DevOps Engineer/Systems Engineer (Mission Systems)

Node.Digital LLC; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; 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

Node.Digital LLC is looking for a DevOps Engineer/Systems Engineer in McLean, VA. The ideal candidate must have an active TS/SCI FS Poly and proven experience with AWS services, CI/CD, and automation. You will be part of a specialized team focused on designing and maintaining mission systems while driving DevOps excellence. Competitive compensation and benefits are offered, including medical, dental, vision, and a 401K matching plan.

Qualifications

• Must have an active TS/SCI FS Poly.
• Proven experience with AWS core services.
• Advanced proficiency in Bash and Python.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

CI/CD & Automation

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

AWS Expertise

Scripting

Containerization

Database Administration

Observability

Systems Integration

Architecture & Security

Version Control

Tools

Jenkins

Terraform

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, Trino, 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