Jobs / Akina, Inc.
Development Operations Engineer 2 - (Kubernetes, Linux, Python)
Akina, Inc. · Fort Meade, MD, United States
Fort Meade, MD, United StatesExp: 8+ yrs218,000-267,000 USD/yearlyHybrid
Remuneration
$218k-$267k annually; 24 days of accrued PTO, 11 federal holidays, 401(k) contribution equal to 10% of salary, healthcare coverage, educational assistance, and job-related training and certification costs
Location
Fort Meade, MD, United States
Visa sponsorship
Not specified
Job summary
Administer and maintain network, Linux, and containerized systems supporting SIGINT survey, collection, and geo-location operations across prototype, development, testing, and lab environments. Design and support LAN/CAN/WAN networks and Arista and Cisco devices; manage Kubernetes clusters and CI/CD pipelines; and use Python, Bash, Ansible, or Terraform to support deployments and hybrid cloud or virtualized environments.
Benefits
24 days of accrued paid time off annually11 federal holidays401(k) vested from start date with a company contribution equal to 10% of salaryHealthcare costs covered for employees and 50% for dependentsEducational assistanceJob-related training and certification costs
Qualifications
- Eight years of experience in software and system deployments, Linux system administration, containerization, cloud deployments, and DevSecOps.
- Recent Kubernetes experience within the past three years.
- Recent cluster orchestration experience within the past three years.
- Recent containerization experience within the past three years.
- Availability for 24/7 call-in support for critical operational system discrepancies.
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering or Computer Science, or four additional years of experience in lieu of a bachelor's degree.
- A master's degree in Engineering or Computer Science may substitute for two years of experience.
Responsibilities
- Administer, maintain, upgrade, install, test, integrate, and configure SIGINT survey, collection, and geo-location systems and software.
- Design, implement, maintain, and upgrade LAN/CAN/WAN networks.
- Administer and support Arista and Cisco network devices.
- Configure and optimize networks connecting front-end and back-end components.
- Design, integrate, deploy, test, and maintain network devices.
- Administer and troubleshoot RHEL/CentOS Linux systems.
- Write scripts in Python and Bash.
- Build and maintain Jenkins or GitLab pipelines.
- Implement infrastructure as code using Ansible or Terraform.
- Support Docker and Kubernetes software deployments.
- Configure and manage Kubernetes clusters for high availability, scalability, and security.
- Monitor hybrid cloud and virtualized environments.
- Travel to install, maintain, and troubleshoot information systems.
Skills
AnsibleBashCentOSDockerGitLabJenkinsKubernetesLinuxPythonRHELTerraform
Degrees
Bachelor of Science in Engineering or Computer ScienceMaster of Science in Engineering or Computer Science
Work schedule
24/7 call-in support availability
Travel
Travel for information system installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting
Industry
Signals intelligence (SIGINT)
Security clearance
TS/SCI with polygraph
Relocation
No