DevOps Engineer (Expert) - $179K - $199K

RCT Systems

$179K — $199K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • TS/SCI + Polygraph security clearance required.
  • Bachelor's degree with 11-15 years or Master's degree with 8-10 years of relevant experience, or equivalent experience may substitute for degree.
  • Expertise in SDLC, DevOps, CI/CD, and related practices essential.
  • Familiarity with performance-testing tools like JMeter required.
  • Hands-on experience with commercial cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or Oracle Cloud.
  • Knowledge of cloud data services such as S3, OpenSearch, and EFS needed.
  • Strong version control skills, particularly with Git.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, troubleshoot, and automate development, testing, and production environments.
  • Break down high-level requirements into actionable technical tasks.
  • Develop and deploy solutions on commercial cloud platforms.
  • Support architecture, coding, unit testing, performance testing, and deployments.
  • Collaborate with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and engineering teams in an Agile/DevOps environment.
  • Manage build artifacts and oversee deployments across multiple environments.
  • Identify opportunities for automation and process improvements.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
  • Immediate vesting in 401k.
  • Generous paid time off (PTO) and flexible work schedules.
  • Annual technology allowance of $500.00.
Full Job Description
Senior/Expert-level DevOps Engineer supporting a 200+ FTE technical development program focused on modern Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) solutions. The role involves building and deploying cloud-based systems and contributing across the full software development lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities
  • Design, develop, troubleshoot, and automate development, testing, and production environments.
  • Break high-level requirements into actionable technical tasks.
  • Develop and deploy solutions using commercial cloud platforms.
  • Support architecture, coding, unit testing, performance testing, and deployments.
  • Work closely with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and engineering teams in an Agile/DevOps environment.
  • Use tools such as GitHub, Jenkins, Unix/Bash, JIRA, and Confluence.
  • Manage build artifacts and deployments across multiple environments.
  • Identify automation and process improvements.
  • Solve complex technical problems and develop innovative customer solutions.

Required Qualifications
  • TS/SCI + Polygraph.
  • BS + 11-15 years relevant experience, or MS + 8-10 years; equivalent experience may substitute for degree.
  • Expert knowledge of SDLC, DevOps, CI/CD, and related practices.
  • Experience with JMeter or similar performance-testing tools.
  • Commercial cloud development experience: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or Oracle Cloud.
  • Experience with cloud data services such as S3, OpenSearch, EFS, etc.
  • Strong Git/version control and issue-tracking experience.
  • Strong written and verbal communication.
  • Comfortable working independently on complex technical problems.
  • Agile and service-oriented development experience.

Desired Skills
  • Java / JavaScript
  • Puppet, Shell scripting, NodeJS, NestJS, Swagger
  • Elasticsearch
  • AWS data-management services
  • Identity & Access Management (IAM)
  • AWS DevOps/SysOps certifications
  • MySQL, RDS, Oracle
  • Containerization
  • UX/Human-Centered Design

RCT Systems offers:
  • Competitive benefits package (medical, dental, vision, life insurance)
  • Immediate 401k vesting
  • Generous PTO and flexible schedules
  • $500.00 annual technology allowance

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