Our Reston team is seeking a mid-level Infrastructure Engineer to help build, deploy, and operate the systems that support mission-focused software in production. This role is for someone who can improve how software moves from development into operational environments, while ensuring those environments remain reliable, observable, and maintainable. A successful candidate will work across containerized deployments, release automation, production monitoring, incident response, and integrations with external systems. The strongest candidates will bring hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Helm, and Docker, solid software development fundamentals, and the ability to deliver reliable platform solutions in secure, operationally constrained environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Build release pipelines to deploy code both on-premises and on deployed systems
- Incident Response to ensure high uptime of deployed software
- Facilitate integrations with other systems
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, mathematics, physics, applied math, or related field
- At least 3 years of industry experience
- Active TS/SCI Security Clearance
- Experience in Helm, Kubernetes, and Docker
- Proven experience and understanding of software deployment lifecycles on both cloud platforms and local on-premises hardware
- Software Development experience in Java, Rust or Typescript/React
- Ability to work effectively with researchers, engineers, and end users to translate technical concepts into usable software
- Familiarity with full-stack web application development in any frameworks/languages
- U.S. CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED; successful candidates will be subject to a security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information
Desired Qualifications
- Experience using ADO, Gitlab, ArgoCD or similar CI/CD tools
- Experience with Keycloak or similar authentication systems
- Experience with logging tools such as Grafana, Loki, and Alloy
- Incident Response
- Experience facilitating integrations with other systems
Position Location: Reston, VA
- The selected individual(s) will be required to work from the Reston, VA office 5 days a week
Perks and Benefits
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
- Accompanying FSA and HSA options
- Additional Voluntary Benefits
- Paid Time Off
- 9 Observed Holidays and 2 Floating Holidays
- Paid Parental Leave
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Relocation Assistance
- Professional Development Reimbursement
- Annual Salary Reviews
- Profit Sharing
- 401(k) Traditional and Roth Options
- Gym and Fitness Reimbursement
- Employee Assistance Program
- Employee Referral Program