DevOps Engineer 3

RPMGlobal; Bethesda (MD); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

RPMGlobal seeks a skilled platform engineer to design, deploy, and maintain a full-stack containerized microservices architecture in a mission-focused environment. You will work on a production big data pipeline on Kubernetes with Elasticsearch and Kafka, enhancing CI/CD processes and collaborating with security and operations teams.

The role requires hands-on Kubernetes experience, Linux proficiency, and a strong background in DevOps tooling.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph eligibility.
• Bachelor's degree (or higher) with required years of experience or equivalent.
• Strong Linux experience and container/Kubernetes hands-on.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and GitLab.
• Familiarity with Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana.
• Proven ability to work in cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, triage, and maintain a production big data pipeline using a microservice architecture on Kubernetes.
• Enhance, improve, and maintain CI/CD and DevOps scripts and processes.
• Design, develop, and support scalable 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 meetings.

Skills

Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph

Linux proficiency

Containers and Kubernetes

CI/CD orchestration

GitLab

Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree + 6 years experience

Associates degree + 9 years experience

High School Diploma/GED + 9 years experience

Masters degree + 6 years experience

PhD + 6 years experience

Tools

Kubernetes tooling

Job description

Position Summary

Support 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 Responsibilities

• Deploy, 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 meetings

Required Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with ability to obtain a CI Polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree with a minimum of six years of experience in the category field. Three 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 Qualifications

• Experience 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 Equivalency

• High School Diploma/GED with 9 years of experience.
• Associates Degree with 9 years of experience.
• Bachelors' Degree with 6 years of experience.
• Masters' Degree with 6 years of experience.
• PhD with 6 years of experience.

RequiredCertifications

• None specified.

Required Security Clearance

• Active TS/SCI with ability to obtain a CI Polygraph.