Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Our Reston team is seeking a mid-level Infrastructure Engineer to help build, deploy, and operate the systems that support mission-focused software in production. This role is for someone who can improve how software moves from development into operational environments, while ensuring those environments remain reliable, observable, and maintainable. A successful candidate will work across containerized deployments, release automation, production monitoring, incident response, and integrations with external systems. The strongest candidates will bring hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Helm, and Docker, solid software development fundamentals, and the ability to deliver reliable platform solutions in secure, operationally constrained environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Build release pipelines to deploy code both on-premises and on deployed systems
• Incident Response to ensure high uptime of deployed software
• Facilitate integrations with other systems

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, mathematics, physics, applied math, or related field
• At least 3 years of industry experience
• Active TS/SCI Security Clearance
• Experience in Helm, Kubernetes, and Docker
• Proven experience and understanding of software deployment lifecycles on both cloud platforms and local on-premises hardware
• Software Development experience in Java, Rust or Typescript/React
• Ability to work effectively with researchers, engineers, and end users to translate technical concepts into usable software
• Familiarity with full-stack web application development in any frameworks/languages
• U.S. CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED; successful candidates will be subject to a security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information

Desired Qualifications

• Experience using ADO, Gitlab, ArgoCD or similar CI/CD tools
• Experience with Keycloak or similar authentication systems
• Experience with logging tools such as Grafana, Loki, and Alloy
• Incident Response
• Experience facilitating integrations with other systems

Position Location: Reston, VA

• The selected individual(s) will be required to work from the Reston, VA office 5 days a week

Perks and Benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Accompanying FSA and HSA options
• Additional Voluntary Benefits
• Paid Time Off
• 9 Observed Holidays and 2 Floating Holidays
• Paid Parental Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Relocation Assistance
• Professional Development Reimbursement
• Annual Salary Reviews
• Profit Sharing
• 401(k) Traditional and Roth Options
• Gym and Fitness Reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employee Referral Program