Cloud / DevOps Engineer

About the role

We are seeking Cloud and DevOps Engineers to help us build innovative solutions for challenges in national defense and healthcare. Our group is looking for talented individuals who can work as part of a team to assist with the basic day-to-day functions of implementation, maintenance, and lifecycle of software and hardware for our multitude of highly impactful projects.

Responsibilities

• Support a wide variety of R&D projects and systems to ensure critical needs are met by providing DevOps expertise
• Architect and build system solutions on cloud or on-prem infrastructure
• Deploy systems to AWS, GKE, or Azure
• Work with sponsors and end users in defense, intelligence, or healthcare organizations to understand their operations and identify requirements
• Stay abreast of industry and practices standards to ensure software and hardware maintainability
• Explore promising new research areas and maintain/gain technical edge required for projects
• Share approaches and methods
• Establish relationships across organizational boundaries to increase collaboration

Requirements

• Possess a B.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Cybersecurity, or other relevant technical field
• Possess a minimum of 3 years of experience developing software using Python, C#, Java, or similar software tools
• Possess hands-on experience deploying systems to AWS, GKE, or Azure
• Possess hands-on experience in any of the following technologies: Docker, Kubernetes, hypervisor software (Vmware ESXi, Proxmox, etc.), CI/CD software (Terraform, ArgoCD, Jenkins, Ansible, etc.), Powershell, Windows / Linux Server administration
• Possess experience working successfully within a team environment
• Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Hold an active Top Secret level clearance, and can ultimately obtain a TS/SCI level security clearance

Qualifications

• Possess a Master's degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, Cybersecurity, Mathematics or relevant technical field
• Possess experience scaling a microservices app or converting a monolithic app to micro services
• Possess experience with LLM deployment and management software like vLLM, Llama.cpp, LiteLLM, Triton, etc.
• Possess experience with data storage systems like MinIO or similar
• Possess familiarity with MLOps and workflow orchestration tech stacks like Prefect, MLFlow, AirFlow, etc.
• Possess experience in any of the following technologies: VMware Ecosystem (ESXi, vSAN), Networking Certs: CCNA, CCSP, CEH, CISM, CISSP, or others
• Possess experience with specific Kubernetes distribution stacks (Rancher/RKE2, OpenShift, vCluster)