DevOps Engineer

DevOps Engineer Xcelerate Solutions is seeking a DevOps Engineer. As a DevOps Engineer you will contribute to the design, deployment, and maintenance of a full stack containerized microservices architecture as well as technical systems administration, installation, and configuration. You will participate in fostering a DevOps culture, building strong cross functional collaboration with systems engineering, architecture, development, security, operations, and integration teams, in a dynamic and fast paced environment. Location: Bethesda, MDClearance: Must have an active Top Secret/ SCI security clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance Responsibilities:To deploy, triage and maintain a production big data pipeline using a microservice architecture running on Kubernetes, Elasticsearch backend, and Kafka messagingEnhance, improve, and maintain CI/CD and DevOps scripts and processes to facilitate faster development, quicker error detection and resilient deploymentsDesign, develop, and support scalable, redundant infrastructure to include physical and virtualized environmentsUse Helm to configure Kubernetes deployments to support new feature requirements.Collaborate with System Engineers to design solutions for new features and requirementsProvide technical input to systems engineering documentation and diagrams/models working in coordination/collaboration with SE team members and Architect teamParticipate in Agile release planning, scrum of scrums, bug triage, design sessions and other meetingsMinimum Requirements: BS in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience with 8+ years in software development, system engineering or related field. 6+ years of experience with Master’s degree.Must have an active Top Secret/ SCI security clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearanceKnowledgeable in navigating Linux OSExperienced with container / container orchestration, specifically KubernetesSkilled with CI/CD pipeline orchestration and the use of GitlabComfortable with Elastic Search, Logstash, KibanaDemonstrated ability to participate in cross-functional planning, coordination, and task execution Preferred Qualifications:Experience with systems at scaleExperience/knowledge of key Agile processes and techniquesExperience with development, i.e. Bash, PowerShell, SALT, Python, Groovy, Java, etc.Experience on a production/ enterprise systemExperience with any of the following technologies:Kafka or other message passing systems (AMQP, JMS)Kubernetes monitoring, e.g., Prometheus/ GraphanaGPU-based KubernetesSALT for deployment automationHelm and HelmfileNexus