DevOps Engineer (1062121)

Location: Bethesda, MD

Salary: $160,000.00 USD Annually - $200,000.00 USD Annually

Description: As a DevOps Engineer you will contribute to the design, deployment, and maintenance of a full stack containerized microservices architecture as well as technical systems administration, installation, and configuration.

• This is a TS/SCI cleared position, you would have to obtain a CI Poly if you do not already have one.
• 8 years left on the contract
• This is a direct-hire position
• This is a hybrid position and would be 3 days a week on-site in Bethesda, MD.

This Job Will Have The Following Responsibilities:

• To deploy, triage and maintain a production big data pipeline using a microservice architecture running on Kubernetes, Elasticsearch backend, and Kafka messaging.
• Enhance, improve, and maintain CI/CD and DevOps scripts and processes to facilitate faster development, quicker error detection and resilient deployments.
• Design, develop, and support scalable, redundant infrastructure to include physical and virtualized environments.
• Use Helm to configure Kubernetes deployments to support new feature requirements.
• Collaborate with System Engineers to design solutions for new features and requirements.
• Provide technical input to systems engineering documentation and diagrams/models working in coordination/collaboration with SE team members and Architect team.
• Participate in Agile release planning, scrum of scrums, bug triage, design sessions and other meetings.

Qualifications & Requirements:

• BS in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience with 8+ years in software development, system engineering or related field. 6+ years of experience with Master’s degree.
• Must have an active Top Secret/SCI security clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance.
• Comfortable working in Linux Container or container orchestration experience, i.e. Docker, Docker swarm, Kubernetes, etc.
• Development experience, i.e. Bash, PowerShell, SALT, Python, Groovy, Java, etc.
• Demonstrated ability to participate in cross-functional planning, coordination, and task execution.
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience with systems at scale.
• Experience/knowledge of key Agile processes and techniques.
• Experience on a production/enterprise system. Experience with any of the following technologies: Kafka or other message passing systems (AMQP, JMS), Kubernetes monitoring, e.g., Prometheus/Graphana, GPU-based Kubernetes, SALT for deployment automation, Elasticsearch, Kibana, and Logstash, specifically admin experience, Helm and Helmfile, Nexus.

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