Principal Kubernetes Engineer

Job summary

POSITION DESCRIPTION SPA is seeking a Principal Kubernetes Engineer to design, build, and evolve our secure platform as a service solution supporting software delivery for Space Systems Command. This role serves as the senior Kubernetes technical anchor for one of four platform environments.

Benefits

Qualifications

• security clearance level, relevant experience, certifications, customer
• geographic location, and overall business needs.
• The salary range listed for this position (175k-195k) represents a good-faith estimate of the current compensation range for this role.
• At Kar***, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the salary range.
• Final compensation decisions are based on the facts and circumstances of each candidate’s experience,
• certifications, clearance level, contract
• and overall alignment with the role.
• Employees may be eligible for company
• and individual eligibility.

Responsibilities

• You will be responsible for engineering platform capabilities that enable application teams to rapidly develop, deploy, and operate mission-critical software across a hybrid cloud environment.
• As a Principal Kubernetes Engineer, you will lead the implementation, automation, and continuous improvement of enterprise Kubernetes services that are secure, scalable, resilient, and easy for developers to consume.
• of the role,
• Required
• Design, build, and operate enterprise Kubernetes platforms supporting secure hybrid cloud and on-premises environments.
• Architect scalable, highly available, and resilient platform services that enable secure software delivery across multiple mission environments.
• Develop reusable platform capabilities that simplify application deployment, operations, and lifecycle management for software development teams.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code, automation, and continuous delivery practices that improve platform consistency, reliability, and operational efficiency.
• Engineer secure Kubernetes services by implementing identity management, policy enforcement, workload isolation, secrets management, and platform hardening.
• Optimize platform performance, scalability, networking, storage, resource utilization, and overall operational health.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues spanning Kubernetes, Linux, networking, storage, and distributed systems.
• Collaborate with platform engineers, cloud engineers, cybersecurity specialists, and software development teams to design and implement integrated platform solutions.

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Certifications

Degrees

Industry

Company size

Contract length

Security clearance