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# Kubernetes Software Engineer

- **Company:** Cadre5, LLC.
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Bash Shell, Common ISDN Application Programming Interface (CAPI), Continuous Integration, Linux, Python (Programming Language), Software Architecture, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ansible, SUSE Linux Enterprise Servers, Software Engineering, Sysadmin, Istio, Cloudformation, Gitlab-ci, Kubernetes, Puppet, Terraform, Golang
- **Published:** June 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=f95fade7539d08e1

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Software architecture?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, * Bachelor's degree in a scientific field and a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience. An equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.

 * Experience with Kubernetes & CNCF ecosystem: Custom Operators, Service Mesh, k8s architecture concepts - e.g. cluster lifecycle
 * Operating Systems: Alpine, RHEL, SLES - general familiarity with Linux sysadmin activities and concepts
 * Production experience in at least one compiled language
 * Experience with building CI/CD pipelines in at least one build system
 * The ability to obtain and maintain a federal public trust clearance from the U.S. government is required. This requires US Citizenship., * Strong working knowledge of Linux systems fundamentals
 * Experience with at least one major cloud
 * Experience with Kubernetes Cluster API (CAPI)

## Description

* Custom Kubernetes operator development
 * Design, implement, maintain, modify, and test custom Kubernetes operators written in Go and/or Ansible
 * Enhance existing software development processes, practices, and standards. test environments to evaluate tooling based on performance, feature set, and maintainability
 * Write and maintain infrastructure and deployment code using tools such as ArgoCD (GitOps), Puppet (OS management), Go, Python, Bash, Ansible, Terraform, and GitLab CI.
 * Engage with development teams to understand platform needs and tailor the cluster experience to meet evolving requirements.
 * Act as a go-to technical expert for all Kubernetes custom operator questions across the engineering organization.
 * Contribute to onboarding, team documentation, and process improvement initiatives.
 * Partner closely with internal cybersecurity and development teams to ensure the platform custom operators meets security, compliance, and usability expectations.
 * Participate in an on-call rotation providing 24-hour, 7-day support and off-hours maintenance windows

Key Technologies & Tools

 * Languages: Go, Python, Bash
 * CI/CD: GitLab CI, ArgoCD
 * IaC/Config Management: Puppet, Helm, Ansible, CloudFormation


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