[Hiring] R&D Engineer 3, Software @Keysight Technologies, Inc.

Role Description

Administer and enhance the Morpheus Enterprise Software platform to automate provisioning, scaling, and lifecycle management of virtual machines, Kubernetes clusters, and related infrastructure.

• Manage underlying infrastructure hosts (e.g., vSphere, OLVM) and clusters.
• Maintain and enhance the Image Catalog to enable secure self-service provisioning for development teams.
• Manage templates, blueprints, and automation workflows within Morpheus for consistent and compliant infrastructure delivery.

Provision and manage Kubernetes clusters for containerized build pipelines and development/test environments in controlled networks.

• Collaborate with DevOps engineers to enforce security baselines, air-gapped operations (where needed), and approved container sources.
• Establish infrastructure guardrails ensuring compliance with supply chain security requirements.

Develop and maintain Ansible playbooks, scripts, and automation pipelines to configure hosts, clusters, and platforms consistently across environments.

• Work closely with Security and Compliance teams to ensure platform configurations align with NIST 800-218 (SSDF) and NIST 800-171.
• Integrate platforms with secure CI/CD systems (e.g., CloudBees Jenkins), artifact management (JFrog Artifactory), and observability platforms (Splunk, Zabbix).

Monitor platform health and performance; proactively resolve issues impacting secure builds, developers, or test teams.

• Create and maintain dashboards, alerts, and performance metrics for platform services.
• Lead efforts to improve platform resiliency, backup, and disaster recovery processes.

Ensure platforms meet all applicable security and compliance controls, including:

• Network segmentation and isolation.
• Strong access controls and RBAC.
• Secure audit logging and retention.
• Vulnerability management, patching, and configuration management aligned with NIST.
• Support internal and external audits, including providing evidence of compliance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of experience in infrastructure or platform engineering.
• Hands-on experience with platforms like Morpheus Data, CloudBolt, VMware vSphere, OLVM, or OpenShift.
• Strong Linux system administration skills (RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu) with automation expertise in Ansible.
• Experience provisioning and managing Kubernetes clusters (Rancher, OpenShift, EKS, etc.).
• Expertise in secure infrastructure management within controlled environments.
• Experience integrating infrastructure platforms with CI/CD, observability, and security tools.

Requirements

• Experience with Morpheus Enterprise Software or similar platforms.
• Background in aerospace, defense, or government programs.
• Familiarity with NIST 800-53, CMMC, and supply-chain security.
• Experience with monitoring and secrets management platforms.
• Solid knowledge of networking, storage, and virtualization in air-gapped or segmented environments.
• Relevant certifications preferred: Morpheus Data Certified Administrator, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE), ITIL, CISSP, or similar compliance/security certifications.

Skills

• Strong collaboration and communication skills to work across R&D, DevOps, IT, Security, and Compliance teams.
• Ability to develop and document repeatable processes and operational runbooks.
• Analytical thinker with a focus on automation and continuous improvement.