Principal Cloud Engineer

Responsibilities

• Provide mid to top-tier Kubernetes cloud engineering in on-prem heterogeneous environments.
• Develop and maintain automation for deployments/configuration management.
• Administer and manage multiple on-prem cloud environments.
• Monitor and remediate cloud infrastructure health, performance, and availability.
• Provide cloud operations support during exercises.
• Update cloud environments and apply DoD STIGs.
• Manage cloud infrastructure/services (Linux VMs, RKE2, Rancher, storage).
• Remediate vulnerabilities and respond to tasking orders.
• Maintain SOPs and troubleshooting guides.
• Aid teammates with infrastructure and server administration.
• Manage software installations and asset/application inventories.
• Draft/enhance documentation for problem resolution processes.
• Prepare technical justifications for hardware/software procurement.
• Execute other systems administration tasks as assigned.

Qualifications

• DoD 8140 System Administrator Intermediate Certification (Security+ CE or higher).
• Bachelor’s degree plus 4+ years' experience; 4 additional years of experience may substitute for a degree.
• Knowledge of DoD security compliance (e.g., STIGs, SCAP).
• Proficient in operating systems RHEL, Rocky Linux.
• Understanding of network protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS).
• Expertise in deploying Rancher Kubernetes Engine 2 (RKE2) on-prem.
• Experience installing, configuring, and troubleshooting RKE2, including software like cert-manager, Keycloak, Grafana, Loki, Alloy, Longhorn, Rancher, and Argo CD.
• Skilled in using GitOps for automated deployments with Argo CD.
• Strong organizational skills with experience in documentation, log analysis, system audits, and record keeping.
• Adaptable to evolving system and support requirements.
• Strong technical writing skills for documenting plans, findings, and recommendations.
• Active Top Secret clearance with the ability to obtain TS/SCI.
• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Based in Colorado Springs and able to work on-site 100%.