Senior DevOps Engineer (TS/SCI) - Kubernetes & Big Data

OpenTalent; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenTalent in Bethesda, MD is seeking a DevOps Engineer to contribute to the design, deployment, and maintenance of a full stack containerized microservices architecture, and to collaborate across systems engineering, development, security, and operations teams.

The role focuses on deploying and maintaining production pipelines on Kubernetes with Elasticsearch and Kafka, advancing CI/CD processes with ArgoCD, Helm, and YAML, and supporting scalable infrastructure; a Top Secret/SI clearance is

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software development or systems engineering.
• Active TS/SCI security clearance with ability to obtain TS/SCI with Polygraph.
• DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level II or higher certification (e.g., CCNA Security, CySA+, Security+ CE, SSCP, CISSP).

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain a full stack containerized microservices architecture.
• Deploy, triage, and maintain a production data pipeline on Kubernetes with Elasticsearch and Kafka.
• Enhance CI/CD and DevOps scripts, including AI-assisted failure analysis and security.
• Configure Kubernetes deployments using ArgoCD, Helm, and YAML.
• Collaborate with systems engineers, architecture, security, and operations teams.

Skills

Kubernetes

CI/CD

DevOps

Elasticsearch

Kafka

ArgoCD

Helm

YAML

Education

BS in Engineering

MS in related field

Tools

ArgoCD

Helm

Kubernetes

Job description

OpenTalent in Bethesda, MD is seeking a DevOps Engineer to contribute to the design, deployment, and maintenance of a full stack containerized microservices architecture, and to collaborate across systems engineering, development, security, and operations teams.

The role focuses on deploying and maintaining production pipelines on Kubernetes with Elasticsearch and Kafka, advancing CI/CD processes with ArgoCD, Helm, and YAML, and supporting scalable infrastructure; a Top Secret/SI clearance is