Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience (12 years total)
Foundational DevOps knowledge with practical Kubernetes experience
Ability to adapt quickly and manage multiple tasks
Self-motivated and organized
Experience in classified or restricted environments preferred
Responsibilities
Support CI/CD pipelines, automated builds, and release activities
Assist with deployment of containerized applications in Kubernetes
Maintain configuration files and version-controlled artifacts
Troubleshoot workloads, services, and access controls
Monitor deployment results and document issues
Assist with vulnerability scanning and remediation tracking
Support deployment activities for DISA and other customers
Develop technical documentation and deployment guides
Benefits
Company-paid Medical/Dental/Vision plans
Company-paid Short-term and Long-term disability and Life Insurance
Business/First Class travel upgrades for long flights
25 vacation/personal days per year
11 paid Federal Holidays
$5,000 Annual Professional Development Fund
401K with 6% company match, immediately vested
$10,000 referral bonus for new hires
Up to 3 paid Code Red days due to customer closure
Full Job Description
Working under the direction of senior engineers, you will assist with automated build, test, packaging, deployment, monitoring, and release activities; support Linux and containerized environments; and help maintain repeatable deployment configurations and technical documentation. The position requires foundational DevOps knowledge and some practical experience with Kubernetes, with an interest in expanding those skills while supporting an integrated enterprise solution across varied customer environments. This is a full-time position (40 hours/week, normal day shift) at a Government or contractor facility in the Fort Meade, MD area, in a fast-paced environment where multiple applications are developed and deployed simultaneously.
Job Responsibilities
Support continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines, automated builds, testing, artifact packaging, and release activities
Assist with deployment and sustainment of containerized applications in Kubernetes environments under the guidance of senior engineers
Help configure and troubleshoot workloads, services, namespaces, ConfigMaps, Secrets, storage, networking, and access controls
Monitor pipeline and deployment results, review logs and system health information, document issues, and support corrective actions
Assist with container and dependency scanning, vulnerability remediation tracking, software bills of materials, and release evidence
Support DISA and other DoW customer deployment activities by collecting environment information, executing documented procedures, and escalating technical issues
Develop and maintain setup instructions, deployment checklists, troubleshooting notes, release documentation, and other technical guides
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or a related discipline from an accredited college or university plus 7 years of System Engineering experience in programs and contracts of similar scope, type, and complexity. An additional 5 years of SE experience may be substituted for the degree (12 years total).
Foundational DevOps knowledge and some practical experience with Kubernetes
Able to adapt quickly to change and react to unexpected results; self-motivated, organized, and able to multitask
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with RKE2, Rancher, Helm, Kustomize, Kubernetes package configuration, or single- and multi-namespace deployments
Familiarity with Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Ansible, Terraform, or comparable automation and infrastructure tools
Exposure to security scanning, vulnerability management, software bills of materials, artifact signing, container registries, or software supply chain practices
Familiarity with REST APIs, JSON, PKI, mutual TLS, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, or enterprise identity and access management concepts
Experience supporting classified, disconnected, air-gapped, or otherwise restricted customer environments
Experience using Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Word, SharePoint, or Git-based repositories to manage work and technical documentation
Security Clearance
Active Top Secret clearance with a Polygraph
Benefits
Competitive salary
Company Medical/Dental/Vision plans - Company paid
Short-term Disability, Long-term disability and Life Insurance - Company paid
Business/ First Class travel upgrade for 7 hour or longer flights & company card will be provided for expenses
Vacation / Personal days granted at 25 days per year
Paid Federal Holidays - 11 days
$5,000 Annual Professional Development Fund plus 40 paid hours if in class
401K with 6% company match; all contributions are immediately vested by Employee
Employee will be paid a bonus of $10,000 per employee hired based on their referral
Up to 3 paid Code Red days due to customer closure
