Xcelerate Solutions is seeking 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. Come join our award-winning organization and work with some of the most talented and brightest minds in the GovCon industry.

Location

Bethesda, MD

Clearance

TS/SCI

Responsibilities

To deploy, triage and maintain a production big data pipeline using a microservice architecture running on Kubernetes, Elasticsearch backend, and Kafka messaging
Enhance, improve, and maintain CI/CD and DevOps scripts and processes to facilitate faster development, quicker error detection and resilient deployments
Design, develop, and support scalable, redundant infrastructure to include physical and virtualized environments
Use Helm to configure Kubernetes deployments to support new feature requirements.
Collaborate with System Engineers to design solutions for new features and requirements
Provide technical input to systems engineering documentation and diagrams/models working in coordination/collaboration with SE team members and Architect team
Participate in Agile release planning, scrum of scrums, bug triage, design sessions and other meetings

Minimum 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 security clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance
Comfortable working in Linux
Container or container orchestration experience, i.e. Docker, Docker swarm, Kubernetes, etc.
Development experience, i.e. Bash, PowerShell, SALT, Python, Groovy, Java, etc.
Demonstrated ability to participate in cross-functional planning, coordination, and task execution

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with systems at scale
Experience/knowledge of key Agile processes and techniques
Experience on a production/ enterprise system
Experience with any of the following technologies: Kafka or other message passing systems (AMQP, JMS)
Kubernetes monitoring, e.g., Prometheus/ Graphana
GPU-based Kubernetes
SALT for deployment automation
Elasticsearch, Kibana, and Logstash, specifically admin experience
Helm and Helmfile

About Xcelerate Solutions:

Founded in 2009 and headquartered in McLean, VA, Xcelerate Solutions (www.xceleratesolutions.com) is one of America's fastest-growing companies. Xcelerate’s culture is defined by our diversified workforce of dynamic and versatile professionals, supported with growth and development opportunities that contribute to individual and company growth. This strong commitment to our employees has been recognized by our inclusion on the Washington Business Journal’s “50 Best Places to Work” list as well as being a “Great Place to Work” certified company with a 4.6 star, and a 99% CEO approval Glassdoor rating. Come find out why Xcelerate Solutions is one of the DC Metro top employers!

Xcelerate Solutions is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, age, equal pay, disability, veteran status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or expression of another protected characteristic. As part of this commitment to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals, Xcelerate provides reasonable accommodations if needed because of an applicant's or an employee's disability.

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