System Engineer 1 (TS/SCI with Poly)

SOLERITY • FORT MEADE, MD

11h • $130,000 - $136,000

About The Position

Systems Engineer supporting DevOps activities for the Zero Trust Identity, Credential, and Access Management (ZT ICAM) program and deployments for Department of Defense customers. Working under the direction of senior engineers, the individual will assist with automated build, test, packaging, deployment, monitoring, and release activities; support Linux and containerized environments; and help maintain repeatable deployment configurations and technical documentation. The role requires foundational DevOps knowledge and some practical Kubernetes experience, with an interest in expanding those skills while supporting an integrated enterprise solution across varied customer environments.

Requirements

• TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
• Foundational DevOps knowledge and some practical experience with Kubernetes.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with RKE2, Rancher, Helm, Kustomize, Kubernetes package configuration, or single- and multi-namespace deployments.
• Familiarity with Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Ansible, Terraform, or comparable automation and infrastructure tools.
• Exposure to security scanning, vulnerability management, software bills of materials, artifact signing, container registries, or software supply chain practices.
• Familiarity with REST APIs, JSON, PKI, mutual TLS, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, or enterprise identity and access management concepts.
• Experience supporting classified, disconnected, air-gapped, or otherwise restricted customer environments.
• Experience using Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Word, SharePoint, or Git-based repositories to manage work and technical documentation.

Responsibilities

• Support continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines, automated builds, testing, artifact packaging, and release activities.
• Assist with deployment and sustainment of containerized applications in Kubernetes environments under the guidance of senior engineers.
• Maintain configuration files, scripts, deployment manifests, repositories, and version-controlled engineering artifacts.
• Help configure and troubleshoot workloads, services, namespaces, ConfigMaps, Secrets, storage, networking, and access controls.
• Monitor pipeline and deployment results, review logs and system health information, document issues, and support corrective actions.
• Assist with container and dependency scanning, vulnerability remediation tracking, software bills of materials, and release evidence.
• Support DISA and other DoW customer deployment activities by collecting environment information, executing documented procedures, and escalating technical issues.
• Develop and maintain setup instructions, deployment checklists, troubleshooting notes, release documentation, and other technical guides.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Health Savings Accounts and Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and dependent care.
• Flexible work schedule, including onsite, hybrid, or remote work as dictated by the position.
• 401(k) and company-funded life insurance.
• Generous paid time off (PTO).
• Tuition and training assistance.
• Financial rewards for employee referrals.
• Pet insurance.
• Employee discount program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed