DevOps Engineer

Overview

REI Systems’ mission is to deliver reliable, innovative technology solutions that advance Federal clients' missions and exceed their expectations. Our technologists and consultants are passionate about solving complex challenges that impact millions of lives. We take a Mindful Modernization® approach in delivering our services, including application modernization, grants management, case management systems, government data analytics, and advisory services. This approach, the REI Way, ensures mission impact by aligning our clients' strategic objectives with measurable outcomes through people, processes, and technology.  We offer the same commitment to our employees by providing professional development, meaningful projects, and flexibility to spend time with family and friends. We believe employees are at their best when fulfilled in both their professional careers and their personal lives. Learn more at www.REIsystems.com.  Employees voted REI Systems a Washington Post Top Workplace in 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025!

Responsibilities

REI Systems is seeking a DevOps Engineer to support the design, implementation, automation, and operation of enterprise-scale cloud environments and software delivery platforms. This individual will work closely with software engineering, infrastructure, security, and operations teams to build reliable CI/CD pipelines, automate cloud infrastructure, support containerized applications, and improve the performance and availability of production and non-production environments.

The ideal candidate brings hands-on experience with
AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, scripting, monitoring, and production support
within complex enterprise environments.

DevOps Engineering & Automation

Design, develop, maintain, and improve
CI/CD pipelines and software delivery tools
supporting enterprise-scale applications and development teams.

Design, develop, and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions for cloud infrastructure and application environments.

Build, deploy, and support
containerized applications and microservices
using Kubernetes, Docker, AWS EKS, and/or OpenShift.

Develop automation scripts using
Bash, Python, Groovy, or similar scripting languages
to streamline DevOps and operational processes.

Support application and microservice deployments across cloud-based development, test, staging, and production environments.

Partner with development teams to troubleshoot application, configuration, deployment, and infrastructure-related issues.

Contribute to short- and long-term strategies for improving cloud scalability, resiliency, automation, and operational efficiency.

Evaluate and implement emerging
DevOps, cloud-native, and automation technologies
to continuously improve engineering practices.

Production Operations & Reliability

Support the availability, reliability, and performance of
24x7 production and non-production environments
.

Participate in incident, problem, and change management processes, including root cause analysis and corrective action planning.

Monitor infrastructure, applications, networks, servers, and databases to proactively identify performance or availability issues.

Develop and track operational KPIs related to
system availability, uptime, SLA performance, incidents, and operational health
.

Perform operational maintenance activities including operating system patching, security remediation, vulnerability management, and environment upgrades.

Administer and improve monitoring, alerting, logging, and observability capabilities.

Analyze logs, metrics, and monitoring data to identify root causes of critical incidents and recurring system issues.

Participate in an on-call rotation and provide hands-on support during production incidents, outages, deployments, and service transitions.

Continuously improve system observability through enhanced monitoring, dashboards, metrics, alerts, and log analytics.

Qualifications

• 3-6 years of relevant DevOps, Cloud Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, or Systems Engineering experience.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD concepts and pipelines , preferably using Jenkins and Groovy.

Hands-on experience with container technologies including
Kubernetes, Docker, AWS EKS, and/or OpenShift
.

Strong understanding of
microservices architecture and container-based application environments
.

Experience developing automation scripts using
Bash, Python, Perl, or similar languages
.

Hands-on experience with AWS services including
VPC, EC2, EKS, RDS, IAM, CloudWatch
, and related cloud services.

Experience with monitoring, logging, and application performance tools such as
AWS CloudWatch, New Relic, or similar platforms
.

Experience with source code and version control systems such as
Git and/or Subversion
.

Experience supporting or maintaining Java and/or Node.js web applications , including technologies such as Spring Boot and React.

Experience troubleshooting production application, infrastructure, networking, and deployment issues.

Understanding of incident management, problem management, change management, SLAs, and production support practices.

Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and teamwork skills.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field.

Clearance

Candidate must be a US Citizen to support this federal project and able to obtain and maintain a Clearance.

Location

Hybrid (2 Day per week in our Sterling, VA HQ)

EEO Statement

• REI Systems is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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