Skyward Federal
DevOps Platform Engineer
Skyward Federal, New York, New York, United States,
This position requires US citizenship.
This position requires an active security clearance.
This position requires the candidate to be located in the greater Colorado Springs, CO area.
The ideal candidate:
Has 5+ years of experience supporting air-gapped Kubernetes-based deployments (AWS EKS preferred).
Has relevant experience deploying workloads to Kubernetes, and using common Kubernetes tools (Helm, Kubectl, etc.).
Create and deploy Helm charts to K8s.
Experience with decomposing requirements and writing Infrastructure-as-Code modules from scratch (Terraform preferred).
Comfortable managing Infrastructure as Code repositories with git.
Experience with building, maintaining, and troubleshooting CI/CD environments and pipelines (Gitlab, Jenkins, Argo, Container Registries, and testing tools including SonarQube and Prisma Cloud).
Experience in working with and troubleshooting air-gapped network deployments, ideally on Kubernetes.
At least a moderate level understanding of containerized and microservice-based architectures (Docker, containerd, Kubernetes, ECS, EKS, etc.).
Experience in delivering Identity Management services (Keycloak preferred).
Basic understanding of cloud networking concepts and technologies to include VPC Peering, Transit Gateways, NATs, IPSec VPNs, WAFs, etc.
Functional understanding of Linux and shell scripting
Experience with decomposing security requirements and automating system hardening to satisfy STIG, SRG, and RMF requirements.
Be comfortable operating in environments subject to regulatory, compliance, and risk-based security requirements.
Have an active Top Secret Clearance and be clearable to TS/SCI; preference for active TS/SCI clearance.
Be eager to learn new technologies and expand roles and responsibilities.
Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, to work with development teams, technical staff, and project leads in order to rapidly resolve technical issues.
At Skyward Federal we make a difference by challenging the status quo. We solve problems others aren't or can't. Our solutions provide meaningful impact to ongoing missions. Skyward is a start-up, so expect to be challenged not only by the gnarly problems we take on as a company, but with tasks outside this job description and outside your current skill set.
Skyward knows that our special sauce is our people and we pride ourselves on creating a culture that allows individuals and teams to contribute and shine. As a team we value a willingness to tackle challenging and ambitious projects through collaboration, finding a way to “yes”, and strong communication. Another thing about our team, we like to drink lots of coffee.
Skyward offers competitive benefits:
10% 401K match–fully vested on day one;
100% company-paid premiums for comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents;
100% company-paid premiums for short and long term disability insurance;
100% company-paid life insurance policy;
4 weeks of paid time off accrued annually;
11 federal holidays, plus a bonus “Skyward Holiday” here and there;
Unlimited sick leave events–paid time off is for travel, projects, fun, not being miserable;
Annual educational and training budget;
Awesome equipment (MacBook Pro and more), plus a home office set-up budget;
Our most popular benefit is a monthly coffee budget–we weren't exaggerating when we said we drink lots of coffee.
Office hours are flexible with most work performed remotely with a geographically dispersed team. This position will need to go into the office in Colorado Springs, CO as needed–likely once to twice a week for a few hours.
Some travel may be required on an as needed basis, but not often. Must be a US citizen.
This position requires an active security clearance.
This position requires the candidate to be located in the greater Colorado Springs, CO area.
The ideal candidate:
Has 5+ years of experience supporting air-gapped Kubernetes-based deployments (AWS EKS preferred).
Has relevant experience deploying workloads to Kubernetes, and using common Kubernetes tools (Helm, Kubectl, etc.).
Create and deploy Helm charts to K8s.
Experience with decomposing requirements and writing Infrastructure-as-Code modules from scratch (Terraform preferred).
Comfortable managing Infrastructure as Code repositories with git.
Experience with building, maintaining, and troubleshooting CI/CD environments and pipelines (Gitlab, Jenkins, Argo, Container Registries, and testing tools including SonarQube and Prisma Cloud).
Experience in working with and troubleshooting air-gapped network deployments, ideally on Kubernetes.
At least a moderate level understanding of containerized and microservice-based architectures (Docker, containerd, Kubernetes, ECS, EKS, etc.).
Experience in delivering Identity Management services (Keycloak preferred).
Basic understanding of cloud networking concepts and technologies to include VPC Peering, Transit Gateways, NATs, IPSec VPNs, WAFs, etc.
Functional understanding of Linux and shell scripting
Experience with decomposing security requirements and automating system hardening to satisfy STIG, SRG, and RMF requirements.
Be comfortable operating in environments subject to regulatory, compliance, and risk-based security requirements.
Have an active Top Secret Clearance and be clearable to TS/SCI; preference for active TS/SCI clearance.
Be eager to learn new technologies and expand roles and responsibilities.
Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, to work with development teams, technical staff, and project leads in order to rapidly resolve technical issues.
At Skyward Federal we make a difference by challenging the status quo. We solve problems others aren't or can't. Our solutions provide meaningful impact to ongoing missions. Skyward is a start-up, so expect to be challenged not only by the gnarly problems we take on as a company, but with tasks outside this job description and outside your current skill set.
Skyward knows that our special sauce is our people and we pride ourselves on creating a culture that allows individuals and teams to contribute and shine. As a team we value a willingness to tackle challenging and ambitious projects through collaboration, finding a way to “yes”, and strong communication. Another thing about our team, we like to drink lots of coffee.
Skyward offers competitive benefits:
10% 401K match–fully vested on day one;
100% company-paid premiums for comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents;
100% company-paid premiums for short and long term disability insurance;
100% company-paid life insurance policy;
4 weeks of paid time off accrued annually;
11 federal holidays, plus a bonus “Skyward Holiday” here and there;
Unlimited sick leave events–paid time off is for travel, projects, fun, not being miserable;
Annual educational and training budget;
Awesome equipment (MacBook Pro and more), plus a home office set-up budget;
Our most popular benefit is a monthly coffee budget–we weren't exaggerating when we said we drink lots of coffee.
Office hours are flexible with most work performed remotely with a geographically dispersed team. This position will need to go into the office in Colorado Springs, CO as needed–likely once to twice a week for a few hours.
Some travel may be required on an as needed basis, but not often. Must be a US citizen.