DevOps Engineer Systems Engineer

DevOps Engineer/Systems Engineer (Mission Systems)

Location: McLean, VA
Must have an active TS/SCI FS Poly

Role Overview:

Join a specialized engineering team dedicated to designing, implementing, and maintaining enterprise-grade mission systems, networks, and applications. You will play a critical role in driving DevOps excellence, ensuring high availability, and automating complex cloud infrastructures.

Requirements

Mandatory Skills

• CI/CD & Automation:Proven experience building and managing robust pipelines withJenkins(required).
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC):Strong proficiency inTerraform(required) for provisioning scalable AWS environments.
• AWS Expertise:Deep hands-on experience with core services, includingEC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, and CloudWatch.
• Scripting:Advanced proficiency inBashandPython(both required) for automation and systems integration.
• Containerization:Experience managing containerized workloads usingDockerorPodman.
• Database Administration:Experience self-hosting, tuning, and securingPostgreSQLandMySQL, including high-availability and recovery strategies.
• Observability:Hands-on experience with monitoring and alerting stacks, specificallyPrometheus/AlertmanagerandCloudWatch.
• Systems Integration:Proven ability to deploy and integrate diverse ecosystems, includingCOTS/GOTS, open-source tools, and custom applications.
• Architecture & Security:Strong grasp of networking fundamentals, IAM policy hardening, and AWS Well-Architected best practices.
• Version Control:Expert knowledge ofGit-based workflows, branching strategies, and repository management.

Preferred Skills

• Data Operations:Experience managing Lakehouse architectures and data platform components (e.g.,Apache Spark, Tri no, Apache Ranger, Apache Iceberg, Apache Superset, data catalogs).
• Security & Governance:Familiarity withAWS Secrets Manager/Parameter Storeand modern API gateway patterns.
• Resiliency & Planning:Knowledge of enterpriseDisaster Recovery (DR)and Business Continuity Planning (BCP).
• Advanced Workloads:Background in supportingAI/ML model-serving infrastructureor NoSQL environments (DynamoDB, MongoDB).
• Efficiency:Experience withAWS cost optimizationand right-sizing strategies.
• Full-Stack Monitoring:Familiarity with theELK StackandGrafanafor advanced visualization.
• Leadership:Experience mentoring junior team members and championing DevOps/Cloud-native best practices.

Benefits

We are proud to offer competitive compensation and benefits packages to include

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Basic Life
• Health Saving Account
• 401K matching
• Three weeks of PTO/Sick
• 11 Paid Holidays
• Pre-Approved Online Training