Full-Stack Kubernetes Microservices Engineer

RPMGlobal; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

RPMGlobal seeks an experienced DevOps/Platform Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain a full-stack containerized microservices architecture for the NMEC DOMEX Technology Platform and D3P modernization.

You will manage a production big data pipeline on Kubernetes with Elasticsearch and Kafka, enhance CI/CD processes, and collaborate across engineering, security, and operations to deliver scalable infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with ability to obtain a CI Polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree with a minimum of three years of experience. Two additional years of experience may be substituted for the bachelor's degree.
• Strong Linux proficiency.
• Hands-on experience with containers and Kubernetes.
• Experience with CI/CD orchestration and GitLab.
• Familiarity with Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana.
• Demonstrated success working in cross-functional engineering environments.
• Knowledge of Agile methodologies.
• Development experience with Bash, PowerShell, SALT, Python, Groovy, or Java.
• Experience supporting enterprise or production systems.
• Familiarity with Kafka or other messaging systems, Kubernetes monitoring tools such as Prometheus and Grafana, GPU-based Kubernetes, SALT for deployment automation, Helm/Helmfile, and Nexus.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, triage, and maintain a production big data pipeline using a microservice architecture running on Kubernetes with Elasticsearch backend and Kafka messaging.
• Enhance, improve, and maintain CI/CD and DevOps scripts and processes.
• Design, develop, and support scalable, redundant infrastructure including physical and virtualized environments.
• Use Helm to configure Kubernetes deployments in support of new feature requirements.
• Collaborate with systems engineering, architecture, development, security, operations, and integration teams.
• Participate in Agile release planning, scrum of scrums, bug triage, design sessions, and related meetings

Skills

Linux proficiency

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree with 3 years experience

Associates degree with 5 years experience

High School Diploma with 5 years experience

Masters degree with 3 years experience

PhD with 3 years experience

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

GitLab

Helm

Elasticsearch

Kafka

Job description

RPMGlobal seeks an experienced DevOps/Platform Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain a full-stack containerized microservices architecture for the NMEC DOMEX Technology Platform and D3P modernization.

You will manage a production big data pipeline on Kubernetes with Elasticsearch and Kafka, enhance CI/CD processes, and collaborate across engineering, security, and operations to deliver scalable infrastructure.