ZeroTrust Sr. System Engineer

Zero Trust Sr. System Engineer Job Category:
Information Technology Time Type:
Full time Minimum Clearance Required to Start: TS/SCI with Polygraph Employee Type:
Regular Percentage of

Travel Required:

None Type of Travel:
None

Sr. Kubernetes/Platform Systems Engineer providing technical leadership for Zero Trust ICAM platform design, Kubernetes architecture, and enterprise container orchestration. The candidate will serve as a senior technical authority responsible for Kubernetes platform strategy, multi‑cluster architecture, automation, and secure deployment patterns in regulated environments. The candidate will work with existing ICAM capability teams to automate Kubernetes installation, define near‑term and long‑term requirements, author design and architecture documentation, perform technology assessments, troubleshoot, and other associated tasks.

Other duties include research technical topics and apply it to different improvement areas, author documentation on technical topics including detailing how to use and configure system components & advisory documentation to support ICAM installation & planning.

• Serve as technical lead for Kubernetes platform engineering, including architecture, lifecycle management, upgrades, & operational resilience
• Design & implement multi-cluster Kubernetes architectures supporting high availability, fault tolerance, & geographically distributed service centers
• Research & analyze cloud security environments, scalable infrastructures, identifying capability gaps & enhancements for current ICAM services
• Lead Helm chart design & governance, including templating standards, versioning strategies, & release management
• Implement Git Ops-based deployment models & integrate Kubernetes workflows w/ CI/CD pipelines
• Provide senior‑level troubleshooting & root‑cause analysis for complex Kubernetes, container, & platform issues

• TS/SCI Clearance w/ polygraph
• Kubernetes cluster lifecycle management (build, upgrade, patch, decommission)
• Helm chart development and maintenance
• Infrastructure-as-Code and automation (Terraform, Ansible, scripting)
• Secure container platform configuration in regulated or DoD environments
• High availability and scalability design across multiple service centers
• 10 years’ experience as a SE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity. Bachelor's degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university. 5 years of additional SE experience may be substituted for degree

• Experience acting as a Kubernetes platform architect or lead engineer
• Experience mentoring junior engineers & establishing platform best practices
• Experience w/ Git Ops tools & CI/CD pipeline integration
  • Infrastructure-as-Code & automation experience
• Understanding of scalability & high‑availability strategies with deployments across multiple service centers
• Experience w/ PKI & certificate‑based authentication
• Familiarity w/ REST APIs & service‑based architectures
• Experience supporting systems using Oracle/MySQL, Postgre
  
  SQL, MongoDB
• Understanding of JSON, XML, Docker, & containerized application patterns
• Knowledge of AWS & cloud‑based infrastructure concepts
• Experience w/ SW development methodologies
• Ability to solve complex system/integration problems
• Demonstrate engineering experience on programs with requirements, functional analysis, and allocation, conducting system requirement reviews, developing CONOPS & system architectures
• Experience implementing Zero Trust principles within Kubernetes environments, including workload identity, certificate‑based authentication, and least‑privilege access
• Experience w/ OAuth2, SAML, & Single Sign-On integrations
• Familiarity w/ Zero Trust architecture concepts & ICAM services
• Understanding of secure container & platform configuration in regulated environments
• Experience collaborating with software developers, test engineers, & system administrators
• Ability to lead technical discussions & brief technical & non‑technical stakeholders
• Experience using JIRA & Confluence