DevOps Engineer (Expert) - $179K – $199K

RCT Systems•Reston, VA

About The Position

Senior/Expert-level DevOps Engineer supporting a 200+ FTE technical development program focused on modern Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ICAM) solutions. The role involves building and deploying cloud-based systems and contributing across the full software development lifecycle.

Requirements

TS/SCI + Polygraph
BS + 11–15 years relevant experience, or MS + 8–10 years; equivalent experience may substitute for degree.
Expert knowledge of SDLC, DevOps, CI/CD, and related practices.
Experience with JMeter or similar performance-testing tools.
Commercial cloud development experience: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or Oracle Cloud.
Experience with cloud data services such as S3, OpenSearch, EFS, etc.
Strong Git/version control and issue-tracking experience.
Strong written and verbal communication.
Comfortable working independently on complex technical problems.
Agile and service-oriented development experience.

Nice To Haves

Java / JavaScript
Puppet, Shell scripting, NodeJS, NestJS, Swagger
Elasticsearch
AWS data-management services
Identity & Access Management (IAM)
AWS DevOps/SysOps certifications
MySQL, RDS, Oracle
Containerization
UX/Human-Centered Design
RCT Systems

Responsibilities

Design, develop, troubleshoot, and automate development, testing, and production environments.
Break high-level requirements into actionable technical tasks.
Develop and deploy solutions using commercial cloud platforms.
Support architecture, coding, unit testing, performance testing, and deployments.
Work closely with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and engineering teams in an Agile/DevOps environment.
Use tools such as GitHub, Jenkins, Unix/Bash, JIRA, and Confluence.
Manage build artifacts and deployments across multiple environments.
Identify automation and process improvements.
Solve complex technical problems and develop innovative customer solutions.