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# Azure / Kubernetes Engineer

- **Company:** Integral Consulting Services
- **Location:** Fort Meade, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $145,000.0 - $175,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Kubernetes Security, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Monitoring of Systems, Network Troubleshooting, Ansible, Software Vulnerability Management, Containerization, Kubernetes, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Terraform
- **Published:** August 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.jofdav.com/jobs/59438605-azure-kubernetes-engineer

## About the Role

* Bachelor of Arts (BA)/Bachelor of Science (BS) in a Business Management discipline. Additional four years of experience in lieu of degree is acceptable.
 * 5+ years cloud/platform engineering experience.
 * Strong Microsoft Azure experience.
 * Strong Kubernetes experience.
 * Container technologies.
 * Cloud/network troubleshooting.
 * Automation/IaC experience.
 * U.S. citizenship and required Secret eligibility.

Preferred:

 * Azure Government Secret/IL6.
 * Terraform/Ansible.
 * Kubernetes security/STIGs.
 * Classified cloud enviro

## Description

Integral Federal is seeking an Azure / Kubernetes Engineer to engineer, operate, secure, troubleshoot, and optimize classified cloud and container environments supporting JPES/JCRM., * Operate Azure cloud environments.

 * Administer Kubernetes clusters.
 * Manage containers, deployments, networking, ingress, storage, and secrets.
 * Support platform scaling and resilience.
 * Troubleshoot application/platform issues.
 * Implement infrastructure automation.
 * Support monitoring and observability.
 * Coordinate vulnerability remediation and platform hardening.
 * Support upgrades, patches, and environment changes.


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