Senior System Administrator

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Senior System Administrator Belong. Connect. Grow. with K ! K ’s National Security Solutions team provides high-end engineering and advanced technology solutions to our customers in the intelligence and national security communities. As a Senior System Administrator, you will be responsible for developing and implementing secure, end-to-end cluster and application life cycles in cloud environments. You will collaborate with clients and internal teams to design and implement containerization solutions using Kubernetes or Docker.

A key aspect of your role will involve building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, ensuring a smooth, secure software update process. Additionally, you will apply Git Ops principles for software delivery automation, ensuring that systems are both efficient and secure. Your work will support the organization's goals of enhancing security, scalability, and operational efficiency.

Innovative Projects:
At K , you'll be working on cutting-edge projects that support the U.S. Space Force's most mission-critical operations. Our team is pushing the boundaries of Dev Sec Ops  with state-of-the-art CI/CD pipelines, cloud-native architectures, containerization using Kubernetes, and advanced automation tools like Terraform and Ansible. You'll be contributing to systems designed for real-time satellite communication, space domain awareness, and defense technology that are revolutionizing the future of space operations.

Team Beskar thrives in a dynamic, mission-driven environment where our employees work shoulder-to-shoulder with software engineers, Dev Sec Ops  architects, product leads, trainers, facilitators and defense specialists. We embrace Agile methodologies and secure development practices to ensure rapid iteration, compliance alignment, and seamless integration across modular systems. Our culture prioritizes clarity, precision, and innovation—fostering open communication, iterative refinement, and deep collaboration to deliver documentation that’s not only compliant, but strategic and impactful across DoW.

Your work here will directly support the Space Force in securing national defense assets and advancing space technology. By supporting K  initiatives, you’ll be at the forefront of innovations that safeguard satellites, enhance space situational awareness, and strengthen U.S. space dominance. Your contributions will have real-world impacts, from improving software resilience to enhancing global communications and security operations in space.

• Manage and maintain the Gravity Dev Sec Ops  Pipeline infrastructure, including servers, networks, storage, and cloud environments.
• Oversee configuration, monitoring, and troubleshooting of pipeline components to ensure high availability and optimal performance.
• Implement and manage containerization platforms (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) and virtualization solutions.
• Ensure infrastructure scalability and reliability to meet evolving project demands.
• Support the automation of deployment and operational tasks using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) tools like Ansible, Terraform, or Cloud Formation.
• Collaborate with developers and Dev Ops engineers to ensure smooth and secure integration of new software components into the pipeline.
• Optimize CI/CD workflows to increase development speed, reliability, and security.
• Maintain the security of the Gravity pipeline infrastructure by enforcing Dev Sec Ops  best practices.
• Implement patches, updates, and security controls in accordance with Space Force and DoD standards.
• Ensure compliance with security policies, including STIGs (Security Technical Implementation Guides) and other government regulations.
• Work with security teams…