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Description DevOps Engineer – TS/SCI Xcelerate Solutions is seeking a DevOps Engineer. As a DevOps Engineer you will contribute to the design, deployment, and maintenance of a full stack containerized microservices architecture as well as technical systems administration, installation, and configuration. You will participate in fostering a DevOps culture, building strong cross functional collaboration with systems engineering, architecture, development, security, operations, and integration teams, in a dynamic and fast paced environment. Location: Bethesda, MD Clearance: Must have an active Top Secret/ SCI security clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance Responsibilities : • Deploy, triage and maintain a production big data pipeline built on Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, and Kafka • Enhance and maintain CI/CD pipelines and DevOps automation to accelerate development and improve reliability • Design and support scalable, redundant infrastructure across physical and virtual environments • Use Helm to configure Kubernetes deployments for new features and evolving requirements • Partner with Systems Engineers to architect solutions for new capabilities • Contribute technical input to engineering documentation, diagrams, and models • Participate in Agile release planning, scrums, design sessions, bug triage, and related team activities Minimum Requirements: • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience) with 8+ years of relevant experience; 6+ years with a Master’s • Active TS/SCI clearance and ability to obtain/maintain a TS/SCI with Polygraph • Possess at least one DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level II or higher certification, e.g., CCNA Security, CySA+, Security+ CE, SSCP, CISSP (or Associate) • Ability to obtain Privileged User Account (PUA) certification per DoD 8570 policy • Strong Linux proficiency, specifically knowledgeable about sysctls for K8s environments and experience with FApolicyd and SELinux • Hands‑on experience with containers and Kubernetes (e.g., Ingress/Gateway API, Helm chart design/build, pod disruption budgets, affinity/anti-affinity rules, familiarity with external-secrets, ArgoCD, cert-manager, eck (elastic search)) • Experience with GitLab pipeline development (e.g., integration of GitLab CI/CD components, code quality reports, coverage/test reports) • Familiarity with Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana • Demonstrated success working in cross‑functional engineering environments Preferred Qualifications: • Experience with systems at scale • Experience/knowledge of key Agile processes and techniques • Experience with development, e.g., Bash, PowerShell, SALT, Python, Groovy, Java • Experience supporting an enterprise or production system • Experience with any of the following technologies: • Kafka or other message passing systems (AMQP, JMS) • Kubernetes monitoring, e.g., Prometheus/ Graphana • GPU-based Kubernetes • SALT for deployment automation • Nexus • Helm / Helmfile • Nexus About Xcelerate Solutions: Founded in 2009 and headquartered in McLean, VA, Xcelerate Solutions (www.xceleratesolutions.com) is one of America's fastest-growing companies. Xcelerate’s culture is defined by our diversified workforce of dynamic and versatile professionals, supported with growth and development opportunities that contribute to individual and company growth. This strong commitment to our employees has been recognized by our inclusion on the Washington Business Journal’s “50 Best Places to Work” list as well as being a “Great Place to Work” certified company with a 4.6 star, and a 99% CEO approval Glassdoor rating. Come find out why Xcelerate Solutions is one of the DC Metro top employers! Xcelerate Solutions is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, age, equal pay, disability, veteran status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or expression of another protected characteristic. As part of this commitment to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals, Xcelerate provides reasonable accommodations if needed because of an applicant's or an employee's disability. Pay Transparency Notice: Xcelerate Solutions will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.

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DevOps Engineer – TS/SCI
Location: Bethesda, MD
Clearance: Must have an active Top Secret/ SCI security clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance
Deploy, triage and maintain a production big data pipeline built on Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, and Kafka
Enhance and maintain CI/CD pipelines and DevOps automation to accelerate development and improve reliability
Design and support scalable, redundant infrastructure across physical and virtual environments
Use Helm to configure Kubernetes deployments for new features and evolving requirements
Partner with Systems Engineers to architect solutions for new capabilities
Contribute technical input to engineering documentation, diagrams, and models
Participate in Agile release planning, scrums, design sessions, bug triage, and related team activities
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience) with 8+ years of relevant experience; 6+ years with a Master’s
Active TS/SCI clearance and ability to obtain/maintain a TS/SCI with Polygraph
Possess at least one DoD 8570.01-M IAT Level II or higher certification, e.g., CCNA Security, CySA+, Security+ CE, SSCP, CISSP (or Associate)
Ability to obtain Privileged User Account (PUA) certification per DoD 8570 policy

Nice-to-haves

Experience with systems at scale
Experience/knowledge of key Agile processes and techniques
Experience with development, e.g., Bash, PowerShell, SALT, Python, Groovy, Java
Experience supporting an enterprise or production system
Experience with any of the following technologies:
Kafka or other message passing systems (AMQP, JMS)
Kubernetes monitoring, e.g., Prometheus/ Graphana
GPU-based Kubernetes
SALT for deployment automation
Helm / Helmfile

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