Systems Engineer - DevOps
About The Position
DRS RADA Technologies is hiring an on-site Systems Engineer – DevOps in Germantown, Maryland. We’re looking for a DevOps engineer to develop and enhance CI/CD pipelines for our software-defined radar systems. This role involves working across virtualized environments and custom hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) infrastructure to support rapid, reliable software integration and testing. As a subsidiary of Leonardo DRS, DRS RADA Technologies delivers proprietary radar solutions and supports legacy avionics systems for defense customers around the world. The company is a recognized pioneer in AESA tactical radar technology, supporting missions such as active military protection, counter-drone operations, critical infrastructure security, and border surveillance.
Requirements
- Novice technical expertise and application domain knowledge
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or Related technical field
- Up to 2 years of experience with Python, C, C++, Rust, Bash, Powershell
- Up to 2 years of experience managing server infrastructure and configurations
- Experience with Jenkins pipelines and Groovy scripting
- Experience with virtual machines and containerized solutions, i.e. EXXi, Proxmox, Docker, etc.
- Git CLI knowledge and branching/merging basics
- U.S. Citizenship required.
- This position requires an active DOD security clearance or the ability to obtain such clearance within a reasonable time after commencement of employment.
Nice To Haves
- Candidates with more than 2 years of relevant experience may be considered for a Level II position.
- Experience with GitHub Actions and/or GitLab CI/CD
- Experience with Atlassian software suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket)
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins (groovy) to support validation of radar software releases
- Develop and maintain DevOps infrastructure in local-hosted air-gapped environment, managing physical and virtual test assets for internal users
- Work with team leads to integrate legacy systems with existing test infrastructures
- Ability to work across many disparate software languages/technologies
- May use computer-aided engineering or other design/analysis software in the performance of assignments
- Ability to work independently under supervision of others
- Provide regular reporting on progress and status
- Responsible for completion of assigned task on time and meeting technical requirements
- Review customer specifications and requirements, and under direction, develop designs to best support them, including cost as a key design variable
- Specify and evaluate supplier components, subsystems and services
- Support the program design to cost and design for manufacture requirements
- Develop prototypes to retire key development risks as directed
- Communicate clearly (written and oral) with other company personnel and the customer as required
- May participate in preparation of less complex proposals
- Support, communicate, reinforce and defend the mission, values and culture of the organization
- Attend appropriate engineering, customer or business meetings
- Other duties as assigned
Benefits
- comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision)
- employer matching 401(k) retirement plan
- paid time off including vacation, holidays, and sick leave (including ant state-mandated paid sick leave)
- parental leave benefits
- tuition reimbursement
- professional development support
- life and disability insurance coverage
- company contribution to a health savings account
- telemedicine
- legal insurance
- 401(k) savings plan
- wellness programs
- flexible work schedules with our 9/80 program
- community service hours
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
