Title: Senior Cloud Engineer (Container Hardening)
Location: San Antonio, TX (Hybrid - be able to come into the office a couple of days a month)
Clearance: Top Secret (SCI eligible)

About this role:

• Rackner is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer (Container Hardening) that will work with the Pipeline Architect and Software Engineering SMEs to ensure that applications that are built using hardened base containers via CI/CD pipelines.
• Suggests and, in cooperation with the Pipeline Engineers, implements container hardening pipelines that produce hardened base containers, as well as harden existing application containers deployed in a large enterprise environment.
• The lead will write and optimized Dockerfiles, be comfortable learning the basics of a variety of software languages (Go, Python, Java, C++, .NET, Rust), and have a good understanding of Linux and associated packaging systems.

We are seeking professionals with:

• Bachelors; Computer Science or Engineering field & 5+ years; contributing on a technical team for a software or IT project. / Bachelors; Information Technology, IT Management, Computer Information Systems, & 7+ years; contributing on a technical team for a software or IT project.
• DoD 8570/8140 IAT Level II within 30 days of contract award.
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator / Kubernetes or Cloud Native Security Associate before start
• Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist within 90 days of start
• 3+ years; Kubernetes, Docker, Open Container Initiative, Cloud Native Computing Foundation projects
• At least two of: Python, Java, C#, JavaScript, TypeScript, Ruby, or Go
• Continuous Delivery and Deployment Automation
• Unit testing, integration testing, and end-to-end testing
• Microservice Architectures
• Cloud Computing
• NIST Risk Management Framework
• General Knowledge of how to use the following technologies to further develop containerized applications and delivery to a containerized platform: DoD DevSecOps Reference Architecture | RKE2 | Git/GitLab/GitOps | Kustomize | ArgoCD | Flux | Ansible | Helm | Terraform | Big Bang | Version Control | SOPS

Nice to Have:

• Masters: Computer Science or Engineering field and 7+ years of experience contributing on a technical team. OR
• Masters; IT, ITM, or CIS and 10+ years of experience contributing to a technical team.
• DoD 8570/8140 IASAE Level II at contract award Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist at start.

Who We Are:

• Rackner is a software consultancy that builds cloud-native solutions for startups, enterprises, and the public sector.
• We are an energetic, growing consultancy with a passion for solving big problems for both startups and enterprises.
• Each of us enable digital transformation for large organizations through the newest in distributed technologies as we are laser focused on end-to-end application development, DevSecOps, AI/ML and systems architecture and our methodology focuses on cloud-first and cost-effective innovation.
• Our customers hail from a diverse, ever-growing list of industries.

Benefits/Additional Info:

Rackner embraces  and promotes employee development and training and covers the cost of certifications relevant to a position and the technologies/services provided .  Fitness/Gym membership eligibility, weekly pay schedule and employee swag, snacks & events are offered as well!

• 401K with 100% matching up to 6%
• Highly competitive PTO
• Great health insurance with large network of providers
• Medical/Dental/Vision
• Life Insurance, and short & long term disability
• Industry-Leading Weekly Pay Schedule
• Home office & equipment plan

 

 

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