Software Development Engineer (US Federal)
Core
Build and operate large-scale distributed observability platforms (Metrics, Logging, Tracing, Alerting) for US Federal Government contracts.
Role type
Senior DevOps/Platform Engineer (Observability)
Builds
Production observability services on AWS EKS, handling terabytes of data and billions of daily messages.
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure, Observability, US Federal Government
Required skills
Kubernetes, AWS (EKS), Terraform, Argo CD, Linux system administration, CI/CD, Distributed systems design, Prometheus, Grafana Mimir, Fluent Bit, Kafka, Elasticsearch
Preferred skills
IaC, Air-gapped environment operations, SCIF work
Responsibilities
Deploy services to EKS AWS using Terraform and Argo CD; Operate Metrics, Logging, Tracing, and Alerting services; Collaborate with cyber defense teams; Participate in on-call rotation; Build test environments and automation; Construct new metrics, logs, alerts, and dashboards; Write technical documentation (ADRs, RCAs, runbooks).