Systems Engineer, DevOps

About the Role

DRS RADA Technologies is hiring an on-site Systems Engineer – DevOps in Germantown, Maryland. This role involves developing and enhancing CI/CD pipelines for software-defined radar systems, working across virtualized environments and custom hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins (groovy) to support validation of radar software releases.
• Develop and maintain DevOps infrastructure in a local-hosted, air-gapped environment, managing physical and virtual test assets.
• Integrate legacy systems with existing test infrastructures.
• Work across many disparate software languages/technologies.
• Provide regular reporting on progress and status.
• Responsible for the completion of assigned tasks on time and meeting technical requirements.
• Review customer specifications and requirements, and develop designs to best support them, including cost as a key design variable.
• Specify and evaluate supplier components, subsystems, and services.
• Support program design to cost and design for manufacture requirements.
• Develop prototypes to retire key development risks.
• Communicate clearly (written and oral) with other company personnel and the customer.
• May participate in the preparation of less complex proposals.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Novice technical expertise and application domain knowledge.
• Up to 2 years of experience with Python, C, C++, Rust, Bash, Powershell.
• Up to 2 years of experience managing server infrastructure and configurations.
• Experience with Jenkins pipelines and Groovy scripting.
• Experience with virtual machines and containerized solutions (e.g., EXXi, Proxmox, Docker).
• Git CLI knowledge and branching/merging basics.
• Desired: Experience with GitHub Actions and/or GitLab CI/CD.
• Desired: Experience with Atlassian software suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical field.
• Candidates with more than 2 years of relevant experience may be considered for a Level II position.
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• This position requires an active DOD security clearance or the ability to obtain such clearance.

Schedule & Benefits

• Schedule: A 9/80 schedule allows employees to work 80 hours over nine workdays in a two-week period, with every other Friday off.
• Shift: First.
• Salary Range: $75,956.00/year - $98,743.00/year.
• Additional Compensation: May be eligible for annual performance-based bonuses, equity awards, and overtime pay.
• Benefits Package: Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision), employer matching 401(k) retirement plan, paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick leave), parental leave, tuition reimbursement, professional development support, life and disability insurance.
• Note: Some employees are eligible for limited benefits only.