Job Summary:
Vantor is forging the new frontier of spatial intelligence, helping decision makers and operators navigate what’s happening now and shape what’s coming next. They are seeking a GIS DevOps Engineer to design and deliver robust, scalable services for ingesting, storing, and querying geospatial data at scale.
Responsibilities:
• Design, deploy, and manage Kubernetes and OpenShift clusters across cloud and/or on-prem environments
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support containerized application delivery
• Implement infrastructure as code
• Monitor platform performance, availability, and security; respond to incidents and optimize systems
• Develop and maintain platform tooling, automation, and self-service capabilities
• Collaborate with development, security, and operations teams to improve platform usability and reliability
• Ensure compliance with organizational security and governance standards
• Communicate with multidisciplinary SAFe Agile teams and articulate technical concepts and ideas effectively.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Must be a U.S. Citizen with an active TS/SCI with CI poly (or willingness to obtain a CI poly)
• Minimum of 14 years of total professional experience in a technical support role
• Demonstrated technical experience with DevSecOps
• Demonstrated experience working with Kubernetes in production environments
• Demonstrated experience with Red Hat OpenShift
• Proficiency in container technologies such as Docker or CRI-O
• Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI)
• Open source and custom application deployments and maintenance experience.
• Capable of working effectively with a geographically distributed ops & development team
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with customers and team in written and oral forums
• Willingness to work 90% or as needed in a SCIF environment with some on-call or after-hours onsite support for customer’s mission in either Herndon, VA; Westminster, CO; or St. Louis, MO
• Degree or equivalent demonstrated experience in a technical field.
Preferred:
• Strong scripting or programming skills (e.g., Python, Bash, Go)
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Understanding of networking, security, and Linux systems administration
• Kubernetes certifications (e.g., CKA, CKAD, or CKS)
• Familiarity with policy and security tools (e.g., OPA, Kyverno)
• Experience with hybrid or multi-cloud platform architectures
• Background in SRE (Site Reliability Engineering) practices
• Experience working with geospatial technology and tools
• CompTIA Security+ or comparable certification for privileged user access.
• Experience in/or supporting military/intelligence or knowledge of some IC PED systems is a plus!
Company:
A spatial intelligence firm. Founded in 2025, the company is headquartered in Denver, USA, with a team of 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage.