DevOps Test Engineer - T-Rex Solutions

OpenTalent; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

T-Rex Solutions is seeking a fully cleared Mid-Level DevOps Engineer to join our ICAM team at Ft. Meade, MD.

You will build, maintain, and optimize deployment pipelines, infrastructure, and tooling to enable our developers to deliver reliable software efficiently. The ideal candidate has hands-on Kubernetes, Helm, CI/CD, IaC, Elasticsearch, and monitoring experience, with the ability to collaborate with security, software, and systems engineers while owning DevOps initiatives from implementation

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and related experience; 10+ years preferred.
• Active TS/SCI w/ FSP required within 7 years.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Helm, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, Elasticsearch, containerization, monitoring, and automation.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and improve infrastructure, deployment processes, and tooling to enable reliable software delivery.
• Own DevOps initiatives from implementation through production support.
• Collaborate with software engineers, system admins, and security teams to improve DevOps capabilities.

Skills

Kubernetes

CI/CD

GitOps

Ansible

Elasticsearch

Kibana

MongoDB

Containerization

Monitoring

Security collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Kubernetes

Helm

GitOps tools

CI/CD pipelines

Ansible

Elasticsearch

Logstash

Kibana

MongoDB

Job description

Are you ready to make a significant impact by supporting critical national security infrastructure? T-Rex Solutions is looking for a fully cleared Mid-Level DevOps Engineer to join our dynamic team at Ft. Meade, MD in support of the Intelligence Community.

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Mid-Level DevOps Engineer to join our ICAM team. In this role, the candidate will help build, maintain, and improve the infrastructure, deployment processes, and tooling that enable our development teams to deliver reliable software efficiently.

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Helm, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code,Elasticsearch, containerization, monitoring, and automation. You should be comfortable working collaboratively with system and software engineers and security teams while taking ownership of DevOps initiatives from implementation through production support.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's and 10 years of related experience.
• Active TS/SCI w/ FSP required within 7 years.

Desired Skills:

Kubernetes & Platform Engineering

• Experience with Kubernetes cluster lifecycle management.
• Experience developing and maintaining Helm charts for application deployment and configuration.
• Experience with GitOps tools and CI/CD pipeline integration
• Infrastructure-as-Code and automation experience utilizing Ansible.
• Understanding scalability and high-availability strategies with deployments across multiple service centers (e.g., availability zones).

Systems, Software, and Integration

• Experience with PKI and certificate-based authentication.
• Familiarity with REST APIs and service-based architecture.
• Experience managing Elasticsearch clusters, Logstash pipelines, and Kibana dashboards, focusing on cluster performance and data ingestion.
• Experience supporting systems using MongoDB.

Collaboration & Communication

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience collaborating with software developers, test engineers, and system administrators.
• Ability to lead technical discussions and brief technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience developing program review materials.

Experience using JIRA and Confluence.

T-Rex Overview

Established in 1999, T-Rex Solutions, LLC is a proven mid-tier business providing data-centric mission services to the Federal government as it increasingly tries to secure and leverage the power of data. We design, integrate, secure, and deploy advanced technical solutions for our customers so they can efficiently fulfill their critical objectives. T-Rex offers both IT and professional services to numerous Federal agencies and is a leader in providing high quality and innovative solutions in the areas of Cloud and Infrastructure Services, Cyber Security, and Big Data Engineering.