Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Delta Defense LLC is seeking a hands-on Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to join their infrastructure team. In this role, you will design, implement, and operate a Kubernetes-based cloud-native platform, ensuring reliability, security, and scalability while managing the lifecycle of containerized applications.
Responsibilities
- Design, deploy, and manage production Kubernetes clusters, including workload scheduling, resource quotas, network policies, ingress/egress controls, and RBAC
- Develop and maintain declarative deployment patterns using Helm, Kustomize, and Kubernetes operators
- Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines using Infrastructure as Code and GitOps principles, including version-controlled changes, automated validation, and rollback strategies
- Provision and manage infrastructure using tools such as Terraform or Crossplane, applying best practices for immutability, idempotency, and state management
- Build secure, efficient container images using multi-stage builds and vulnerability scanning; manage image versioning and promotion across environments
- Implement observability solutions using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry; support service level indicators (SLIs), service level objectives (SLOs), and actionable alerting strategies
- Conduct load testing and resilience validation to support performance tuning, failure analysis, and capacity planning
- Perform Linux system administration, including system hardening, troubleshooting, and OS-level performance tuning
- Support stateful workloads (e.g., Postgres, MySQL, Redis, Kafka), including backup and restore considerations and performance implications
- Participate in on-call rotation and incident response, contributing to root cause analysis and continuous reliability improvements
- Document architecture, operational procedures, backup and recovery processes, and infrastructure lifecycle plans
Skills
- Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time
- A high school diploma or equivalent is required
- 2–5+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, or SRE roles
- Hands-on experience managing Kubernetes clusters in production, including secure multi-tenant configurations
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and working with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform
- Strong containerization experience, including image optimization and security practices
- Solid Linux administration skills and systems troubleshooting experience
- Proficiency in Python or similar scripting language for infrastructure automation
- Working knowledge of networking, Kubernetes security, and deployment strategies (rolling, blue-green, or canary)
- Practical experience with load testing and performance analysis
- Demonstrates the Core Values of Delta Defense, LLC
Benefits
- Bonus-eligible for company incentive plan
- This position can be performed in our beautiful headquarters in West Bend, remotely, or on a hybrid schedule based on location
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