Hybrid DevOps Engineer - TS/SCI Clearance

Xcelerate-Solutions-5; Bethesda (MD); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Xcelerate Solutions is seeking a DevOps Engineer to contribute to design, deployment, and maintenance of a full stack containerized microservices architecture. This role requires working across systems engineering, development, security, and operations in a hybrid remote setup with Bethesda, Maryland as a key location.

The candidate should have a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph and DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification, plus extensive Kubernetes, CI/CD, and Linux experience.

Qualifications

• BS in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering or related field.
• 8+ years in software development or systems engineering; 6+ years with Master’s degree.
• Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with Polygraph ability.
• DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level II+ certification (e.g., CCNA Security, CySA+, Security+ CE, SSCP, CISSP).
• Ability to obtain Privileged User Account per DoD 8570 policy.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, triage and maintain a production big data pipeline on Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, and Kafka.
• Enhance and maintain CI/CD and DevOps scripts, including AI-integrated solutions for security and compliance.
• Design, develop, and support scalable infrastructure (physical and virtualized environments).
• Collaborate with System Engineers to design solutions for new features and requirements.
• Provide technical input to systems engineering docs/diagrams with SE and Architect teams.
• Participate in Agile release planning, scrum of scrums, bug triage, and design sessions.
• Develop PaaS for hybrid deployments and secure multi-tenant GPU sharing in Kubernetes.

Skills

Kubernetes

CI/CD

GitLab CI/CD

Python

Bash

PowerShell

Education

BS in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering

MS degree

Tools

ArgoCD

cert-manager

Elasticsearch

Kubernetes

Helm

Nexus

GitLab

Job description

Xcelerate Solutions is seeking a DevOps Engineer to contribute to design, deployment, and maintenance of a full stack containerized microservices architecture. This role requires working across systems engineering, development, security, and operations in a hybrid remote setup with Bethesda, Maryland as a key location.

The candidate should have a TS/SCI clearance with polygraph and DoD 8570 IAT Level II certification, plus extensive Kubernetes, CI/CD, and Linux experience.