Research Computing Infrastructure Engineer (Kubernetes)

Location: Frederick, Maryland, USA, at Ft Detrick

Salary: $123,800–$207,125 per year

Company

hirify.global, operated by Leidos Biomedical Research, supports biomedical research in cancer, AIDS, drug development, clinical trials, nanotechnology, and infectious diseases.

What you will do

• Design, deploy, and operate secure virtualization and container infrastructure for research computing.
• Manage virtualization clusters, host lifecycles, upgrades, storage backends, and networking.
• Provision and maintain Kubernetes clusters, including RBAC and multi-tenant access for research groups.
• Integrate software-defined, POSIX, and object storage for virtual machine and container workloads.
• Build the platform’s security and compliance posture, including SSP development, ATO support, monitoring, and remediation.
• Automate provisioning, configuration, and scaling with infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD tools while mentoring team members and partnering with bioinformatics staff.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or four years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree; foreign degrees require U.S. equivalency evaluation.
• At least eight years of related experience with strong Linux systems engineering and administration.
• Production experience with a virtualization platform such as KVM/libvirt, VMware/vSphere, OpenStack, or Harvester, including host lifecycle, live migration, and storage backends.
• Hands-on Kubernetes experience covering cluster deployment, upgrades, RBAC, networking, and storage.
• Proficiency in Python, Bash, or Go, plus infrastructure-as-code and automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform, or Packer.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance and work within a federal security and compliance framework.

Nice to have

• Production experience with Harvester, Rancher, KubeVirt, Longhorn, or comparable platforms.
• Experience integrating POSIX and object storage with high-performance clusters.
• Familiarity with cloud GPU environments, hybrid workflows, HPC scheduling, and container workflow tools.
• Strong communication and documentation skills for explaining infrastructure to researchers and engineers.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a small team with end-to-end ownership of compute infrastructure.
• Support biomedical research programs within an enterprise IT organization.
• Benefits include health and wellness programs, income protection, paid leave, and retirement benefits.
• Employment is subject to federal compliance and security requirements.