Kubernetes DevOps Engineer

Founded in 2007, Initiate Government Solutions (IGS) is a Woman-Owned Small Business and a fully remote IT services provider supporting federal partners nationwide. We deliver innovative Enterprise IT and Health Services solutions with a strong focus on data analytics, health informatics, cloud migration, AI, and the modernization of federal information systems.

Our vision is to be a health IT trendsetter, continuing to solve the nation’s most challenging healthcare IT issues by conceiving, designing, and building solid, creative, and innovative open-source solutions. 

Our mission is to innovate, design, and deliver tailored solutions that balance technical advancement with cost-awareness while providing exceptional service.

IGS is currently recruiting a remote Kubernetes DevOps Engineer to support our work with our federal customer.

Assignment of Work and Travel:

This is a remote access assignment. The Candidate will work remotely daily and will remotely access customer systems and therein use approved customer provided communications systems. Travel is not required; however, the candidate may be required to attend onsite client meetings as requested.

The Kubernetes DevOps Engineer will work in a highly automated, security-focused environments to contribute to the engineering, operation, and evolution of our enterprise Kubernetes platform running on Amazon EKS. This role is responsible for the architecture, reliability, scalability, security, and automation of the platform while mentoring engineers and partnering with adjacent platform teams.

Responsibilities and Duties (Included but not limited to):

• Manage Kubernetes node lifecycle, autoscaling, and capacity planning. 
• Troubleshoot complex platform, networking, and application issues across distributed systems. 
• Collaborate with development, security, and platform teams to deliver secure, scalable platform capabilities.
• Drive platform automation through GitOps, GitHub, and GitHub Actions.
• Support the organization's FISMA High compliance objectives by implementing secure-by-default platform standards and operational controls. 
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools, including GitHub Copilot, to improve engineering productivity and platform automation. 
• On-call support required 
• Other duties as assigned.

• 5+ years of infrastructure or platform engineering experience. 
• 3+ years administering production Kubernetes environments. 
• Strong experience with Amazon EKS, Kubernetes architecture, and Linux administration.
• Kubernetes networking includes ingress, network policies and traffic management.
• Deep understanding of Kubernetes networking with hands-on experience using Cilium and Istio. 
• Strong experience with Terraform and AWS infrastructure. 
• Experience with Linux AMI/Container security and lifecycle management.
• Experience implementing GitOps workflows using GitHub and GitHub Actions. 
• Strong troubleshooting, communication, and collaboration skills. Preferred Qualifications.
• US Citizenship required due to clearance 
• Secret Clearance 
• Strong organizational skills