TS/SCI DevOps Engineer — Onsite Bethesda, Kubernetes & CI/CD

Falcon IT and Staffing Solutions; Maryland; On-site; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Falcon IT and Staffing Solutions is seeking a TS/SCI-cleared DevOps Software Engineer to join a high-energy team supporting the DOMEX platform at our Bethesda, MD client site. The role focuses on building and deploying a full-stack containerized microservices architecture and advancing DevOps practices in a mission-facing environment.

You will collaborate with systems engineers, developers, security and operations to deploy Kubernetes-based pipelines, enhance CI/CD, and design scalable

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related field (or equivalent) with 8+ years of relevant experience; 6+ years with a Master's.
• Active TS/SCI clearance and ability to obtain/maintain a TS/SCI with Polygraph.
• 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

• Design, deploy, and maintain a production-grade, containerized microservices architecture.
• Support systems administration, installation, configuration, and adoption of DevOps practices across cross-functional teams.
• Collaborate with systems engineering, architecture, development, security, operations, and integration teams.
• Deploy, triage, and maintain a production big-data pipeline built on Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, and Kafka.
• Enhance and maintain CI/CD pipelines and DevOps automation.
• Design and support scalable, redundant infrastructure across physical and virtual environments.
• Use Helm to configure Kubernetes deployments for new features.
• Partner with Systems Engineers to architect solutions for new capabilities.
• Contribute technical input to engineering documentation, diagrams, and models.
• Participate in Agile release planning, scrums, design sessions, bug triage, and related team activities.

Skills

TS/SCI clearance

Linux

Containers

Kubernetes

CI/CD

GitLab

Elasticsearch

Logstash

Kibana

Cross-functional collaboration

Agile

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related field

Master's degree with 6+ years experience

Tools

Helm

Prometheus

Grafana

Nexus

Job description

Falcon IT and Staffing Solutions is seeking a TS/SCI-cleared DevOps Software Engineer to join a high-energy team supporting the DOMEX platform at our Bethesda, MD client site. The role focuses on building and deploying a full-stack containerized microservices architecture and advancing DevOps practices in a mission-facing environment.

You will collaborate with systems engineers, developers, security and operations to deploy Kubernetes-based pipelines, enhance CI/CD, and design scalable