Mid- Level DevOps Software Engineer | SE2| TS/SCI w/ MD poly security clearnance

Mid- Level DevOps Software Engineer

SE2

Salary Range:$206-239K

Location: Hanover, MD

Security Clearance Required: TS/SCI with MD polygraph

Job Description

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Mid-Level DevOps Engineer to join our ICAM team. In this role, the candidate will help build, maintain, and improve the infrastructure, deployment processes, and tooling that enable our development teams to deliver reliable software efficiently.

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with Kubernetes and Helm, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, Elasticsearch, containerization, monitoring, and automation. You should be comfortable working collaboratively with system and software engineers and security teams while taking ownership of DevOps initiatives from implementation through production support.

Key Responsibilities

• Kubernetes & Platform Engineering
• Experience with Kubernetes cluster lifecycle management.
• Experience developing and maintaining Helm charts for application deployment and configuration.
• Experience with GitOps tools and CI/CD pipeline integration
• Infrastructure-as-Code and automation experience utilizing Ansible.
• Understanding scalability and high-availability strategies with deployments across multiple service centers (e.g., availability zones).
• Systems, Software, and Integration
• Experience with PKI and certificate-based authentication.
• Familiarity with REST APIs and service-based architecture.
• Experience managing Elasticsearch clusters, Logstash pipelines, and Kibana dashboards, focusing on cluster performance and data ingestion.
• Experience supporting systems using MongoDB.
• Collaboration & Communication
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience collaborating with software developers, test engineers, and system administrators.
• Ability to lead technical discussions and brief technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience developing program review materials.
• Experience using JIRA and Confluence.

About US:

Our Partners delivers mission-ready cybersecurity, engineering, and AI-enhanced software solutions for federal defense clients. We combine deep technical expertise with a people-first culture to help modernize securely, accelerate capability delivery, and strengthen operational resilience. Our work supports DoW, with proven experience in ICAM, Zero Trust, cloud-native engineering, and secure Agile development.

Built on Collaboration, Culture, Connection, and Community. Values that guide every engagement and every mission we support. We deliver secure, scalable solutions designed to meet the evolving demands of our clients’ operations.

Requires:

• Security Clearance: TS/SCI with MD polygraph

• 10 years system engineering experience

• Bachelor's degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or a related discipline from an accredited college or university is required. 5 years of additional SE experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree for a total of 15 years.

  Benefits:

  Offering a very competitive benefits package because we care about our employees. Our offerings including:

• Four (4) weeks paid time

• Eleven Paid Holidays

• 401k plan with 4% employer contributions and immediate vesting plus annual 3% contruibution

• Annual Bonuses for performance

• Medical, Dental, and Vision and insurance

• Education and Training budget provided

• Technical Certification and coursework budget for computer/program expenses

• Gym Membership Reimbursement

• Amazon Prime Membership Reimbursement

• Birthday Club

• Capstone Swag