Software Developer (Cloud Engineer), Intermediate

The Naval Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) fosters pride in belonging to an organization whose culture is built on core values: Trust, Empowerment, and Collaboration. We promote a positive culture while ensuring the safety and reliability of our nation's naval nuclear reactors and training the Sailors who operate those reactors in the U.S. Navy's submarines and aircraft carrier Fleets.

About the role

NNL is seeking a skilled Cloud Engineer to design, deploy, administer, and support enterprise-grade Red Hat OpenShift container platforms running mission-critical workloads across on-premises and cloud environments. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Kubernetes, containerization technologies, automation, infrastructure as code, and cloud platforms, with a passion for building secure, scalable, and highly available containerized environments.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, configure, and administer Red Hat OpenShift clusters across development, testing, and production environments.
• Manage, monitor, and optimize Kubernetes workloads to ensure high availability, scalability, and performance.
• Install, configure, and maintain OpenShift Operators for application deployment and lifecycle management.
• Support and enhance CI/CD pipelines by integrating containerized applications into automated deployment workflows.
• Monitor cluster health, resource utilization, and application performance using appropriate monitoring and logging tools.
• Troubleshoot platform, networking, storage, and application issues to minimize downtime and improve reliability.
• Implement security, compliance, and governance best practices for OpenShift and Kubernetes environments.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and platform management using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.
• Collaborate with development, DevOps, infrastructure, and security teams to deliver reliable container platform solutions.
• Maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and platform standards.

Requirements

Required combination of knowledge and skill:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university and a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience; or
• Master's degree from an accredited college or university in a related field and a minimum of 1 year of relevant experience.

Skills

Preferred skills:

• 2-3 years of hands-on experience with container technologies, administration, and support.
• Experience with Kubernetes architecture and workload management.
• Knowledge of CI/CD tools.
• Experience with automation tools.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience working with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS).
• Familiarity with container image security.
• Experience with Kubernetes/OpenShift security features such as RBAC, network policies, pod security, secrets management.
• Experience with Helm and Kustomize.
• Strong ability to lead and collaborate.

Benefits

• Health, Dental, Vision & Voluntary Benefits
• Disability, Life & Accident Insurance
• 401(k) Savings program & Capital Accumulation Plan
• Personal & Medical Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Flexible Work Schedules
• Tuition Assistance for Eligible Employees
• Student Debt Benefit
• Personal Time Off Sell Program
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Wellness Program

Pay

Pay Range: $78,700.00 - $120,500.00 annually

Salary information provided is a general guideline only. Annual salary is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

The Naval Nuclear Laboratory is operated for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) by Fluor Marine Propulsion, LLC (FMP), a wholly owned subsidiary of Fluor Corporation. All candidates must be U.S. citizens. Applicants selected will be subject to a Federal background investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified matter.