Kubernetes Engineer

New
Posted:
May 7, 2026

The Dev Sec Ops  Platform and Space C2 Enablement effort supports USSF SSC/BCC Operational C2 Acquisition Delta priorities by enabling integrated Ops Space C2 capabilities through the Kobayashi Maru Platform Team. The program provides platform, cloud, infrastructure, cybersecurity, toolchain, collaboration, onboarding, and operational support capabilities for developers, product teams, government users, and mission software teams across multiple classification environments.

The program scope includes Kubernetes platform engineering, cloud-native infrastructure, container orchestration, Dev Sec Ops  toolchain support, identity and access coordination, observability, service reliability, incident response, configuration management, cybersecurity alignment, and support for LOE0/1/2/3/4 teams operating across Platform and Space C2 environments. The effort enables current and future tools and services needed to develop, test, secure, and deliver software applications to production across test, IL4 development, IL6 staging/production, and higher classification level environments.

The Kubernetes Engineer designs, secures, deploys, operates, and continuously improves Kubernetes-based platform capabilities supporting the Dev Sec Ops  Platform and Space C2 Enablement effort. The role supports the KM Platform Team by maintaining resilient container orchestration services, enabling software product teams, strengthening platform reliability and observability, and ensuring containerized services remain secure, scalable, and aligned with mission, Agile, and Dev Sec Ops  delivery expectations across multiple environments.

• Work Location:
  
  Colorado Springs, CO (In Office 5 days a week)
• Security Clearance: TS/SCI

• Design, deploy, configure, upgrade, patch, and maintain Kubernetes environments supporting platform-hosted tools, services, and mission software delivery.
• Operate resilient Kubernetes capabilities that support software product teams and users across test, development, staging, production, and higher classification environments.
• Ensure Kubernetes clusters are properly configured, resourced, patched, monitored, and able to scale without unnecessary over provisioning.
• Manage the lifecycle of containerized services used to develop, test, secure, and deliver software applications to production.

• Deliver container orchestration solutions that maximize the value of container technology for microservices, platform services, and application workloads.
• Design, build, and implement cloud-native architectures using Kubernetes and related platform services to support reliable application hosting and delivery.
• Develop and maintain containerized solutions for relational and non-relational databases, data auditing, caching, performance, and supporting platform capabilities.
• Coordinate with application teams, platform engineers, and stakeholders to align containerized service designs with mission and operational requirements.

• Secure and configure Kubernetes-orchestrated services and supporting infrastructure in accordance with DoD, Space Force, program, and environment-specific security expectations.
• Support identity, access, secret management, certificate management, ingress, role-based access control, and secure configuration practices across Kubernetes environments.
• Maintain configuration discipline using Infrastructure as Code principles and approved Dev Sec Ops  practices across development, test, and production environments.
• Support platform documentation, configuration control, and change coordination to ensure Kubernetes services remain traceable, repeatable, and compliant.

• Implement observability capabilities, key service metrics, alerting thresholds, dashboards, and monitoring foundations for Kubernetes and containerized services.
• Establish and maintain Service Level Objectives and related Site Reliability…