Platform DevEx Engineer
Black Canyon Consulting7 months ago
Bethesda, MD, USAIntern / Entry Level / Mid Level / Senior / Staff+
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$115k - $150k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain GitLab CI pipeline configurations, templates, and components for applications across multiple programming languages and frameworks.
- Build Python applications, scripts, and libraries supporting build, deployment, and DevOps tools.
- Create Kubernetes configuration templates with YTT for consistent and customizable application deployments.
- Debug deployments on Kubernetes distributions including OpenShift and Anthos, using tools such as Argo CD and Istio.
- Maintain READMEs and Confluence knowledge bases for platform components and the broader DevEx platform.
- Lead smaller projects that add new capabilities to the DevEx platform.
Requirements
- Strong coding fluency in at least one language, such as Python, C++, JavaScript/TypeScript, Kotlin, Scala, Go, or Rust.
- Working knowledge of Linux systems and the command line.
- Familiarity with source control, CI/CD pipelines, package publishing, and containerization.
- Preferred experience developing CLI applications and deploying web APIs to cloud services or Kubernetes.
- Preferred familiarity with Kubernetes, Nomad, OpenShift Container Platform, Anthos, GKE, AKS, or EKS.
- Preferred familiarity with observability tools and stacks including Prometheus, Elasticsearch/Fluentd/Kibana, Telegraf/InfluxDB/Grafana/Kapacitor, Datadog, Sensu, Jaeger, Sentry, or Opsgenie.
- Bonus experience includes high-availability applications, multi-tenant Kubernetes clusters, Istio or Linkerd, Kafka or RabbitMQ, AWS Kinesis, Apache Spark, Airflow, HashiCorp Vault, Azure Key Vault, or Google Secret Manager.
- The organization has roles at all levels of experience and seeks developers with some software development or DevOps infrastructure experience and an interest in learning.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- 401(k) plan with employer contribution.
- Paid holidays and vacation.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Hybrid position requiring onsite work at NCBI in Bethesda, Maryland, approximately two days per week.
Tech Stack
Apache AirflowApache KafkaApache SparkArgo CDC++DatadogElasticsearchGitLab CI/CDGoGrafanaInfluxDBIstioJavaScriptKibanaKotlinKubernetesLinuxOpenShiftPrometheusPythonRabbitMQRustScalaTypeScript
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About Black Canyon Consulting
Black Canyon Consulting is a privately held, woman-owned IT and program management services firm that delivers contract support to U.S. federal research and health agencies. The company provides systems engineering, custom software, bioinformatics, and project management through government contracts and IDIQ vehicles; it was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia. Recent roles support the National Center for Biotechnology Information at the NIH/NLM.