DevOps Engineer/Systems Engineer (Mission Systems)

Node.Digital; Illinois; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Basic Life

Health Saving Account

401K matching

Three weeks of PTO/Sick

11 Paid Holidays

Pre‑Approved Online Training

Job summary

A leading technology consultancy is looking for a DevOps Engineer/Systems Engineer to join their specialized engineering team. You will design and maintain enterprise-grade mission systems and automate cloud infrastructures. The role demands expertise in CI/CD, AWS, and scripting (Bash/Python), with strong skills in containerization and database administration. Competitive compensation includes medical, dental, vision benefits, 401K matching, PTO, and more.

Qualifications

• Proven experience building and managing robust pipelines.
• Strong proficiency in Terraform for AWS provisioning.
• Deep hands-on experience with AWS core services.
• Advanced proficiency in Bash and Python for automation.
• Experience managing containerized workloads.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement enterprise-grade mission systems.
• Automate complex cloud infrastructures.
• Drive DevOps excellence and ensure high availability.

Skills

CI/CD & Automation

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

AWS Expertise

Scripting

Containerization

Database Administration

Observability

Systems Integration

Architecture & Security

Version Control

Tools

Jenkins

Terraform

Bash

Python

Docker

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Prometheus

Git

Job description

DevOps Engineer/Systems Engineer (Mission Systems)

Location: McLean, VA
Must have an active TS/SCI FS Poly

Role Overview:

Join a specialized engineering team dedicated to designing, implementing, and maintaining enterprise‑grade mission systems, networks, and applications. You will play a critical role in driving DevOps excellence, ensuring high availability, and automating complex cloud infrastructures.

Mandatory Skills

• CI/CD & Automation: Proven experience building and managing robust pipelines with Jenkins (required).
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Strong proficiency in Terraform (required) for provisioning scalable AWS environments.
• AWS Expertise: Deep hands‑on experience with core services, including EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, and CloudWatch.
• Scripting: Advanced proficiency in Bash and Python (both required) for automation and systems integration.
• Containerization: Experience managing containerized workloads using Docker or Podman.
• Database Administration: Experience self‑hosting, tuning, and securing PostgreSQL and MySQL, including high‑availability and recovery strategies.
• Observability: Hands‑on experience with monitoring and alerting stacks, specifically Prometheus/Alertmanager and CloudWatch.
• Systems Integration: Proven ability to deploy and integrate diverse ecosystems, including COTS/GOTS, open‑source tools, and custom applications.
• Architecture & Security: Strong grasp of networking fundamentals, IAM policy hardening, and AWS Well‑Architected best practices.
• Version Control: Expert knowledge of Git‑based workflows, branching strategies, and repository management.

Preferred Skills

• Data Operations: Experience managing Lakehouse architectures and data platform components (e.g., Apache Spark, Trip, Apache Ranger, Apache Iceberg, Apache Superset, data catalogs).
• Security & Governance: Familiarity with AWS Secrets Manager/Parameter Store and modern API gateway patterns.
• Resiliency & Planning: Knowledge of enterprise Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity Planning (BCP).
• Advanced Workloads: Background in supporting AI/ML model‑serving infrastructure or NoSQL environments (DynamoDB, MongoDB).
• Efficiency: Experience with AWS cost optimization and right‑sizing strategies.
• Full‑Stack Monitoring: Familiarity with the ELK Stack and Grafana for advanced visualization.
• Leadership: Experience mentoring junior team members and championing DevOps/Cloud‑native best practices.

We are proud to offer competitive compensation and benefits packages to include

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Basic Life
• Health Saving Account
• 401K matching
• Three weeks of PTO/Sick
• 11 Paid Holidays
• Pre‑Approved Online Training