Active TS/SCI clearance with ability to obtain a CI Polygraph
Bachelor's degree with 6+ years of relevant experience (or equivalent experience)
Strong proficiency in Linux
Hands-on experience with containers and Kubernetes
Experience with CI/CD orchestration and GitLab
Familiarity with Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana
Proven success in cross-functional engineering environments
Responsibilities
Deploy and maintain a production big data pipeline using microservices on Kubernetes
Enhance CI/CD and DevOps scripts and processes
Design and support scalable infrastructure in physical and virtual environments
Configure Kubernetes deployments using Helm for new features
Collaborate with various engineering and operations teams
Participate in Agile planning and related meetings
Benefits
100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for employees and dependents
401(k) with 8% total company contribution and immediate vesting
Up to 20 days of flexible paid time off (PTO) and 11 paid floating holidays
Flexible work schedules including flex time and compressed work periods
Employee referral bonuses up to $10,000 per hired referral
Full Job Description
Requisition ID: 5202
Standard Title: Software Engineer
Required Security Clearance: Top Secret/SCI
Location: Bethesda, MD
Work Type: On-Site
Shift: First
Referral Eligibility: Eligible
U.S. Citizenship Required? Yes
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 six years of experience in the category field. Three 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 9 years of experience.
Associates Degree with 9 years of experience.
Bachelors' Degree with 6 years of experience.
Masters' Degree with 6 years of experience.
PhD with 6 years of experience.
Required Certifications
None specified.
Required Security Clearance
Active TS/SCI with ability to obtain a CI Polygraph.
Pay & Benefit Highlights Compensation
Competitive fixed salary or hourly pay (based on experience, skills, location, and internal equity).
Employee referral bonuses up to $10,000 per hired referral.
Additional bonus opportunities for exceptional performance and contributions to business development and company growth (role-dependent).
Health
100% company-paid medical premiums for employees and eligible dependents.
Choose from multiple plan options with CareFirst, Kaiser, and UnitedHealthcare, including PPO, POS, HMO, and HSA-compatible plans.
100% company-paid dental premiums for employees and eligible dependents.
100% company-paid vision premiums for employees and eligible dependents.
Income Protection
100% company-paid premiums for short-term disability.
100% company-paid premiums for long-term disability.
100% company-paid premiums for accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D).
100% company-paid premiums for life insurance up to $200,000.
Retirement
401(k) with immediate vesting: 4% company match plus a 4% non-elective company contribution (8% total).
401(k) pre-tax and Roth options.
Leave
Up to 20 days of flexible paid time off (PTO).
11 paid floating holidays.
Work-Life Balance
Flexible work schedules, including flex time and compressed work periods (contract and project-dependent).
