DevOps Engineer - TS/SCI

DevOps Software EngineerLocation: Bethesda, MDClearance: TS/SCITravel Required: No Remote Type: NoAs a DevOps Software Engineer, you'll help design, deploy, and maintain a full-stack, containerized microservices architecture. You'll also support systems administration, installation, configuration, and the broader adoption of DevOps best practices across cross-functional engineering teams. In this fast-paced environment, you'll collaborate closely with systems engineering, architecture, development, security, operations, and integration teams.You will work closely with a multi-disciplinary team of developers, other software integrators and system administrators to:Deploy, triage and maintain a production big data pipeline built on Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, and Kafka Enhance and maintain CI/CD pipelines and DevOps automation to accelerate development and improve reliabilityDesign and support scalable, redundant infrastructure across physical and virtual environmentsUse Helm to configure Kubernetes deployments for new features and evolving requirementsPartner with Systems Engineers to architect solutions for new capabilitiesContribute technical input to engineering documentation, diagrams, and modelsParticipate in Agile release planning, scrums, design sessions, bug triage, and related team activitiesWhat You BringYou're enthusiastic, collaborative, and comfortable working with teammates across a range of technical backgrounds. You also meet the following qualifications:Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience) with 8+ years of relevant experience; 6+ years with a Master'sActive TS/SCI clearance and ability to obtain/maintain a TS/SCI with PolygraphPossess at least one DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level II or higher certification, e.g., CCNA Security, CySA+, Security+ CE, SSCP, CISSP (or Associate)Ability to obtain Privileged User Account (PUA) certification per DoD 8570 policyStrong Linux proficiency, specifically knowledgeable about sysctls for K8s environments and experience with FApolicyd and SELinuxHands-on experience with containers and Kubernetes (e.g., Ingress/Gateway API, Helm chart design/build, pod disruption budgets, affinity/anti-affinity rules, familiarity with external-secrets, ArgoCD, cert-manager, eck (elastic search))Experience with GitLab pipeline development (e.g., integration of GitLab CI/CD components, code quality reports, coverage/test reports)Familiarity with Elasticsearch, Logstash, and KibanaDemonstrated success working in cross-functional engineering environmentsYou will wow us even more if you have some of these:Experience with systems at scaleExperience/knowledge of key Agile processes and techniquesExperience with development, e.g., Bash, PowerShell, SALT, Python, Groovy, JavaExperience supporting an enterprise or production systemExperience with any of the following technologies:Kafka or other message passing systems (AMQP, JMS)Kubernetes monitoring, e.g., Prometheus/ GraphanaGPU-based KubernetesSALT for deployment automationNexus