DevOps Engineer/Systems Engineer (Mission Systems)

Node.Digital

McLean, VA

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
AWS Lambda, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Apache, Apache Spark, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Automation, Bash Scripting, Best Practices, Business Continuity Planning (BCP), Cloud Computing, Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS), Compensation and Benefits, Continuous Deployment/Delivery, Continuous Integration, Cost Control, Database Administration, DevOps, Disaster Recovery, Docker, Ecosystems, Full Scope Polygraph, Git, Government Off-the Shelf (GOTS), High Availability, Jenkins, Leadership, Mentoring, MongoDB, MySQL, NoSQL, Online Training, Open Source, PostgreSQL, Python Programming/Scripting Language, Retail Management, Right-Sizing, Sales Pipeline, Scripting (Scripting Languages), Security Architecture, Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), Source Code/Configuration Management (SCM), System Integration (SI), Systems Engineering, Top Secret Clearance
LOCATION
McLean, VA
POSTED
27 days ago

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 with Jenkins (required).
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Strong proficiency in Terraform (required) for provisioning scalable AWS environments.
  • AWS Expertise: Deep hands-on experience with core services, including EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, and CloudWatch.
  • Scripting: Advanced proficiency in Bash and Python (both required) for automation and systems integration.
  • Containerization: Experience managing containerized workloads using Docker or Podman.
  • Database Administration: Experience self-hosting, tuning, and securing PostgreSQL and MySQL, including high-availability and recovery strategies.
  • Observability: Hands-on experience with monitoring and alerting stacks, specifically Prometheus/Alertmanager and CloudWatch.
  • Systems Integration: Proven ability to deploy and integrate diverse ecosystems, including COTS/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 of Git-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 with AWS Secrets Manager/Parameter Store and modern API gateway patterns.
  • Resiliency & Planning: Knowledge of enterprise Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity Planning (BCP).
  • Advanced Workloads: Background in supporting AI/ML model-serving infrastructure or NoSQL environments (DynamoDB, MongoDB).
  • Efficiency: Experience with AWS cost optimization and right-sizing strategies.
  • Full-Stack Monitoring: Familiarity with the ELK Stack and Grafana for 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

About the Company

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