Senior DevOps Engineer – Kubernetes & Cloud Native

Job Description

NetImpact Strategies is seeking a highly skilled and motivated DevOps Engineer with deep expertise in Argo CD, Kratix, Helm, Amazon EKS, and Crossplane. This role is critical to our platform engineering team and focuses on building and maintaining a scalable, secure, and automated cloud-native infrastructure to support our microservices-based applications

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and manage GitOps workflows using Argo CD for automated Kubernetes deployments.
• Leverage Kratix to build and manage internal platform capabilities through a marketplace of composable, reusable resources.
• Develop, maintain, and deploy Helm charts for efficient Kubernetes application packaging and management.
• Architect and manage secure, scalable Amazon EKS clusters, including autoscaling, upgrades, and adherence to best practices.
• Utilize Crossplane to provision and manage cloud infrastructure declaratively, enabling Kubernetes-native control planes and extending GitOps to infrastructure resources.
• Build and maintain Crossplane compositions and custom resource definitions (CRDs) to define reusable infrastructure blueprints.
• Collaborate with platform and application teams to define and enforce infrastructure-as-code standards and reusable patterns.
• Build CI/CD pipelines that integrate Kratix workflows and Argo CD-based deployment strategies.
• Ensure security, observability, and compliance within Kubernetes clusters using tools such as IAM, Gatekeeper/OPA, and Prometheus.
• Troubleshoot and optimize deployments, performance, and CI/CD pipelines across multiple cloud-native environments.

Qualifications

Required

• Hands-on experience with Argo CD and GitOps methodologies.
• Strong knowledge of Kratix and platform engineering concepts.
• Demonstrated experience with Crossplane, including infrastructure composition and Kubernetes-native provisioning models.
• Expertise in creating and maintaining Helm charts, including chart repositories and value management strategies.
• In-depth experience managing Amazon EKS, including networking, security, IAM roles, and Kubernetes internals.
• Proficiency with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging stacks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog).
• Knowledge of service meshes, Kubernetes RBAC, and secrets management solutions like AWS Secrets Manager or Vault.
• Strong scripting skills in Bash, Python, or Go.

Preferred

• Experience in multi-tenant Kubernetes or internal developer platform (IDP) environments.
• Familiarity with Open Policy Agent (OPA) and Kubernetes-native security practices.
• Hands-on experience building infrastructure platforms using Crossplane and integrating them with GitOps workflows.
• Contributions to or usage of open-source projects in the cloud-native ecosystem.
• Relevant AWS certifications, such as AWS Certified DevOps Engineer or Solutions Architect.
• Previous Federal Consulting Experience.

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About Us

Perks of working at NetImpact Strategies 

• Your health comes first – we offer comprehensive medical, dental, & vision insurance that starts the first of the month after you join the team 

• Invest in your future – 401(k) Plan – Immediately vested employer contributions; no matching required 

• Work hard, play hard – we offer a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) policy, one (1) additional day of paid wellness leave per calendar year, and observe ten (10) federal holidays 

• Pawsitively pawesome – Pet Insurance (because our little critters are part of our families, too!) 

• Invest in your education – Tuition reimbursement, internal training programs, & company-sponsored industry certifications! 

• Be part of a dynamic and collaborative work environment recently ranked by The Washington Post as a Top Work Place in 2019, 2021,2022, 2023, & 2024! 

• Have fun and celebrate and give back – Team building activities, community volunteering, quarterly HQ days, wellness events, happy hours, family fun events, and more!  

ABOUT US 

NetImpact Strategies Inc. (NetImpact) has been a Trusted Advisor driving impact through digital transformation for the Federal Government for over a decade. We solve complex problems with innovation and agility to create meaningful, transformative, and enduring change. As Trusted Advisors, NetImpact professionals partner with customer agencies to deliver solutions that empower them to not only meet their missions but also realize their strategic vision through agile, outcome-focused solutions addressing both strategic and tactical requirements. We design and implement comprehensive, tailored solutions that are both mindful of the client's culture and organizational dynamics. NetImpact’s core values and commitment to a customer and results-oriented delivery approach has propelled our growth and enabled us to deliver impactful value across Strategic Consulting, Process Automation, Cloud, DevSecOps, Data and Analytics, and Cyber Security for the Federal Government. 

ACCESSIBILITY NOTE 

NetImpact Strategies is committed to complying with all applicable provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended (“ADA”), and applicable state and local laws. It is NetImpact’s policy not to discriminate against any qualified person or applicant with regard to any terms or conditions of employment on the basis of such individual’s disability. Consistent with this policy of non-discrimination, NetImpact will provide reasonable accommodations to an individual with a disability, as defined in the ADA or applicable law, who has made NetImpact aware of his/her disability, unless doing so would cause undue hardship to NetImpact. If you are an applicant and need reasonable accommodation when applying for job opportunities within NetImpact, or request reasonable accommodation to utilize NetImpact’s online employment application, please contact careers@netimpactstrategies.com.