Kubernetes Engineer

Kubernetes Engineer

Hybrid 3x a week in Mclean, VA only

Contract through: 3/31/27

Pay: $55-$60/hr

Comfortable with on call schedule every other week

Overall

Experience:

• 5-10 years

Must-Have Technical

Experience:

• EKS: Kubernetes platform operations, with real-world experience running and managing EKS clusters. Deep knowledge of Kubernetes internals, especially control plane behavior, pod lifecycle, and networking within EKS.
• Understanding of control plane mechanics, workload scheduling, node group management, and cluster configuration.
• CICD: Groovy scripting in Jenkins pipelines, especially for shared CI/CD logic Familiarity with how CI/CD workflows deploy to Kubernetes clusters, manage secrets, build images, and perform rollouts
• Coding: Go development for building automation and operational tooling Experience building internal tools that interface with Kubernetes APIs or support automation/observability
• AWS services: (e.g., EKS, EC2, S3, Route
  53, IAM, Secrets Manager, ACM) to the extent they interact with EKS. Emphasis is on EKS-specific knowledge: how Kubernetes integrates with IAM (IRSA), VPC, ELB, and Cloud Watch.

EEO Employer

Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a Support Linc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts.

In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach.