress controllers and load balancing mechanisms.
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language such as Go Python Java or used in application and infrastructure development.
• Practical experience with CI/CD tools and pipelines (e.g. Jenkins GitLab CI CircleCI) for automated testing building and deployment.
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code tools including Terraform Ansible or AWS CloudFormation to automate provisioning and configuration.
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability stacks such as Prometheus Grafana Fluentd and the Elastic Stack for system and application visibility.
• Proven analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on debugging complex distributed systems.
• Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills with a proven ability to collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD).
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS Azure GCP).
• Experience with service mesh technologies (e.g. Istio Linkerd).
• Experience with serverless technologies (e.g. Knative OpenFaaS).
• Experience working with git at the command-line
• Experience working with the Linux CLI and Linux scripting
• Contribution to open-source Kubernetes projects.

Benefits

Medical Dental Vision Unlimited Vacation Sick Leave Paid Federal Holidays Education and Certification Reimbursement Program 401(k) retirement plan with safe harbor employer match after 3 months Prepaid Legal Plan and Identity Protection Plan available Accident Insurance Critical Illness Insurance and Hospital Indemnity Insurance available.

EEOC Statement

IPSecure does not discriminate based on race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or status as a protected veteran.

Required Experience:

Senior IC