18 days ago
Washington, DC, USAMid Level / Senior
Base Salary
$147k - $170k/yr
Responsibilities
- Assess and improve the health, performance, security, reliability, and observability of infrastructure and Kubernetes platforms.
- Build, configure, and maintain Kubernetes, Rancher, Helm, Docker, VMware, and Linux environments.
- Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration, and deployments using infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD practices.
- Troubleshoot production issues across containers, compute, storage, networking, operating systems, and application-hosting environments.
- Improve monitoring, logging, alerting, dashboards, and platform observability.
- Identify technical risks, recurring failures, and technical debt and develop remediation plans.
- Apply security hardening, vulnerability remediation, least-privilege controls, security baselines, and DevSecOps practices.
- Test, validate, and implement production changes through approved change-management processes.
- Collaborate with engineering, cybersecurity, networking, storage, database, and application teams.
- Maintain architecture diagrams, runbooks, SOPs, troubleshooting guides, and recovery documentation.
- Support knowledge transfer, platform improvements, and occasional after-hours or on-call activities.
- Support continuity of operations during government shutdowns, emergencies, or other critical situations as essential personnel.
Requirements
- Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
- At least 6 years of experience in systems, platform, DevOps, infrastructure engineering, or systems administration.
- At least 3 years of hands-on Kubernetes and container experience.
- Strong experience with Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, and Rancher or OpenShift.
- Experience supporting on-premises, mission-critical infrastructure.
- Hands-on VMware and Linux administration experience.
- Infrastructure automation or IaC experience with Terraform, Ansible, PowerShell, Python, or similar tools.
- Experience building or supporting CI/CD pipelines in a DevSecOps environment.
- Strong production troubleshooting experience across compute, storage, networking, operating system, and application layers.
- Experience with system hardening, vulnerability remediation, security baselines, and secure configurations.
- Ability to document technical environments and communicate technical risks and recommendations.
- Ability to work primarily onsite in the Washington, D.C. area and support occasional on-call or nonstandard hours.
Benefits
- Salary range of $147,000 - $170,000, plus potential performance bonuses and additional incentives.
- Health, dental, and vision insurance.
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match.
- Paid time off and holidays.
- Parental leave and dependent care support.
- Flexible work arrangements.
- Professional development opportunities, including company-paid training and certifications.
- Employee assistance and wellness programs.
- Primarily onsite work in the Washington, D.C. area with occasional on-call and nonstandard hours.
- Full-time employment with essential-personnel responsibilities supporting continuity of operations.
About MetroStar
MetroStar provides IT services and software solutions to U.S. federal civilian and defense agencies, focusing on digital transformation, AI/ML, application modernization, enterprise IT, and human-centered design. The company operates on government contracts to deliver secure systems and mission-support applications. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Reston, Virginia, MetroStar is privately held and a portfolio company of Veritas Capital.