Associate DevSecOps Engineer

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

Rancher Government Solutions (RGS) addresses the unique security and operational needs of the U.S. Government and military by providing world-class solutions to support application modernization, hybrid cloud deployments, container security, and Kubernetes distribution management.

As a leading Enterprise Kubernetes Software Platform Suite, Rancher addresses the operations and security challenges of managing multiple Kubernetes clusters at scale, while providing DevOps teams with integrated tools for running and securing containerized workloads.  

RGS supports the entire Rancher Kubernetes Platform Suite through U.S. Citizen, U.S. soil-based support representatives. A large majority of RGS employees maintain security clearances and currently support mission-critical programs across the Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, and Federal Civilian agencies.  

POSITION SUMMARY

As an Associate DevSecOps Engineer at Rancher Government Solutions, you will be a strategic technical force responsible for delivering implementation support within a team of engineers and architects, driving mission success focused on the Rancher portfolio of products within the Federal Government. You will work directly with our cleared agency clients (TS/SCI with FSP), providing technical engineering support, architectural guidance, and hands-on-keyboard engineering activity to ensure their complex container, CI/CD, DevOps, infrastructure, and Kubernetes initiatives are successful. This role is instrumental in translating customer needs into robust, secure, and scalable production and mission environments.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Technical Leadership & Architecture

• Act as a hands-on keyboard engineer for government agency customers, assisting in the deployment and maintenance of Rancher-based Kubernetes and container solutions.

• Provide foundational DevOps technical support and troubleshooting assistance for the Rancher product portfolio and complementary open-source technologies.

• Assist in the implementation of technical solutions and proof-of-concepts to solve customer problems while adhering to government security requirements.

• Actively work toward maintaining a deep understanding of the Rancher portfolio and adjacent technologies such as Kubernetes and CI/CD pipelines.

Consultative Engineering

• Collaborate with customers and senior team members to implement and operationalize Rancher solutions.

• Assist in documenting customer feature requests and use cases to help internal teams understand client needs.

• Support technical deep dives and workshops to help users understand the value of Rancher solutions.

• Build professional technical relationships with customer stakeholders and partners.

• Assist in Continuous Integration (CI) pipelines for the automated deployment of highly available, mission-critical systems and Rancher products across integration, test, and operational environments.

• Assist in the development of reusable scripts and templates to build rapid development and test systems, ensuring consistent and repeatable environments for rapid prototyping.

Knowledge Sharing & Growth

• Contribute to the development of technical documentation, best practices, and knowledge sharing to support the wider RGS organization.

• Participate in internal training and community engagement to stay current with industry trends.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or 3+ years of professional or military experience.

• 1–3 years of experience in systems administration, software development, or a junior DevOps/SRE role focused on infrastructure.

• Active TS/SCI Clearance with Full Scope Polygraph required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Foundational knowledge of Kubernetes, containers, and Linux administration.

• Exposure to DevOps concepts, CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab, Jenkins), and automation tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform).

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to explain technical tasks to cleared end-users.

• Proactive, self-motivated learner with strong problem-solving and analytical capabilities.