Software Engineer 2

Position SummarySupport the NMEC DOMEX Technology Platform and D3P Modernization effort by designing, deploying, and maintaining a full-stack containerized microservices architecture in a mission-focused engineering environment.Essential Duties And ResponsibilitiesDeploy, triage, and maintain a production big data pipeline using a microservice architecture running on Kubernetes with Elasticsearch backend and Kafka messaging.Enhance, improve, and maintain CI/CD and DevOps scripts and processes.Design, develop, and support scalable, redundant infrastructure including physical and virtualized environments.Use Helm to configure Kubernetes deployments in support of new feature requirements.Collaborate with systems engineering, architecture, development, security, operations, and integration teams.Participate in Agile release planning, scrum of scrums, bug triage, design sessions, and related meetingsRequired QualificationsActive TS/SCI with ability to obtain a CI Polygraph.Bachelor's degree with a minimum of three years of experience in the category field. Two additional years of experience may be substituted for the bachelor's degree.Strong Linux proficiency.Hands-on experience with containers and Kubernetes.Experience with CI/CD orchestration and GitLab.Familiarity with Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana.Demonstrated success working in cross-functional engineering environments.Preferred QualificationsExperience operating systems at scale.Knowledge of Agile methodologies.Development experience with Bash, PowerShell, SALT, Python, Groovy, or Java.Experience supporting enterprise or production systems.Familiarity with Kafka or other messaging systems, Kubernetes monitoring tools such as Prometheus and Grafana, GPU-based Kubernetes, SALT for deployment automation, Helm/Helmfile, and Nexus.Required Education And Experience EquivalencyHigh School Diploma/GED with 5 years of experience.Associates Degree with 5 years of experience.Bachelors' Degree with 3 years of experience.Masters' Degree with 3 years of experience.PhD with 3 years of experience.Required Security ClearanceActive TS/SCI with ability to obtain a CI Polygraph.