Job Title: Software Engineer
Location: King of Prussia, PA (Remote)
Employment Type: Temp (12 months)
Industry: Aerospace and Defense
Compensation: $85.71 / hr.
Schedule: 40 hrs/Week.
About the Opportunity:
- The client is seeking a highly skilled Infrastructure Engineer to design, curate, and implement software as code over Kubernetes that enables rapid, reliable delivery of software services.
- The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in Images, Docker, Kubernetes, HELM, GitOps workflows, GitLab CI/CD, and containerization technologies.
- You will work closely with development, security, and operations teams to create and automate infrastructure, improve reliability, and accelerate time to market.
- Implement and maintain GitOps practices using GitLab (or compatible tools) to drive declarative infrastructure management and automated rollouts.
Why You'll Love Working Here:
- Supportive, team-driven culture that values collaboration, transparency, and accountability.
- Opportunity to grow your career with a global workforce solutions leader serving multiple industries.
- People-first environment that encourages employees to bring their authentic selves to work.
- Strong focus on partnership, innovation, and delivering meaningful results for clients and candidates.
Why This Opportunity is Exciting:
This role offers the opportunity to join a company that prioritizes both people and performance-where your contributions directly impact client success while providing you with room to grow and develop professionally.
About Acara Solutions
Acara is a premier recruiting and workforce solutions provider- we help companies compete for talent. With experience across industries worldwide, we partner with clients, listen to their needs, and design talent solutions that deliver the business outcomes they want. We draw on decades of experience to provide contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services worldwide.
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What You'll Do:
- Build, manage, and optimize container runtime environments (Docker, OCI compatible runtimes) and associated networking, storage, and service mesh components.
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines in GitLab for building, testing, and promoting container images and Helm/Kustomize-based manifests.
- Automate provisioning and configuration of underlying infrastructure (VMs, storage, load balancers) using IaC tools (Terraform, Ansible).
- Monitor cluster health, performance, and security; implement observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki) and incident response processes.
- Collaborate with security teams to enforce pod security standards, vulnerability scanning, and compliance (CIS Benchmarks, NIST).
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to teammates on best practices for Kubernetes, GitOps, and container lifecycle management.
- Document architecture, runbooks, and standard operating procedures; contribute to knowledge base articles.
What You'll Bring:
- High School Diploma or GED.
- 2+ years of experience in implementing GitOps workflows (GitLab CI/CD, Flux, Argo CD, Palette Edge).
What Sets You Apart:
- Containerization: Good proficiency with Docker/OCI container creation, image registries, and multi-stage builds.
- CI/CD: Deep knowledge of GitLab pipelines, runners, and integration with Kubernetes (Helm).
- Scripting: Advanced scripting in Bash and Python.
- Networking & Security: Understanding of service mesh (Istio), network policies, RBAC, and secrets management.
- Collaboration: Excellent communication.
- Problem-solving and teamwork skills; ability to work in cross-functional Agile environments.
- Kubernetes, HELM, Docker.
- Knowledge of serverless or edge computing concepts.
- Familiarity with policy as code tools (OPA, Gatekeeper).
Additional Information:
- Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check.
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Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, TalentRise, Viaduct) are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran.
Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.
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Aleron
May 11, 2026