DevOps Software Engineer

Systems Definition, Inc; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday and leave package

Health and dental coverage

Performance bonuses

Job summary

Systems Definition, Inc is seeking a self-motivated DevOps engineer in Washington, DC, to develop and maintain pipeline systems for software delivery. Ideal candidates will have experience with Kubernetes and automated build tools like Jenkins, along with a strong background in Agile development.

This role involves collaboration with other teams to meet DoD mission planning objectives and offers a flexible hybrid work environment.

Benefits include health coverage, a retirement plan, and performance bonuses.

Qualifications

• US Citizenship required and must obtain Secret clearance.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• Experience with relational databases.

Responsibilities

• Develop software and implement CI/CD pipelines.
• Work in an Agile development environment.
• Collaborate with teams to create solutions.

Skills

Kubernetes

Helm

Java build processes

Agile development

Jenkins

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Gradle

Maven

PostgreSQL

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

SDI is a growing small business located in Alexandria, Virginia providing software development and technical services to federal agencies, government contractors, public sector agencies, and commercial organizations. Our activities support initiatives for Defense, First Responder safety/accountability, aerospace, custom applications, and web technologies. We have developed innovative software applications to support DoD and First Responder safety and accountability activities, including applications used daily by FDNY and other U.S. fire departments. SDI’s focus is always on meeting Customer requirements to ensure that their goals, deliverables, and deadlines are satisfied.

Job Description

We are seeking a self‑motivated DevOps engineer with demonstrated experience in modern web application architectures involving microservices and cloud platform orchestration tools (Kubernetes, Helm, and Rancher).

The position will involve software development, continuous integration/delivery, and testing of a web application designed to support DoD mission planning and National Security objectives. The DevOps engineer must be comfortable with Java build processes and tools such as Gradle and Maven. The DevOps engineer must have knowledge in designing and implementing streamlined, cloud‑friendly CI/CD pipelines to support a fast‑paced delivery schedule. The engineer will need skills to integrate commercial or open source tools to automate processes that improve QA capabilities.

This is an Agile development environment, working on state‑of‑the‑art algorithms and technology for a DoD customer located in Washington, DC. The developer would attend team meetings, work with engineering teams, documentation teams, and other developers to create solutions.

We anticipate a hybrid blend of on‑site and remote work efforts. SDI personnel are currently able to work remotely from home with a limited amount of time spent at the Customer’s Washington, DC site.

Qualifications

• US Citizenship required for consideration. Must be able to obtain Secret clearance. An existing clearance is a plus.
• Able to work independently and with little direct supervision or oversight.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
• DevOps experience with Kubernetes (Rancher and/or OpenShift) and Helm.
• Experience with automated build process tools (Jenkins).
• Knowledge of Gradle and Maven.
• Agile development experience with Sprint and Retrospective experience in a team environment.
• Experience with relational databases.
• Version control and Feature/Defect tracking experience with Atlassian Tools - JIRA, Confluence, Struts, etc. All work is tracked and managed in the Atlassian tools.
• A Bachelor's Degree, or higher, in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent, is required.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with Spring, and Hibernate.
• Experience with PostgreSQL.
• Experience with the OpenAPI specification and tools.
• Security+ certification.
• Data visualization technologies including mapping.
• Ability to handle multiple projects with various priorities and deadlines.
• Ability to work both independently and in a collaborative environment.

Additional Information

SDI provides a casual and flexible work environment with excellent benefits including a generous holiday and leave package, health and dental medical coverage, S‑IRA retirement plan, performance bonuses, and more.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Systems Definition is an Equal Employment Employer. The company provides equal employment opportunity to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, disability status or genetic information. Systems Definition is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all persons in all facets of employment including recruiting, hiring, compensation, promotion, training, benefits, transfers and working conditions.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.