OpenShift Engineer Senior Principal (Lead)

About the role

BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems is seeking an OpenShift engineering lead to design, implement, and manage the Red Hat OpenShift platform across multiple environments. The ideal candidate will provide technical leadership and management of Red Hat OpenShift resources and supporting technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small technical team to deploy, configure, and maintain Red Hat OpenShift resources.
• Ensure high-availability and high-performance of cluster services.
• Provide advanced escalation support for OpenShift resources - engage with support vendors and internal support groups.
• Manage a diverse multi-cluster environment including: virtual, bare metal, and hybrid infrastructure deployments.
• Highly-available multi-tenant production clusters.
• Single-tenant Single Node OpenShift (SNO) clusters.
• Continuously drive automation efforts through GitLab CI pipelines and GitOps practices.
• Maintain compliance with appropriate security standards including, but not limited to: Federal Information Protection Standard (FIPS 140-3), Security Technical Implementation Guidelines (STIGs), and Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC).
• Manage cluster authentication and authorization through IdPs and external services (Keycloak).
• Reliably host critical persistent workloads such as Ansible Automation Platform (AAP).
• Collaborate with enterprise architecture team to ensure consistency of platforms and tools across the enterprise.
• Collaborate with ISSOs, security staff, and other IT stakeholders to ensure secure, compliant, and high-performing system operations.
• Maintain comprehensive documentation and contribute to RMF packages and audit readiness.
• Maintain a regular and predictable work schedule.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships within the department, the Strategic Business Units, Strategic Capabilities Units and the Company.
• Interact appropriately with others in order to maintain a positive and productive work environment.
• Perform other duties as necessary.

Requirements

• BS degree or higher in Engineering or a related technical field is required plus 8 or more years related experience.
• A current, active TS/SCI security clearance is required with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI Polygraph.
• Experience managing multi-cluster OpenShift environments.
• Experience using GitLab for source control and CI/CD.
• In-depth understanding of infrastructure as code (IaC) principals and tools (i.e. Terraform & Ansible).
• Familiarity managing bare metal servers and vSphere VMs.
• Experience with GitOps patterns, practices, and tools (i.e. Argo CD).
• Familiarity with the Red Hat OpenShift software ecosystem, including: Advanced Cluster Manager (ACM), Advanced Cluster Security (ACS), OpenShift Observability, OpenShift GitOps, and managing cluster permissions.
• DoW 8570/8140 cybersecurity certification (e.g. Security+).

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI CI Poly highly preferred.
• Team lead experience.
• Red Hat Certified OpenShift Admin/Architect.
• Experience with OpenShift Virtualization.
• Experience managing AWS resources, particularly Red Hat OpenShift on AWS (ROSA).

Skills

• Strong background in managing enterprise-grade Kubernetes within Red Hat’s ecosystem.

Benefits

Full-Time Salary Range: $132962 - $226035. Employee benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. An employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance are also available. Leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, and other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.

Pay

Pay Information: Full-Time Salary Range: $132962 - $226035. Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Schedule

This position requires regular in-person engagement by working on-site five days each normally scheduled week in the primary work location. Travel and local commute between company campuses and other possible non-company locations may be required.

Working Conditions

Work is performed in an office, laboratory, production floor, or cleanroom, outdoors or remote research environment. May occasionally work in production work centers where use of protective equipment and gear is required. May access other facilities in various weather conditions.

About BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems

BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it’s what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts – defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team—making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you’ll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference. Headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, Space & Mission Systems is a leading provider of national defense and civil space applications, advanced remote sensing, scientific and tactical systems for government and commercial customers. We continually pioneer ways to innovate spacecraft, mission payloads, optical systems, and other defense and civil capabilities. Powered by endlessly curious people with an unwavering mission focus, we continually discover ways to enable our customers to perform beyond expectation and protect what matters most.