Dev Ops Software Engineer 2 (TS/SCI with Poly)

Socket.dev; Fort Meade (MD); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Health Savings Accounts and Flexible (

Job summary

Solerity is seeking a Mid-Level DevOps Engineer to join the ICAM team. You will help build, maintain, and improve infrastructure, deployment processes, and tooling enabling our development teams to deliver reliable software efficiently.

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Helm, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, Elasticsearch, and containerization. You will work with security teams and engineers, taking ownership from implementation through production support.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes cluster lifecycle management.
• Experience developing and maintaining Helm charts for deployment and configuration.
• Experience with GitOps tools and CI/CD integration.
• Infrastructure-as-Code and automation with Ansible.
• Understanding of scalability and high-availability across multiple service centers.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and improve infrastructure and deployment tooling for reliable software delivery.
• Collaborate with software, systems, and security teams to own DevOps initiatives from implementation to production support.
• Lead technical discussions and brief stakeholders on DevOps topics.
• Develop program review materials and maintain CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Kubernetes

Helm

GitOps

CI/CD

Infrastructure-as-Code

Ansible

Elasticsearch

Logstash

Kibana

MongoDB

PKI

REST APIs

Service-based architecture

JIRA

Confluence

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Description

Take the next steps to your professional success as Solerity is a recognized leader in providing Information Technology, Engineering Services, Program Management and Consulting Services to the U.S Federal Government and our Intel Community. We enable our clients to achieve their organizational initiatives through the application of high quality, innovative and cost-effective professional services, and solutions. Solerity needs your support to help us provide these solutions and continue our path as a recognized leader in providing resources for federal agencies and the Intel Community!

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Mid-Level DevOps Engineer to join our ICAM team. In this role, the candidate will help build, maintain, and improve the infrastructure, deployment processes, and tooling that enable our development teams to deliver reliable software efficiently.

The ideal candidate has hands‑on experience with Kubernetes and Helm, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, Elasticsearch, containerization, monitoring, and automation. You should be comfortable working collaboratively with system and software engineers and security teams while taking ownership of DevOps initiatives from implementation through production support.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES:

Requirements

• TS/SCI Clearance with Full Scope polygraph

Kubernetes & Platform Engineering

• Experience with Kubernetes cluster lifecycle management.
• Experience developing and maintaining Helm charts for application deployment and configuration.
• Experience with GitOps tools and CI/CD pipeline integration
• Infrastructure-as-Code and automation experience utilizing Ansible.
• Understanding scalability and high-availability strategies with deployments across multiple service centers (e.g., availability zones).

Systems, Software, and Integration

• Experience with PKI and certificate-based authentication.
• Familiarity with REST APIs and service-based architecture.
• Experience managing Elasticsearch clusters, Logstash pipelines, and Kibana dashboards, focusing on cluster performance and data ingestion.
• Experience supporting systems using MongoDB.

Collaboration & Communication

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience collaborating with software developers, test engineers, and system administrators.
• Ability to lead technical discussions and brief technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience developing program review materials.
• Experience using JIRA and Confluence

BENEFITS YOU'LL ENJOY:

1. Medical, dental and vision coverage
2. Health Savings Accounts and Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and dependent care
3. Flexible work schedule to include onsite, hybrid or remote, as dictated by position
4. 401(k) and company-funded life insurance
5. Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
6. Tuition and training assistance
7. Financial rewards for employee referrals.
8. Pet insurance
9. Employee discount program

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES:

Solerity is committed to the range of perspectives we bring to the marketplace by being an employer dedicated to hiring a highly qualified team of professionals, providing world class services and products aimed at exceeding our customer’s expectations. Solerity is an equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Solerity is a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.