Software Engineer 4

RPMGlobal; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

RPMGlobal in Bethesda, MD seeks a Senior DevOps/Systems Engineer to design, deploy, and sustain a full-stack containerized microservices architecture for mission-focused projects.

The role emphasizes Kubernetes-based pipelines, CI/CD optimization, and robust infrastructure across physical and virtual environments, with collaboration across cross-functional teams and Agile practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and at least 10 years in the field.
• Master's degree with 10+ years experience is acceptable.
• PhD with 10+ years experience is also acceptable.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, manage, and maintain a production big data pipeline using microservices on Kubernetes.
• Improve CI/CD pipelines and DevOps scripts/processes.
• Design and support scalable infrastructure (physical and virtualized).
• Use Helm to configure Kubernetes deployments for new features.
• Collaborate with systems engineering, architecture, development, security, operations, and integrations teams.
• Participate in Agile release planning, Scrum of Scrums, and design reviews.

Skills

Linux

Kubernetes

Containers

GitLab CI/CD

Elasticsearch/Logstash/Kibana

Scripting: Python/Groovy/Bash

Cross-functional collaboration

Agile methodologies

Education

Bachelor's degree + 10 years experience

Master's degree + 10 years experience

PhD + 10 years experience

Tools

Terraform

Helm

Prometheus/Grafana

Nexus

Kafka

PowerShell

Salt

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 ten years of experience in the category field.
• 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

• Bachelors' Degree with 10 years of experience.
• Masters' Degree with 10 years of experience.
• PhD with 10 years of experience.

RequiredCertifications

• None specified.

Required Security Clearance

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