DevOps Engineer, Cloud Platform

Bestgate Engineering; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully paid medical premiums

5 weeks of vacation and sick leave

7% unmatched 401(K) contributions

Year-end bonuses

Tuition and training allowances

Short and Long-term Disability, AD&D, and Life Insurance

Gym and Health Club Membership reimbursements

Job summary

Bestgate Engineering in Baltimore, Maryland is looking for skilled software engineers who are eager to design innovative solutions for national security. The role involves collaborating with a diverse team to develop a cutting-edge, cloud-based platform for UAV data.

Ideal candidates will have extensive experience with AWS, Docker, Linux, and CI/CD practices. The company offers a competitive salary package, including fully paid medical premiums, generous vacation, and professional development support.

Responsibilities

• Develop a disruptive, cloud-based platform to consume and present UAV captured data.
• Work with a multi-functional, remote team in a fast-paced Scrum and pair programming environment.

Skills

Cloud Provider Experience (preferably AWS)

Docker and Containerization

Container Scheduler (e.g. Kubernetes)

Linux System Administration

Understanding Business Goals

CI/CD Pipelines

MicroService Oriented Architecture

Distributed Data Stores (e.g. Ceph)

Job description

We love what we do and we hire the best and brightest engineers who want to work with like-minded folk. Our customers provide us the opportunity to attack specialized problems that simply cannot be solved anywhere else.

We are looking for software engineers who are interested in designing high-visibility solutions to help our customers protect infrastructure and data critical to national security; ingest, process, and analyze astronomically large data sets; and build tools to enable our warfighters to make quick, intuitive decisions that save lives. Our customers' projects range from next generation PKI, malware analytics, cloud platforms (PaaS, IaaS, SaaS), real-time and batch big data processing, highly distributed systems, machine learning, AI, quantum computing, and much more.

In addition to doing unique work with great teams, Bestgate ensures its employees are well compensated for their premier skills. We offer competitive salaries, 100% premium paid medical coverage, generous paid time off, multiple avenues for professional development, and many more.

Job Description

Help our client develop a disruptive, cloud-based platform to consume and present UAV captured data. Work with a multi-functional, remote team working in a fast-paced Scrum and pair-programming environment.

Qualifications

• Experience with at least one cloud provider, preferably AWS
• Expert level knowledge of Docker and containerization
• Experience with at least one container scheduler (e.g. Kubernetes)
• Expert level knowledge of Linux system administration
• Ability to understand business goals and provide supporting infrastructure
• Comfort with CI/CD pipelines and their implementation
• Familiarity with MicroService Oriented Architecture a plus
• Familiarity with distributed data stores like Ceph a plus

Additional Information

We offer competitive salary and tremendous benefits, to include:

• Fully paid medical premiums
• 5 weeks of vacation and sick leave
• 7% unmatched 401(K) contributions
• Year-end bonuses
• Tuition and training allowances
• Short and Long-term Disability, AD&D, and Life Insurance
• Company happy hours, parties, and morale building events (get paid to hang with your team)
• Gym and Health Club Membership reimbursements