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# DevOps Software Engineer

- **Company:** Shield Consulting Solutions
- **Location:** Anne Arundel County, MD, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $230,000.0 - $240,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Confluence, JIRA, Bash Shell, Continuous Integration, Linux, DevOps, Elasticsearch, Python (Programming Language), Message Broker, Presentation Programs, Ansible, Software Engineering, Syslog, Data Storage Technologies, Git, Gitlab-ci, Atlassian Tools, Apache Kafka, Splunk, Software Version Control
- **Published:** July 17, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/b57570ee-bda0-418e-9902-6621e4521eb6

## About the Role

* 7 years of experience as a software engineer
 * Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline
 + 2 additional years of experience as a software engineer may be substituted for a degree, * Experience using the Linux CLI and Linux Tools
 * Experience developing Bash scripts to automate manual processes
 * Recent software development experience using Rust and Python
 * Experience using Splunk for data collection, message brokers, data storage, and presentation tools
 * Experience interfacing with Log Management tools including Syslog-ng and rsyslog
 * Experience with Message Brokers including Kafka
 * Experience with IaC (Infrastructure as Code) principles and automation tools including Ansible
 * Experience with CI/CD principles, methodologies, and tools such as GitLab CI
 * Experience with Git Source Control System

Desired Experience:

 * Experience with the Atlassian Tool Suite (JIRA, Confluence)
 * Experience with Elasticsearch

## Description

* The DevOps Software Engineer shall be part of a team responsible for designing, developing and maintaining a comprehensive distributed Metrics and Monitoring solution for HPC systems to ensure the reliability, performance, and scalability of HPC infrastructure.


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