Staff Software Engineer - Microservices on Kubernetes

RPMGlobal; Bethesda, Northern (MD, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

RPMGlobal is seeking a senior engineering professional to support the NMEC DOMEX Technology Platform and D3P Modernization. The role centers on designing, deploying, and maintaining a full-stack containerized microservices architecture in a mission-focused environment.

The ideal candidate has hands-on Kubernetes, containers, and CI/CD experience, and will work across systems engineering, development, security, and operations to deliver scalable infrastructure and reliable pipelines.

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.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, triage, and maintain a production big data pipeline using a microservice architecture on Kubernetes with Elasticsearch and Kafka.
• Enhance, improve, and maintain CI/CD and DevOps scripts and processes.
• Design, develop, and support scalable infrastructure including physical and virtualized environments.
• Use Helm to configure Kubernetes deployments for 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.

Skills

Linux proficiency

Kubernetes

CI/CD

GitLab

Elasticsearch

Logstash

Kibana

SRE/DevOps

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree with 10 years experience

Master's degree with 10 years experience

PhD with 10 years experience

Tools

Kubernetes

Helm

GitLab

Elasticsearch

Logstash

Kibana

Job description

RPMGlobal is seeking a senior engineering professional to support the NMEC DOMEX Technology Platform and D3P Modernization. The role centers on designing, deploying, and maintaining a full-stack containerized microservices architecture in a mission-focused environment.

The ideal candidate has hands-on Kubernetes, containers, and CI/CD experience, and will work across systems engineering, development, security, and operations to deliver scalable infrastructure and reliable pipelines.