Devops engineer - ts/sci + ci poly - hybrid

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Our client is seeking a TS/SCI + CI poly cleared DevOps Engineer to join a high‑energy team building and deploying a cutting‑edge technology stack in support of the DIA‑NMEC (National Media Exploitation Center) DOMEX Technology Platform (DTP). As a DevOps Engineer you will contribute to the design, deployment, and maintenance of a full stack containerized micro services architecture as well as technical systems administration, installation, and configuration.

Qualified DevOps Engineer must have the below skills:

• Possess at least one DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level II or higher certification, e.g., CCNA Security, CySA+, Security+ CE, SSCP, CISSP (or Associate)
• Ability to obtain Privileged User Account (PUA) certification per DoD 8570 policy
• Experienced with container/container orchestration, specifically Kubernetes and troubleshooting experience with:
• Ingress/Gateway API
• Multi-tenant GPU sharing
• Helm chart design/build
• Familiarity with external-secrets, ArgoCD, cert-manager, eck (elastic search)
• GitLab pipeline development experience including Integration of GitLab CI/CD components, Code Quality reports, and Code Coverage/Test reports
• Experience with development, i.e. Bash, PowerShell, SALT, Python, Groovy, Java, etc.
• Kubernetes monitoring, e.g., Prometheus/ Grafana, Open Telemetry
• SALT for deployment automation
• Nexus

This work is located in Bethesda, MD and will allow for hybrid work once role is established. Candidates must be a US Citizen with an active TS/SCI + CI poly level government clearance.

Salary for this role is between $107,900 - $195,050, depending on experience, clearance level, location, and contract requirements.