C005424 Kubernetes-DevOps Engineer (NS) - MON 12 Oct

Under the direction of Service Delivery Manager of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), the DevOps Engineer will focus on streamlining application delivery and bridging the gap between development and infrastructure:

• Administer container orchestration platforms using SUSE Rancher Prime and collaborate directly with development teams to seamlessly onboard applications into production environments.
• Design, build, and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines to fully automate application testing, integration, and delivery.
• Provision and manage hybrid infrastructure across on-premises environments and the cloud utilizing Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Establish and maintain comprehensive monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to ensure platform reliability and performance.
• Embed security best practices and compliance controls directly into the deployment pipelines and infrastructure configurations.
• Troubleshoot complex integration and deployment issues, acting as a technical bridge across agile delivery teams.

• The candidate must have a currently active NATO SECRET security clearance
• At least 5 years of hands-on experience in DevOps or automated platform management, including:
• Solid experience deploying and administering container workloads and orchestration platforms, including Kubernetes, Rancher, RKE2 and Docker.
• Strong proficiency in CI/CD, GitOps, pipeline automation, and version control using enterprise tools like GitLab, ArgoCD or Jenkins.
• Proven expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles, provisioning hybrid resources with Terraform, and automating system configurations with Ansible.
• Practical knowledge of managing hybrid infrastructure across enterprise virtualization environments (VMware) and major cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP).
• Proficiency in scripting languages like Bash or Python for automating routine operational tasks and tool integrations.
• Experience deploying and utilizing observability and industry- standard monitoring stacks like Prometheus, Grafana and ELK.
• Excellent analytical problem-solving capabilities with a strong track record of delivering cross-functional work in fast-moving Agile environments.