DevOps Engineer

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! 

Design & Development

• Design, create and maintain CI/CD software delivery pipelines & tools for an enterprise scale system with a large developer base
• Design, create and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) code artifacts
• Design, create and maintain container-based application solutions
• Write and run ad-hoc scripts (using Bash, Python etc) to automate DevOps processes
• Participate in creating long-term and short-term strategies for scaling cloud environments
• Work with development teams to troubleshoot specific issues by recreating tests, validating configuration, etc
• Provide deployment support by deploying applications and microservices in cloud environments
• Advance DevOps processes and technologies using emerging technologies and cloud native tools

• Adhere to a comprehensive incident management program including problem management. Generate KPIs for service availability, uptime, and adherence to SOPs, and SLAs.
• Maintain, monitor, and help improve the performance and availability of the 24x7 production environment including networks, servers, databases, etc.
• Manage operational maintenance such as OS patches, security vulnerabilities etc to ensure healthy status of various prod and non-prod environments
• Administer network monitoring system, alerting, log management, and other IT systems
• Participate in on-call rotation and provide hands-on support during emergencies, outages, and service transitions
• Improve system visibility and applications with advanced monitoring, metrics and log analytics
• Analyze and identify root causes on critical problems, incident reports and communication
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines, especially with Jenkins using Groovy
• Solid understanding of container-based technologies, especially Kubernetes, Docker, AWS EKS, OpenShift
• Solid understanding of microservice concepts
• Expert scripting skills (Bash, Perl, Python)
• Technical knowledge of AWS managed services (VPC, EC2, EKS, RDS), including monitoring and analytics tools such as AWS CloudWatch, NewRelic
• Experience with code management systems (Git, Subversion)
• Experience maintaining Java/Node web applications (Spring Boot, React)
• Keen communication and teamwork abilities
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field with 3+ years of relevant experience.

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

Clearance: Candidate must be able to obtain and maintain a Clearance.

Location: Hybrid (1 Day per week in our Sterling, VA HQ)

EEO Statement: REI Systems is an Equal Opportunity Employer.