DevSecOps Engineer

Core4ce is hiring a DevSecOps Engineer to deliver containerization engineering, virtualization engineering, cloud engineering, systems engineering, software engineering, system administration, configuration management, cybersecurity, training curriculum development, technical support, test and evaluation, lifecycle logistics, and sustainment for a large DoD program.

Responsibilities

• Engineering new container services
• Understanding customer requirements, needs and pain points and evaluating available, best of class solutions.
• Sustain existing container orchestration systems
• Support system architecture design and implementation efforts
• Managing accounts and network rights
• Managing systems resources including performance, capacity, availability, serviceability, and recoverability
• Implementing security procedures and tools
• Developing and documenting systems administration standard operating procedures
• Troubleshoot compute infrastructure/software interface and interoperability problems
• Ensuring Kubernetes environment availability, functionality, integrity, and efficiency; maintaining systems configuration
• Managing the installation and integration of system fixes, updates, and enhancements
• Ensuring the rigorous application of information security/information assurance policies, principles, and practices

 *This position is designed to be flexible, with responsibilities evolving to meet business needs and enable individual growth.

Requirements

• Active Secret Clearance or ability to obtain a Secret clearance
• Minimum of seven (7) years administering and hardening of Linux Operating Systems, preferably Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
• Five (5) years of experience designing and deploying hardened Kubernetes clusters and cluster orchestration platforms, such as Rancher and OpenShift. This should include performing the installation, testing, operation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of dev, staging and production environments.
• Minimum of two (2) years with the Windows Operating system.
• Two (2) years of experience with Amazon AWS, including: EKS, EC2, S3, EBS, Load-Balancers, and RDS
• Experience with Kubernetes tools, such as Gitlab, Harbor, ArgoCD, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security (Stackrox), Keycloak, etc.
• Experience operating in a DoD environment, in particular navigating network, access, and security/accreditation policies and requirements.
• Ability to obtain Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) certification within 6 months of hire

Preferred Experience

• Terraform, Ansible, RKE1, RKE2, EKS
• Familiarity with deploying and managing Windows container environments is a plus
• Experience working in a DevOps or DevSecOps environment with an Agile methodology preferred

Why Work for Us?

Core4ce is a team of innovators, self-starters, and critical thinkers—driven by a shared mission to strengthen national security and advance warfighting outcomes.

We offer:

• 401(k) with 100% company match on the first 6% deferred, with immediate vesting
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage—employee portion paid 100% by Core4ce
• Unlimited access to training and certifications, with no pre-set cap on eligible professional development
• Tuition assistance for job-related degrees and courses
• Paid parental leave, PTO that grows with tenure, and generous holiday schedules
• Got a big idea? At Core4ce, The Forge gives every employee the chance to propose bold innovations and help bring them to life with internal backing.

Join us to build a career that matters—supported by a company that invests in you.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, disability, veteran status, age, genetic information, or other legally protected status.