Senior Kubernetes Engineer / Platform Administrator

Senior Kubernetes Engineer / Platform Administrator Washington, DC Pay From: $200,000 per year

MUST:

Experienced senior level Kubernetes Engineer/Platform Administrator Top Secret Clearance required 6+ years Kubernetes experience required Senior-level experience administering Kubernetes in production environments Strong understanding of containerization (Docker or equivalent, Kubernetes architecture and components, cluster networking and storage concepts) Experience with Linux system administration Experience with scripting and automation using Python Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills Ability to work in complex, distributed environments Preferred / Desired Qualifications Experience with observability platforms such as Grafana Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL Experience with messaging systems such as RabbitMQ Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or similar) Familiarity with DevSecOps practices and CI/CD pipelines Experience with service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio)

DUTIES:

Highly experienced Senior Kubernetes Engineer / Platform Administrator to lead the design, deployment, and sustainment of containerized application platforms. Core Responsibilities: Responsible for building and maintaining highly available, secure, and scalable Kubernetes environments that support mission-critical workloads. Deep expertise in Kubernetes administration and platform engineering, with additional experience in observability, automation, and distributed systems. Design, deploy, and manage Kubernetes clusters in enterprise or production environments. Implement and maintain cluster components including control plane services, worker node lifecycle management, networking (CNI), ingress, and service mesh (as applicable). Perform cluster upgrades, patching, and performance tuning. Manage container orchestration, scaling policies, and workload scheduling. Implement high availability, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery strategies. Infrastructure & Automation: Develop and maintain infrastructure-as-code and automation workflows. Automate deployment pipelines and cluster configuration management. Support CI/CD integration for containerized applications. Build repeatable processes for provisioning and scaling environments. Security & Compliance: Implement Kubernetes security best practices including RBAC, network policies, secrets management, image security and scanning. Ensure compliance with organizational and regulatory security requirements. Monitor and remediate vulnerabilities within the container ecosystem. Monitoring & Observability (Preferred): Integrate and maintain monitoring and visualization tools such as Grafana. Develop dashboards and alerts for cluster health, application performance, and system metrics. Support logging and telemetry aggregation across distributed systems. Application Support & Integration: Work closely with development teams to support containerized application deployments. Troubleshoot application and platform issues across distributed environments. Optimize resource utilization and performance for container workloads. Quadrant is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, status as a protected veteran, or status as an individual with a disability. Healthcare benefits are offered to all eligible employees according to compliance mandated by the Affordable Care Act. #J-18808-Ljbffr Quadrant