Design, deploy, and maintain mission-critical application workloads on virtualized or containerized environments (e.g., VMWare or Kubernetes), ensuring scalability, availability, and compliance with government requirements.
Develop and sustain automated CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and configuration management workflows to support reliable software delivery and operational observability across development, integration, staging, and production environments.
Provision, configure, and maintain developer environments and toolchains to support rapid, secure, and efficient development workflows, enabling mission-aligned software delivery.
Identify developer friction across the software development lifecycle and implement solutions to reduce that friction and provide developer-first environments.
Establish and maintain a high level of customer trust and confidence through deep technical expertise, and use creativity to provide innovative solutions that fit the customer’s mission needs.

Requirements

Active Top Secret with SCI eligibility security clearance.
Certification meeting DoD 8140 (e.g., Security+, or higher).
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related engineering field is preferred; relevant experience may substitute.
7+ years of experience in software development, systems engineering, or operations roles with responsibility for availability, performance, and reliability of production systems.
Demonstrated experience blending software engineering and systems administration practices to support highly available, scalable applications.
Experience designing and managing monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions to meet defined Service Level Objectives.
Experience leading or participating in incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement activities.
Experience with Ansible and Desired State Configuration.
Experience with GitLab CI/CD automation and Bash scripting.
Experience supporting container-native storage and object storage solutions (e.g., MinIO, S3-compatible services, and PortWorx).
Experience with enterprise load-balancing solutions (e.g., F5 or similar platforms).
Ability to contribute immediately with minimal ramp-up in a mission-critical operational environment.

Benefits

Health, dental, and vision insurance
401(k) retirement plan with company match
Paid time off (PTO) and holidays
Parental Leave and dependent care
Flexible work arrangements
Professional development opportunities
Employee assistance and wellness programs

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools

CI/CD pipelinesBash scriptingAnsibleDesired State Configurationmonitoring solutionsalerting solutionsobservability solutionscontainer-native storageobject storageenterprise load-balancing

Soft Skills

creativitycustomer trusttechnical expertiseproblem-solvingcollaborationcommunicationleadershipincident responseroot cause analysiscontinuous improvement

Certifications

Top Secret with SCI eligibilityDoD 8140Security+