Infrastructure Engineer
Job Location:
Herndon, VA - USA
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Job Summary
Help build the infrastructure behind high-volume mission-critical data operations. Join NS2 Mission as an Infrastructure Engineer in Herndon VA where youll design deploy and maintain scalable cloud environments that support distributed applications and data-intensive workloads.
Working closely with software platform and DevOps teams youll use Kubernetes AWS Terraform and modern observability tools to build resilient infrastructure automate deployments and improve system reliability. Youll also play an important role in ensuring services can communicate efficiently and remain highly available through thoughtful networking messaging monitoring and operational practices.
Key Responsibilities
- Design deploy and maintain scalable and resilient infrastructure supporting high-volume data and application workloads.
- Manage containerized environments using Kubernetes including deployment configuration scaling and operational support.
- Build and optimize AWS infrastructure utilizing services such as EKS EC2 and S3.
- Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code practices.
- Develop and maintain reliable routing and DNS solutions to support distributed applications and high availability.
- Configure and support messaging and event-streaming platforms such as RabbitMQ and Kafka.
- Implement monitoring logging alerting and observability capabilities using tools such as Grafana to improve system visibility and operational awareness.
- Collaborate with development and DevOps teams to support CI/CD pipelines automated deployments and continuous operational improvements.
- Troubleshoot complex infrastructure networking and application issues and drive issues through resolution.
- Apply cloud security and infrastructure best practices to improve system reliability scalability and performance.
- Contribute to incident response root cause analysis and ongoing platform optimization.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems Engineering or a related technical discipline (or equivalent combination of education and experience).
- Professional experience supporting infrastructure engineering cloud engineering platform engineering or DevOps initiatives.
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production or enterprise environments.
- Strong working knowledge of AWS including services such as EKS EC2 and S3.
- Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or comparable tools.
- Understanding of routing DNS and networking concepts within distributed environments.
- Experience supporting messaging or streaming platforms such as RabbitMQ and/or Kafka.
- Familiarity with monitoring logging alerting and observability practices.
- Understanding of modern DevOps methodologies and automated deployment practices.
- Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills with the ability to resolve complex infrastructure and operational issues.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience designing and supporting scalable applications and infrastructure on Kubernetes.
- Background supporting environments with high-volume data processing or alerting workloads.
- Experience with Grafana or similar monitoring and visualization platforms.
- Familiarity with cloud security best practices and secure infrastructure design.
- Experience supporting CI/CD pipelines and automated software delivery.
- Experience working in large-scale complex and fast-paced technical environments.
- Familiarity with containerization service-to-service communication and distributed application architectures.
Position Clearance Requirement:
TS/SCI FSP
Salary and Benefits Information:
The salary range for this position is $131644.00 to $190789.00.The proposed range is intended as a general guideline. Final compensation will be determined based on qualifications experience location and contractual considerations and may fall outside of the stated range. We offer a great benefits package designed to support you and your family. View our benefits information here: be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain or maintain a U.S security clearance which requires U.S citizenship
We win with inclusion
NS2 Missions culture of inclusion focus on health and well-being and flexible working models help ensure that everyone regardless of background feels included and can run at their best. At NS2 Mission we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better world.
NS2 Mission is committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provides accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with NS2 Mission and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team:.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age race religion national origin ethnicity age gender (including pregnancy childbirth et al) sexual orientation gender identity or expression protected veteran status or disability in compliance with applicable federal state and local legal requirements.
Required Experience:
IC
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