DevOps Engineer 3

RPMGlobal; Bethesda, Northern (MD, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

RPMGlobal in Bethesda, MD is seeking a senior Platform Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain a containerized microservices stack for mission-focused workloads. You will manage production data pipelines in Kubernetes with Elasticsearch, Kafka, and CI/CD automation, while advancing Helm-based deployments and cross-functional collaboration in an Agile environment.

Candidates should have strong Linux, container, and scripting skills, and be prepared to work in a disciplined security-focused

Qualifications

• Strong Linux proficiency and container orchestration experience.
• Hands-on Kubernetes deployment and maintenance.
• Experience with CI/CD orchestration and GitLab.
• Familiarity with Elasticsearch stack and monitoring tools.
• Proven cross-functional collaboration in engineering environments.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and maintain production big data pipelines in a Kubernetes setup.
• Enhance CI/CD scripts and DevOps practices across teams.
• Design scalable, redundant infrastructure across environments.
• Configure Kubernetes deployments with Helm for new features.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams in Agile release cycles.
• Participate in design sessions and bug triage.

Skills

Linux

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Elasticsearch/Logstash/Kibana

Cross-functional collaboration

Python

Groovy

Java

Bash

Terraform / Scripting

Education

Bachelor's degree with 6+ years of experience

Associates Degree with 9 years experience

Master's degree with 6 years

PhD with 6 years

High School Diploma/GED with 9 years experience

Tools

Docker

GitLab

Helm

Nexus

Prometheus

Grafana

SALT

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.