Job Description 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 three years of experience in the category field. Two 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 5 years of experience.
- Associates Degree with 5 years of experience.
- Bachelors' Degree with 3 years of experience.
- Masters' Degree with 3 years of experience.
- PhD with 3 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).
