Senior DevOps Systems Engineer, TS/SCI with a Full Scope Polygraph Security Clearance Required, Onsite in Annapolis Junction, MD

About the Role

We are looking for a strong Senior DevOps Systems Engineer to augment the existing platform team for a large analytic cloud repository. The successful DevOps Systems Engineer for this position has experience working with large Hadoop and Accumulo based clusters, a strong background in Linux OS development, and a familiarity with open‑source technologies. Additional knowledge of Prometheus, Grafana, Kafka and CentOS or RHEL would benefit the Senior DevOps Systems Engineer. Ideal Senior DevOps Systems Engineers would have familiarity with open‑source products and be willing/able to learn new technologies. The platform team builds subject matter expertise in a variety of open‑source products. This is a 100 % onsite position and not open for hybrid or remote work.

Qualifications

• Must have an active TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph security clearance.
• DoD 8570 IAT Level 1 or higher required.
• 17 + years of experience as a Systems Engineer on projects of similar scope, type, and complexity.
• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field (or an additional 5 years of Software Engineering experience may be substituted for the degree).
• Experience administering Kubernetes clusters.
• Experience tuning and managing Kafka.
• Experience installing and managing tracing frameworks like Jaeger.
• Experience with HELM charts, ArgoCD, Ansible, Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Thanos, Apache Hadoop, and Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS).
• Proficiency in Python, Go, and Java (in that order of preference).
• Experience with Linux operating system monitoring and tuning.
• Experience with open‑source applications and Agile development.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Retirement plan
• Paid time off (PTO)
• Other standard employee benefits