DevOps Engineer

Frequentis; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) Matching Plan

Health Savings Account

Life Insurance

Flexible work schedule

Paid time off

Job summary

Frequentis USA Inc. seeks a senior DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and maintain automated deployments and configurations for our safety-critical communications systems, serving government and commercial clients.

You will work on monitoring, security, and high-availability architectures, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate across program management, hardware/software development, and field engineering.

Qualifications

• 5-9 years of DevOps experience in automated deployments of integrated hardware and software solutions.
• Proven system engineering concepts and risk management experience.
• Able to learn and integrate new technologies into solutions.
• Ability to mentor and guide junior engineers.
• Proficient in RHEL and scripting languages (Bash, PowerShell, Perl, Python).
• Experience with Ansible, Puppet, log aggregation (ELK/OpenSearch, Splunk).
• Familiar with Wireshark and Docker; skilled in monitoring (Zabbix/SNMP) and virtualization (ESXi, KVM, Red Hat Virtualization).
• Experience with data storage (DBRD, NAS/SAN) and databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB).
• Knowledge of security tools (IdM, SSL, IPSec/VPN, SELinux, AIDE) and telecom protocols (SIP/RTP).
• Networking knowledge including Cisco iOS is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, and implements automated deployments, networks, and telecom integrations for our systems.
• Implements monitoring, reporting, and upgrade paths for hardware and software.
• Designs complex high-availability architectures and system-level designs.
• Provides systems engineering across software/hardware subsystems and tools.
• Monitors performance, applies security measures, troubleshoots, and improves systems.
• Creates and reviews technical documentation for internal and external customers.
• Owns engineering deliverables and ensures programmatic compliance.
• Collaborates with program mgmt, hardware/software development, test, field engineering and production.
• May participate in on-site deployments, integration, and customer testing.

Skills

Mentoring

Learning agility

RHEL proficiency

Scripting (Bash, PowerShell, Perl, Py)

Automation tools (Ansible, Puppet)

Log aggregation (ELK/OpenSearch, Spl

Wireshark

Docker

Monitoring (Zabbix, SNMP)

Virtualization (ESXi, KVM)

Databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB)

Security tools (IdM, SSL, IPSec/VPN, A

Networking knowledge (Cisco iOS)

Education

BS in Information Technology, Information Systems, Electrical Engineering/Computer Science

Tools

Git/SVN

Ansible

Puppet

ELK/OpenSearch

Splunk

Wireshark

Docker

Zabbix

SNMP

ESXi

KVM

Red Hat Virtualization

PostgreSQL

MySQL

MongoDB

IdM

SSL

IPSec/VPN

SELinux

AIDE

SIP/RTP

Cisco iOS

Job description

Job Introduction

Frequentis USA Inc. is dedicated to creating a safer world. With over 75 years of experience, Frequentis understands controllers in safety critical situations encounter new challenges daily. Our mission is to develop and market highly reliable, optimized, custom-tailored, and user centric communication and information systems for mission critical solutions. As an industry leader in voice communication data information systems, we create a safer world through integration, digitalization, and automation while maintaining world class safety standards. We proudly serve many U.S. government agencies including the FAA, DoD, and NASA. Safety as our number one priority pushes us to constantly learn about the ever-changing needs in safety critical environments to deliver innovative solutions.

Key Tasks

• Designs, develops, and implements automated software deployments, network configurations, and telecom integrations for networking, computing, and our propriety communications equipment.
• Implements hardware and software monitoring, reporting, and upgrade paths.
• Establishes a management system design including conceptual, functional, and physical designs of complex mission critical systems implemented in high availability architectures.
• Provides systems engineering for software and hardware systems, subsystems, modules, and application tools.
• Monitors system performance and implements security measures, troubleshooting, maintenance, and system improvements.
• Creates and reviews technical documentation (e.g., design drawings, design reviews, system layouts, system configuration, deployment procedures/workflows) for internal and external customers.
• Takes ownership of Engineering related deliverables and their technical compliance required by the program.
• Interfaces with other company departments for total project success (e.g., program management, hardware & software development, test engineering, field engineering, system engineering, production).
• May participates in on-site customer deployments, system integration, and customer testing activities.

Key Qualifications

• BS in Information Technology, Information Systems, Electrical Engineering/Computer Science or equivalent experience with IT systems and engineering
• 5-9 years’ experience as a DevOps Engineer implementing automated deployments of integrated hardware and software solutions in the area of networking and communications.
• Demonstrates the ability to implement and apply best-practice system engineering concepts and appropriate risk management to solutions.
• Able to learn, select, and integrate new technologies into system solutions.
• Ability to mentor and guide junior engineers.
• Proficient in RHEL operating system
• Proficient in scripting languages (e.g., Bash, PowerShell, Perl, Python)
• Proficient in automated deployment tools (Ansible, Puppet)
• Log aggregation and reporting (ELK/Opensearch, Splunk)
• Network analysis tools (Wireshark)
• Containers (Docker)
• System monitoring tools (Zabbix, SNMP)
• Virtualization (ESXi, KVM, Red Hat Virtualization)
• Data replication and storage (DBRD, NAS/SAN)
• SQL and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB)
• System security management and intrusion detection tools (IdM, SSL, IPSec/VPN, SELinux, AIDE)
• Telecommunications protocols (SIP/RTP, ED-137)
• Experience in routing and networking technologies (knowledge of Cisco iOS a plus)

Our Values

Frequentis USA is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. Around 2,100 employees are committed to creating a safer world with their innovative strength and technology orientation. Our culture is based on a working environment characterized by fairness and trust, mutual respect and appreciation. As an international company, we value this diversity and recruit regardless of age, gender, origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation or religion. We value fair and good working conditions, an optimum work-life-balance and offer all our employees equal development opportunities. In doing so, we focus on long-term working relationships in order to keep the valuable know-how of our employees stable.

Benefits

Health, Dental and Vision Insurance, 401 (k) Matching Plan, Health Savings Account, Life Insurance, Flexible work schedule, and Paid time off. Applicants must be authorized to work full-time in the United States.

TRUST-BASED

MODERN MENTORING TRAININGS

WORKING HOURS

IT-EQUIPMENT PROGRAM