Software Engineer 2

RPMGlobal; Bethesda, Northern (MD, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

RPMGlobal in Bethesda, MD seeks a DevOps/Platform Engineer to support the NMEC DOMEX Technology Platform and D3P modernization by designing, deploying, and maintaining a full-stack containerized microservices architecture in a mission-focused environment.

You will deploy and maintain a production big data pipeline on Kubernetes with Elasticsearch, Kafka, and CI/CD pipelines, use Helm for deployments, and collaborate across systems engineering, architecture, development, security, and operations

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with ability to obtain a CI Polygraph.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher with relevant field and years of experience.
• 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 in cross-functional engineering environments.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Linux proficiency

Containers & Kubernetes

CI/CD orchestration

GitLab

Elasticsearch/Logstash/Kibana

Cross-functional collaboration

Big data pipelines

Education

Bachelor's degree with 3 years experience

Master's degree with 3 years experience

PhD with 3 years experience

Associates Degree with 5 years experience

High School Diploma/GED with 5 years experience

Tools

Kubernetes

GitLab

Elasticsearch

Logstash

Kibana

Kafka

Helm

Nexus

Job description

Position Summary

Support the NMEC DOMEX Technology Platform and D3P Modernization effort by designing, deploying, and maintaining a full-stack containerized microservices architecture in a mission-focused engineering environment.

Essential Duties and 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

Required Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with ability to obtain a CI Polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree with a minimum of three years of experience in the category field. 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience operating systems at scale.
• 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.

Required Education and Experience Equivalency

• High School Diploma/GED with 5 years of experience.
• Associates Degree with 5 years of experience.
• Bachelors' Degree with 3 years of experience.
• Masters' Degree with 3 years of experience.
• PhD with 3 years of experience.

RequiredCertifications

• None specified.

Required Security Clearance

• Active TS/SCI with ability to obtain a CI Polygraph.