Jobs in Herndon, VA

About the role

This position is part of a dynamic team at the forefront of implementing designs to support the next generation of cyber operations. This role requires technical versatility across the stack, from backend services to infrastructure. Above all, Engineers are driven by a “Whatever It Takes” mindset—executing in an expedient and pragmatic way while keeping the mission top-of-mind and making excellent engineering decisions to deliver successful outcomes correctly and on-time.

What you'll bring

• Mission-focused mindset with an emphasis on achieving cyber dominance to provide a technical advantage for the warfighter and others executing critical US national security objectives.
• A bias for action, ownership, and the drive to see projects through to mission completion
• Current Top Secret security clearance
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, IT, or a related technical discipline. (Degree requirement can be met with four years of hands-on experience in an Engineering or similar full-time position.)
• More than 8 years of industry experience as a Platform Engineer, Full Stack Engineer or similar role
• Proficient with container orchestration using Kubernetes in production environments
• Experience with monitoring tools for Kubernetes environments, such as Prometheus
• Experience working with Helm charts for packaging applications
• Ability to collaborate as a team and execute independently
• Thrives in a high-trust/startup, adaptable team environment
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and CI/CD GitOps based deployments
• Proficient in containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Podman)