Senior Test Engineer (TS/SCI Poly) – DevOps Lead

gliacelltechnologies; Maryland; On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Paid time off

Federal holidays

Work from home opportunities

401K

Bonus potential

Referral bonus

Professional development

Life and disability insurance

Life insurance (voluntary)

Employee assistance program

Travel protection

Financial planning assistance

Bereavement leave

Jury duty leave

Team events

Technology budget

Global Entry

Swag budget

Job summary

GliaCell Technologies in Annapolis Junction, MD, seeks a Senior Test Engineer to support a U.S. Government customer. The role focuses on delivering reliable, scalable test infrastructure and ensuring mission-critical software and systems meet security and compliance requirements.

You will work in a SCIF with limited remote work, develop IaC, manage CI/CD, oversee AWS-driven environments, and mentor junior engineers as part of a collaborative, mission-focused team.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance is required.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 9+ years of professional experience, or 7+ years with a related Master’s.
• U.S. Citizenship.
• Independent and team-oriented with strong communication.
• Experience: Infrastructure as Code, AWS, Python, Ansible, Terraform.

Responsibilities

• Develop Infrastructure as Code and scripting to automate tasks, provision services, and build tools.
• Patch, harden, and maintain compliance of RHEL.
• Install, configure, and tune Kubernetes, Docker Compose, Nifi, and cloud logging/metrics collection tools.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines with GitLab runners and Argo CD.
• Manage AWS cloud platforms.
• Collaborate with development teams and stakeholders.
• Limited to no work from home; work in a SCIF.

Skills

AWS

Python

Ansible

Terraform

Kubernetes

CI/CD

GitLab

Argo CD

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Nifi

Docker Compose

GitLab

Argo CD

AWS

Job description

GliaCell Technologies in Annapolis Junction, MD, seeks a Senior Test Engineer to support a U.S. Government customer. The role focuses on delivering reliable, scalable test infrastructure and ensuring mission-critical software and systems meet security and compliance requirements.

You will work in a SCIF with limited remote work, develop IaC, manage CI/CD, oversee AWS-driven environments, and mentor junior engineers as part of a collaborative, mission-focused team.