DevOps Engineer Level 4

RPMGlobal; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Base-2 Solutions in Bethesda, MD is seeking a DevOps Engineer to support the DOMEX Data Discovery Platform Modernization program. The role focuses on designing, deploying, and maintaining a full-stack containerized microservices architecture and contributing to DevOps, systems administration, installation, configuration, and production support activities.

The ideal candidate has an active TS/SCI clearance with CI polygraph eligibility, a DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification or higher, and

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with ability to obtain a CI Polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree with a minimum of ten years of experience in the category field.
• Possess at least one DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level II or higher certification, such as CCNA Security, CySA+, Security+ CE, SSCP, CISSP, or CISSP Associate.
• Ability to obtain Privileged User Account certification per DoD 8570 policy.
• Experience with containers and container orchestration, specifically Kubernetes.
• Experience troubleshooting Kubernetes environments, including Ingress/Gateway API, Helm chart design/build, pod disruption budgets, affinity/anti-affinity rules, external-secrets, ArgoCD, cert-manager, and eck/Elasticsearch.
• Experience developing GitLab pipelines, including integration of GitLab CI/CD components, Code Quality reports, and Code Coverage/Test reports.
• Knowledge of Linux operating systems.
• Knowledge of sysctls for Kubernetes environments.
• Experience with FApolicyd and SELinux.
• Experience with Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana.
• Demonstrated ability to participate in cross-functional planning, coordination, and task execution.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, triage, and maintain a production big data pipeline using a microservice architecture running on Kubernetes, Elasticsearch backend, and Kafka messaging.
• Enhance, improve, and maintain CI/CD and DevOps scripts and processes to support faster development, quicker error detection, and resilient deployments.
• Design, develop, and support scalable, redundant infrastructure, including physical and virtualized environments.
• Use Helm to configure Kubernetes deployments to support new feature requirements.
• Collaborate with Systems Engineers to design solutions for new features and requirements.
• Provide technical input to systems engineering documentation, diagrams, and models in coordination with Systems Engineering and Architecture team members.
• Participate in Agile release planning, scrum of scrums, bug triage, design sessions, and other meetings.

Skills

Kubernetes

Containers

CI/CD pipelines

GitLab

Linux

SELinux

Sysctls

Helm

ArgoCD

Elasticsearch

Logstash

Kibana

cert-manager

eck/Elasticsearch

FApolicyd

Nexus

Education

Bachelors' Degree with 10 years of experience

Masters' Degree with 10 years of experience

PhD with 10 years of experience

Tools

Kubernetes

GitLab

Elasticsearch

Logstash

Kibana

Helm

ArgoCD

cert-manager

eck/Elasticsearch

FApolicyd

Nexus

Linux

Job description

Position Summary

Base-2 Solutions is seeking a DevOps Engineer to support the DOMEX Data Discovery Platform Modernization program in Bethesda, Maryland. This role supports the design, deployment, and maintenance of a full-stack containerized microservices architecture and contributes to DevOps, systems administration, installation, configuration, and production support activities.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Deploy, triage, and maintain a production big data pipeline using a microservice architecture running on Kubernetes, Elasticsearch backend, and Kafka messaging.


• Enhance, improve, and maintain CI/CD and DevOps scripts and processes to support faster development, quicker error detection, and resilient deployments.


• Design, develop, and support scalable, redundant infrastructure, including physical and virtualized environments.


• Use Helm to configure Kubernetes deployments to support new feature requirements.


• Collaborate with Systems Engineers to design solutions for new features and requirements.


• Provide technical input to systems engineering documentation, diagrams, and models in coordination with Systems Engineering and Architecture team members.


• Participate in Agile release planning, scrum of scrums, bug triage, design sessions, and other meetings.

Required Qualifications

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


• Bachelor's degree with a minimum of ten years of experience in the category field.


• Possess at least one DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level II or higher certification, such as CCNA Security, CySA+, Security+ CE, SSCP, CISSP, or CISSP Associate.


• Ability to obtain Privileged User Account certification per DoD 8570 policy.


• Experience with containers and container orchestration, specifically Kubernetes.


• Experience troubleshooting Kubernetes environments, including Ingress/Gateway API, Helm chart design/build, pod disruption budgets, affinity/anti-affinity rules, external-secrets, ArgoCD, cert-manager, and eck/Elasticsearch.


• Experience developing GitLab pipelines, including integration of GitLab CI/CD components, Code Quality reports, and Code Coverage/Test reports.


• Knowledge of Linux operating systems.


• Knowledge of sysctls for Kubernetes environments.


• Experience with FApolicyd and SELinux.


• Experience with Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana.


• Demonstrated ability to participate in cross-functional planning, coordination, and task execution.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with systems at scale.


• Experience or knowledge of key Agile processes and techniques.


• Experience with development or scripting languages and tools, such as Bash, PowerShell, SALT, Python, Groovy, or Java.


• Experience supporting a production or enterprise system.


• Experience with Kafka or other message-passing systems, such as AMQP or JMS.


• Experience with Kubernetes monitoring tools, such as Prometheus or Grafana.


• Experience with GPU-based Kubernetes.


• Experience with SALT for deployment automation.


• Experience with Nexus.

Required Education and Experience Equivalency

• Bachelors' Degree with 10 years of experience.


• Masters' Degree with 10 years of experience.


• PhD with 10 years of experience.

RequiredCertifications

• At least one DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level II or higher certification

Required Security Clearance

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