Senior/Expert-level DevOps Engineer supporting a 200+ FTE technical development program focused on modern Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) solutions. The role involves building and deploying cloud-based systems and contributing across the full software development lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
Design, develop, troubleshoot, and automate development, testing, and production environments.
Break high-level requirements into actionable technical tasks.
Develop and deploy solutions using commercial cloud platforms.
Support architecture, coding, unit testing, performance testing, and deployments.
Work closely with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and engineering teams in an Agile/DevOps environment.
Use tools such as GitHub, Jenkins, Unix/Bash, JIRA, and Confluence.
Manage build artifacts and deployments across multiple environments.
Identify automation and process improvements.
Solve complex technical problems and develop innovative customer solutions.
Required Qualifications
TS/SCI + Polygraph.
BS + 11–15 years relevant experience, or MS + 8–10 years; equivalent experience may substitute for degree.
Expert knowledge of SDLC, DevOps, CI/CD, and related practices.
Experience with JMeter or similar performance-testing tools.
Commercial cloud development experience: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or Oracle Cloud.
Experience with cloud data services such as S3, OpenSearch, EFS, etc.
Strong Git/version control and issue-tracking experience.
Strong written and verbal communication.
Comfortable working independently on complex technical problems.
Agile and service-oriented development experience.
Desired Skills
Java / JavaScript
Puppet, Shell scripting, NodeJS, NestJS, Swagger
Elasticsearch
AWS data-management services
Identity & Access Management (IAM)
AWS DevOps/SysOps certifications
MySQL, RDS, Oracle
Containerization
UX/Human-Centered Design
RCT Systems offers:
Competitive benefits package (medical, dental, vision, life insurance)
Immediate 401k vesting
Generous PTO and flexible schedules
$500.00 annual technology allowance
RCT Systems is committed and proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex (to include pregnancy and related conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity), national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other federally protected class.
Numbers & Facts
Location
Reston, Virginia
Salary
$179,000–$199,000 Per Year
Website
https://www.rct-systems.com
Skills
Agile Programming Methodologiesunmatched
Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)unmatched
Amazon Web Services (AWS)unmatched
Apache JMeterunmatched
Atlassian JIRAunmatched
Automationunmatched
Bash Scriptingunmatched
Build Managementunmatched
Cloud Computingunmatched
Continuous Deployment/Deliveryunmatched
Continuous Integrationunmatched
Data Managementunmatched
DevOpsunmatched
Develop and Maintain Customersunmatched
Elasticsearchunmatched
Gitunmatched
GitHubunmatched
Identity Data Managementunmatched
Javaunmatched
JavaScriptunmatched
Jenkinsunmatched
Microsoft Windows Azureunmatched
MySQLunmatched
Oracleunmatched
Performance Testingunmatched
Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
Process Improvementunmatched
Production Systemsunmatched
Scrum Product Ownerunmatched
ScrumMasterunmatched
Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI)unmatched