Senior OpenShift/Kubernetes GitOps and CI/CD Engineer

Job Title: Senior OpenShift/Kubernetes GitOps and CI/CD Engineer)

Location: Remote

Duration: 6 Months contract to fulltime hire

Basic Qualifications

• Typically requires a BS degree and 8-12 years of prior relevant experience, or a Master's degree with 6-10 years of prior relevant experience. Additional relevant experience may be considered in lieu of degree requirements where permitted by contract.
• Strong hands-on experience designing, engineering, and operating enterprise CI/CD and/or GitOps solutions.
• Strong production experience with Kubernetes or Red Hat OpenShift environments.
• Demonstrated experience building and maintaining containerized application delivery workflows, including container image creation, registry management, deployment, and rollback.
• Experience with Git-based development and delivery workflows, including pull requests, branching, repository controls, and automated validation.
• Experience with CI/CD pipeline technologies such as Tekton, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or comparable enterprise tooling.
• Experience with GitOps technologies such as Argo CD, Flux, or comparable Kubernetes-native GitOps platforms.
• Experience with container build technologies and registries such as Buildah, Docker/BuildKit, Quay, Harbor, or comparable technologies.
• Experience with Kubernetes configuration and packaging technologies such as Helm, Kustomize, or comparable approaches.
• Experience integrating CI/CD or platform automation with security controls, identity/RBAC, secrets management, or ITSM/change-management systems.
• Strong troubleshooting, systems integration, and technical problem-solving skills across applications, platforms, networks, and infrastructure.
• Ability to architect solutions, evaluate alternatives, document technical decisions, and communicate recommendations to technical teams and customer stakeholders.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain SEC Public Trust or other required clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience designing or operating enterprise OpenShift Pipelines/Tekton environments.
• Experience with Red Hat OpenShift GitOps/Argo CD.
• Experience with Buildah, OpenShift Pipelines, Quay, and Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security.
• Experience with Nexus and/or JFrog Artifactory and container image promotion workflows.
• Experience with Helm and Kustomize in production Kubernetes/OpenShift environments.
• Experience containerizing and migrating applications from virtual machines or other traditional deployment platforms to Kubernetes/OpenShift.
• Experience designing platform capabilities from the ground up, establishing standards, reference architectures, and reusable engineering patterns.
• Experience with secure software supply-chain practices, including image scanning, provenance, signing, policy enforcement, and immutable deployments.
• Experience integrating CI/CD and GitOps with ServiceNow, CyberArk, Entra ID, or enterprise observability platforms.
• Experience in federal environments governed by FISMA, NIST, FedRAMP, or similar security requirements.
• Relevant certifications in Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, cloud, DevOps, or related disciplines.