Job Requirements
Columbia, MD
Top Secret/SCI Full Scope Polygraph
Early Career (2+ yrs experience)
$138,000 - $163,000
Job Description
Software Engineer
We're seeking a software engineer to support our Platform team at Columbia, MD, which owns the AWS infrastructure, Kubernetes clusters, and security posture that every AI capability in the organization runs on.
Responsibilities:
- Deploy and maintain cloud infrastructure supporting the organization's AI capabilities (AWS, Kubernetes).
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code for repeatable, reliable deployments.
- Configure and use observability tooling to monitor the health and performance of production services.
- Support certificate management and follow established security best practices for AI systems and data.
- Collaborate with other teams in the organization to provision and configure the infrastructure their services depend on.
- Diagnose and help resolve production infrastructure issues.
Required Skills:
- Proficiency with Python or another modern programming language.
- Familiarity with AWS or other cloud service providers.
- Understanding of containerization concepts and tooling such as Docker.
- Ability to learn new technologies quickly.
- Strong communication skills and a willingness to ask questions.
Nice to Have:
- Experience with AWS services such as EKS, Terraform, and IAM.
- Experience with Kubernetes and Helm/Kustomize.
- Experience with Argo CD and/or other CI/CD frameworks.
- Experience with the Elastic Stack (Kibana), Grafana/Prometheus, or other observability tools and practices.
- Experience with certificate management.
- Experience supporting cloud-native architecture or maintaining production software and infrastructure.
- Familiarity with LLMs and AI hosting concepts.
Experience Required: 3 years with Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline, or 7 additional years without degree
Location: Columbia, MD
Clearance: TS/SCI with Polygraph required
Salary Range: $138,000 - $163,000
group id: 91159412
