Mid-Level DevOps Engineer at Grid Networks in Reston, VA

About Us:

Grid Networks, LLC is a world-class telecommunications consulting firm supporting clients with product development, business operations, network maintenance, and supply chain services. At Grid, we develop products and services to meet customer needs with a focus on mobile connectivity, backbone networking, and IoT solutions leveraging expertise in 3GPP 5G/4G/LTE/3G and VSAT communications technologies.

About the Role:

We're looking for a DevOps Software Engineer who operates at the intersection of application development, infrastructure automation, and deployment orchestration. You'll contribute to backend services written in Go, Python (Django), and Kotlin (Spring Boot), supporting JavaScript SPAs and PostgreSQL databases — and you'll own how that software is configured, deployed, and operated.

What you’ll do:

• Support the full application lifecycle, including design, development, testing, release, and ongoing support

• Deploy and maintain applications across dev, test, and production environments

• Write and maintain Ansible playbooks for provisioning, configuration management, and deployment

• Improve reliability, consistency, and observability across application stacks

Qualifications:

Technical Skills

• Docker, Docker Compose, Docker Swarm stack deployment

• Experience with Git and GitLab CI/CD pipelines to automate builds and deployments

• Experience developing and writing Ansible scripts and using AWX

• Artifact management via Nexus (Docker, PyPi, Maven/Gradle, Git LFS)

• Experience with deployment tools such as Portainer or Foreman

• Observability tooling: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, Portainer

• Linux systems experience including BASH Scripting

• Git workflow experience (git flow, image promotion)

• Familiarity with REST, WAMP, gRPC, RabbitMQ, and databases like PostgreSQL

• Build tools: pip/Poetry, Composer, Gradle/Maven, shell scripting

Professional Skills

• Bachelor's degree in software engineering, computer science, or a related field

• 3+ years of professional software development experience

• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail

• Eager to learn and enthusiastic about new technologies

Bonus Points:

• Experience with AWS or other cloud platforms

• Experience developing in Python, Go, Kotlin, or JavaScript/Typescript

• Familiarity with NoSQL tools like Redis or Elasticsearch

• Interest in data visualization or observability

GRID Networks is committed to providing a work environment free from discrimination and harassment. Employment decisions at GRID Networks are based on an individual’s capabilities and qualifications. All qualified applicants and employees receive consideration for employment, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.