Senior DevOps Engineer

Edgewater Federal Solutions is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to support a major national laboratory. 

The successful candidate shall be proficient in the following areas: custom computer programming, commercial-off-the-shelf application configuration and customization, report development, dev-ops, scripting, and testing.

• Deploy, configure, and maintain OpenMetadata on OpenShift/Kubernetes.
• Manage containers, Helm deployments, configurations, services, secrets, and resources.
• Monitor platform health, logs, and resource use; troubleshoot issues.
• Perform upgrades, patching, and routine maintenance.
• Configure and support metadata connectors and integrations (e.g., Oracle, Denodo).
• Oversee security, authentication, access controls, and credential management.
• Support backup, recovery, incident resolution, and monitoring.
• Collaborate with infrastructure, cybersecurity, data engineering, and governance teams.
• Maintain documentation, procedures, and runbooks.
• Manage deployment, configuration, and operational support of the enterprise OpenMetadata platform on an on-premises Red Hat OpenShift environment, ensuring availability, performance, security, and integration with enterprise data systems.
• Responsible for technical administration and operational reliability of Open Metadata. Metadata governance and business stewardship are managed by designated governance and business teams.

• BS in relevant discipline plus minimum 5 years or more years of directly related experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of the job.
• US Citizenship is required
• Candidate can reside outside the Albuquerque area but would be needed to travel to Albuquerque as needed

Required Skills:

• OpenMetadata Platform Administrator (OpenShift/Kubernetes)
• Must have experience with Red Hat OpenShift/Kubernetes administration.
• Knowledge of containers, Helm, YAML, Linux, networking, and storage.
• Skilled in monitoring, troubleshooting, patching, and production support.
• Understanding of security, authentication, and access management.
• Familiarity with CI/CD and deployment automation.

Desired Skills:

• Experience with Red Hat OpenShift.
• Experience with OpenMetadata or similar metadata catalog platforms.
• Knowledge of metadata ingestion, data discovery, and integration tools.
• Familiarity with Oracle, Denodo, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch.
• Experience in Python and/or Java development.
• Experience with Kubernetes-native workflow orchestration or Apache Airflow.

About Us: 

Edgewater Federal Solutions is a privately held government contracting firm located in Frederick, MD. The company was founded in 2002 with the vision of being highly recognized and admired for supporting customer missions through employee empowerment, exceptional services and timely delivery. Edgewater Federal Solutions is ISO 9001, 20000-1, 270001 certified, appraised at CMMI Level 3 Maturity for Development and Services, and has been named in the Top Workplaces in the Greater Washington Area Small Companies for 2018 through 2025.

It has been and continues to be the policy of Edgewater Federal Solutions to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, and/or other statuses protected by applicable law.