DevOps Engineer II — Kubernetes, CI/CD & Big Data Pipelines

RPMGlobal; Bethesda, Northern (MD, KY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

RPMGlobal in Bethesda, MD is seeking a DevOps/Platform Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain a full-stack, containerized microservices architecture supporting the NMEC DOMEX Technology Platform and D3P Modernization.

You will manage a production data pipeline on Kubernetes with Elasticsearch, Kafka, and CI/CD pipelines, collaborate across engineering, security, and operations, and contribute to agile release planning and incident triage.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree with 3+ years in the field; substitutions allowed.
• 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.

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

Skills

Linux proficiency

Kubernetes

Docker

GitLab CI/CD

ELK Stack

Agile

Cross-functional teamwork

Bash scripting

Python

Education

High School Diploma

Associates Degree

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

PhD

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Helm

GitLab

Nexus

Prometheus

Grafana

Kafka

Elasticsearch

Job description

RPMGlobal in Bethesda, MD is seeking a DevOps/Platform Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain a full-stack, containerized microservices architecture supporting the NMEC DOMEX Technology Platform and D3P Modernization.

You will manage a production data pipeline on Kubernetes with Elasticsearch, Kafka, and CI/CD pipelines, collaborate across engineering, security, and operations, and contribute to agile release planning and incident triage.