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Software Engineer, Infrastructure

NPA WorldWideReston, Virginia🇺🇸United StatesPosted Oct 14, 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This hybrid role offers exciting opportunities to enhance your skills in Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD, directly impacting the reliability and security of mission-critical systems. You'll thrive here if you possess strong infrastructure and software engineering expertise, enjoy problem-solving in complex environments, and are eager to contribute to a collaborative team. Apply today to join NPA WorldWide and advance your career in a dynamic tech environment.

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Full Time
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
Reston, Virginia, United States
DockerRustAzureGrafanaHelmJavaKubernetesReactTypeScript

Job Description

Job description:

Were looking for a mid-level Infrastructure Engineer to build, deploy, and operate the systems that support mission-focused software in production.

Youll help improve the path from development to deployment, while ensuring operational environments are reliable, observable, secure, and maintainable. This role offers hands-on ownership across Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, CI/CD, monitoring, incident response, and system integrations.

The ideal candidate combines strong infrastructure and software engineering skills with the ability to solve problems in secure, operationally constrained environments.

What Youll Do

  • Build and maintain CI/CD and release pipelines for cloud, on-premises, and deployed environments
  • Deploy and manage containerized applications using Kubernetes, Helm, and Docker
  • Monitor production systems and lead incident response to maintain high availability
  • Improve system reliability, observability, and operational processes
  • Integrate applications and infrastructure with external systems and services
  • Collaborate with researchers, software engineers, and end users to deliver reliable operational solutions

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Applied Mathematics, or a related technical field
  • 3+ years of professional experience
  • Active TS/SCI security clearance
  • Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Helm, and Docker
  • Strong understanding of software deployment lifecycles across cloud and on-premises environments
  • Software development experience with Java, Rust, TypeScript/React, or similar technologies
  • Strong software engineering and troubleshooting skills
  • Ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • U.S. citizenship required

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with Azure DevOps, GitLab, Argo CD, or similar CI/CD platforms
  • Experience with Keycloak or comparable identity and authentication systems
  • Experience with Grafana, Loki, Alloy, or similar observability tools
  • Production incident response experience
  • Experience integrating software with external systems and services

Why This Role

This is a hands-on infrastructure role for an engineer who wants to work on real production systems where reliability and performance matter. Youll have meaningful ownership of deployment, infrastructure, observability, and operational reliability while working alongside a highly technical engineering and research team.

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Applied Mathematics, or a related technical field
  • 3+ years of professional experience
  • Active TS/SCI security clearance
  • Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Helm, and Docker
  • Strong understanding of software deployment lifecycles across cloud and on-premises environments
  • Software development experience with Java, Rust, TypeScript/React, or similar technologies
  • Strong software engineering and troubleshooting skills
  • Ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • U.S. citizenship required

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with Azure DevOps, GitLab, Argo CD, or similar CI/CD platforms
  • Experience with Keycloak or comparable identity and authentication systems
  • Experience with Grafana, Loki, Alloy, or similar observability tools
  • Production incident response experience
  • Experience integrating software with external systems and services

Why This Role

This is a hands-on infrastructure role for an engineer who wants to work on real production systems where reliability and performance matter. Youll have meaningful ownership of deployment, infrastructure, observability, and operational reliability while working alongside a highly technical engineering and research team.

Why is This a Great Opportunity:

Were looking for a mid-level Infrastructure Engineer to build, deploy, and operate the systems that support mission-focused software in production.

Youll help improve the path from development to deployment, while ensuring operational environments are reliable, observable, secure, and maintainable. This role offers hands-on ownership across Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, CI/CD, monitoring, incident response, and system integrations.

Salary Type : Annual Salary

Salary Min : $ 125000

Salary Max : $ 175000

Currency Type : USD

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