Spacecraft DevOps Engineer

Space Ground System Solutions (SGSS), a subsidiary of Parsons, has an immediate full‑time opening for a Spacecraft DevOps Engineer (SDE) starting onsite at our office in Alexandria, VA, and eventually transitioning to work full time at our customer site near La Plata, MD. The role will support spacecraft development, integration, testing, and operations through automation, continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, and infrastructure management. The SDE will work alongside the software team to maintain and support the autonomy of the spacecraft ground system, review and analyze logs and trends, troubleshoot issues, create and maintain status tracking documentation, develop procedures, and serve as part of an on‑call team to respond to critical errors. Job Responsibilities Build and maintain Helm charts and Kubernetes manifests to standardize application deployments Design and build container images, ensuring they are optimized for production workloads Scan container images for vulnerabilities before deployment to ensure application security Develop and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitLab CI/CD and Jenkins Troubleshoot and report software anomalies On‑call support – available to respond to site 24/7 for one week of every eight to ten weeks On‑call support – must be within 1 hour of site during on‑call rotations Work in a team environment Required Skills and Qualifications Must be a US Citizen Must meet eligibility requirements associated with obtaining an active DoD Secret clearance Experience with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or similar operating systems Knowledge of industry practices, techniques, and standards Familiarity with Kubernetes, Helm, Kubectl Experience writing scripts (examples: shell scripting, Python, etc.) Familiarity with writing playbooks and roles using Ansible Experience with software configuration management tools (examples: Git, BitBucket, GitLab, Jira, etc.) Familiarity with virtualization and cloud technologies (examples: AWS, OpenStack, VMware, Proxmox, etc.) Familiarity with CI/CD (examples: Jenkins, GitLab runners) Preferred Skills and Qualifications Experience documenting test results for corrective actions Experience interacting with databases (examples: MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, Redis, etc.) Excellent troubleshooting skills Desire to work in the space industry developing and testing satellite command and control systems for test and operations Understanding of networking concepts, system monitoring, and basic IT infrastructure 0‑5 years of software engineering/development experience using C/C++ in a Linux environment Experience building, deploying, and running containers (examples: buildah, podman) Benefits ALL benefits fully funded , for your entire family this includes Medical/Dental/Vision/Group Life/STD/LTD - no employee premiums SGSS funded HSA (Health Savings Account) provided with SGSS funding the maximum amount allowed by the IRS Retirement Savings Plan (RSP/401k) with a 20% annual company contribution - no employee contribution required SGSS is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status. #J-18808-Ljbffr Space Ground System Solutions, Inc.