812118 Software Developer $220,000.00

B4Corp; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 198,000 - 242,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k with employer match

Phantom stock

PTO 7 weeks

Referral bonus

Medical/Dental/Vision

Job summary

B4Corp in Herndon, VA seeks a Systems Administrator to support our software and infrastructure environment across development, testing, training, and production environments. The role requires a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph and hands-on experience with databases, cloud infrastructure, and DevOps practices.

You will deploy AWS resources, manage CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes clusters, and ensure security and scalability.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience working with SQL databases.
• 4+ years of experience with Linux or Windows administration.
• 2+ years of experience with Elasticsearch.
• 2+ years of experience with Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, provision, and secure AWS resources (EC2, S3, RDS, EBS, CloudWatch, VPC, etc.); assist with database sizing, management, and server security.
• Build, maintain, and troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines using GitLab, GitHub, or Jenkins.
• Design, build, maintain, and troubleshoot Kubernetes clusters to ensure uninterrupted development productivity.
• Run vulnerability scans, patch infrastructure, manage VPNs, and keep SSL/TLS certificates current.
• Maintain and update software architecture for scalability and operational best practices.

Skills

SQL

Linux/Windows admin

Elasticsearch

Kubernetes

Soft skills

Job description

Labor Category: Software Developer
Position Title: Systems Administrator
Position Level: Level 2 – Expert
Salary: Up to $220,000.00 per year
Core Hours: 9am to 4pm
Location: Herndon VA

Description

Position Requires a Top Secret (TS/SCI) Clearance with a Polygraph.

(LCAT Software Dev) Seeking a Systems Administrator to assist with database sizing and management as well as perform routine maintenance and administration tasks on the infrastructure hosting our applications, including our develop, testing, training, and production environments. Our team consists of Software Developers, Systems Development Engineers (DevOps), and Data Engineers – with this combination of skills, we develop unique software that enables our customer network to safely operate at scale without customer impact.

The Sys Admin will need to have proven systems design and scalability experience, as they will also be responsible for designing, secure infrastructure enhancements to support new capabilities, or enhance the performance and scalability of our infrastructure or address related issues

Core Responsibilities

• Database & Cloud Infrastructure: Deploy, provision, and secure AWS resources (EC2, S3, RDS, EBS, CloudWatch, VPC, etc.); assist with database sizing, management, and server security.
• DevOps & CI/CD: Build, maintain, and troubleshoot CI/CD pipelines using GitLab, GitHub, or Jenkins.
• Containerization: Design, build, maintain, and troubleshoot Kubernetes clusters to ensure uninterrupted development productivity.
• System Maintenance & Security: Run vulnerability scans, patch physical/cloud infrastructure, manage VPNs, and ensure SSL/TLS certificates stay current.
• Architecture & Scalability: Maintain and update the software architecture, focusing on system design, operational best practices, and proactive innovation.

Details

Labor Category: Software Developer
Position Title: Systems Administrator
Position Level: Level 2 – Expert
Salary: Up to $220,000.00 per year
Core Hours: 9am to 4pm
Location: Herndon VA

Mandatory Requirements

• Developmental (0-2 years’ experience)
• Full Performance (3-5 years’ experience)
• Senior (6-10 years’ experience)
• Expert (11-15 years’ experience)
• SME (16+ years’ experience)

SQL Experience: 7+ years of experience working with SQL databases.

OS Administration: 4+ years of experience with Linux or Windows administration.

Elasticsearch: 2+ years of experience.

Kubernetes: 2+ years of experience.

Soft Skills: Proven problem-solving capabilities and effective verbal/written communication skills.

B4CORP Company Information

B4Corp is a small defense contracting company that focuses on providing an optimum environment for mission-focused, highly skilled consultants to support the United States of America’s intelligence community and other defense organizations. B4Corp provides a low overhead, highly efficient, high salary environment that allows employees to excel at meeting the client’s needs. B4Corp is looking for information technology professionals that have a high sense of personal responsibility, self-motivation, and mission drive.

B4Corp’s dedication and care for its employees is reflected in our outstanding compensation and benefits package. B4Corp’s benefits reflect the company’s policy of putting the employees first. B4Corp’s maximum flexibility comp / makeup time policy, along with the company’s cafeteria-style benefit plan that allows employees to maximize their Benefit Dollars, reflects B4Corp’s commitment to its employees.

Compensation

• Outstanding Salaries

Retirement

• Full Vanguard 401k Plan – Featuring a full scope of investment options
  – 100% employer matched contribution up to 6% of employee’s salary
  – Ability to max out 401k savings $57k ($63.5k if over 50)
• Employees receive B4Corp phantom stock each year (2-year vesting period)

Insurance

• Medical – United Health Care (UHC) (multiple plan options)
• Dental – United Concordia (UC) Flex Plan
• Vision – Vision Service Plan Insurance Co (VSP) Signature Plans
• Mutual of Omaha short-term disability (60% of salary up to $2,000.00/week)
• Mutual of Omaha long-term disability (60% of salary up to $10,000.00/month)
• Mutual of Omaha life insurance ($200,000.00)

Employee Referral Bonus

• Refer a friend or a coworker and receive $3,000 per year for every year the person works for B4CORP

Paid Time Off (PTO)

• Seven weeks of leave per year (including ten federal holidays)
• Flexible work schedule with comp time (with customer approval)

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B4Corp is an EEO and e-Verify employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or national origin.