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# Kubernetes Engineer

- **Company:** Empower Professionals
- **Location:** Bellevue, WA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Kubernetes Security, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Computer Networks, Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS), Role-Based Access Control, Prometheus, Grafana, Gitlab-ci, Kubernetes, Terraform, Splunk
- **Published:** July 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/ffa536c8-bced-447b-92ea-8e980a65242c

## About the Role

Skill 1 7Yrs of Exp AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform
Skill 2 7Yrs of Exp Splunk
Skill 3 5Yrs of Exp in IT Cloud, * 8+ years of infrastructure/platform engineering with 5+ years of Kubernetes production experience.

 * Expert-level Kubernetes skills: cluster provisioning, RBAC, network policies, storage, and upgrades.
 * Experience deploying and operating Kubernetes on AWS (EKS or equivalent on GovCloud).
 * Hands-on experience with Helm, kubectl, Kustomize, and GitOps tooling.
 * Proficiency with Terraform and GitLab CI/CD for Kubernetes provisioning pipelines.
 * FIPS 140-2 and encryption-hardening experience in Kubernetes environments.
 * Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, and Fluent Bit for cluster observability.

Preferred Qualifications

 * Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) or Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS).
 * AWS Certified Solutions Architect with EKS-focused experience.
 * Experience with Splunk/Cribl integration from Kubernetes workloads.
 * Familiarity with FedRAMP or DoD IL2 container security standards.
 * Experience with supply-chain security: image signing (Cosign/Sigstore), SBOM, admission controllers (OPA/Gatekeeper).



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