Senior Cybersecurity Systems Engineering

Assess and improve the health, performance, security, and reliability of infrastructure and Kubernetes platforms.

Build, configure, and maintain Kubernetes, Rancher, Helm, Docker, VMware, and Linux environments.

Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and deployments using IaC and CI/CD practices.

Troubleshoot complex issues across containers, compute, storage, networking, and application-hosting environments.

Improve monitoring, logging, alerting, dashboards, and overall platform observability.

Identify technical risks, recurring failures, and technical debt, and develop remediation plans.

Apply security hardening, vulnerability remediation, least privilege, and DevSecOps best practices.

Test, validate, and implement production changes through approved change-management processes.

Collaborate across engineering, cybersecurity, networking, storage, database, and application teams.

Maintain architecture diagrams, runbooks, SOPs, troubleshooting guides, and recovery documentation.

Support knowledge transfer, platform improvements, and occasional after-hours/on-call activities.

Support continuity of operations as essential personnel, including during government shutdowns, emergencies, or other critical situations.

Requirements

Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility

6+ years in systems, platform, DevOps, infrastructure engineering, or systems administration

3+ years of hands-on Kubernetes/container experience

Strong experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, and Rancher or OpenShift

Experience supporting on-prem, mission-critical infrastructure

Hands-on VMware and Linux administration experience

Infrastructure automation/IaC experience with Terraform, Ansible, PowerShell, Python, or similar

Experience building or supporting CI/CD pipelines in a DevSecOps environment

Strong production troubleshooting across compute, storage, networking, OS, and application layers

Experience with system hardening, vulnerability remediation, security baselines, and secure configurations

Ability to document technical environments and communicate technical risks/recommendations

Ability to work primarily onsite in the Washington, D.C. area and support occasional on-call/nonstandard hours

Ability to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States

Core Competencies
Demonstrates expertise in Kubernetes, Docker, and infrastructure automation, with a strong focus on security hardening and DevSecOps practices. Proven ability to troubleshoot complex systems and collaborate across multiple technical teams to enhance platform performance and reliability.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Kubernetes Administration

Infrastructure Automation

DevSecOps Practices

Production Troubleshooting

Active Top Secret Clearance

ATS Optimization Keywords
Hard Skills

Kubernetes

Docker

Helm

Rancher

Terraform

Ansible

PowerShell

Python

VMware

Linux

Soft Skills

Technical Documentation

Communication

Industry Keywords

Infrastructure Engineering

Systems Administration

Security Hardening

Vulnerability Remediation

Change Management

Tools & Technologies

CI/CD Pipelines

Monitoring Tools

Logging Tools

Alerting Systems

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