Senior DevOps Systems Engineer, TS/SCI with a Full Scope Polygraph Security Clearance Required, Onsite
Parallel PartnersMaryland, United States
Posted March 31, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
Parallel Partners, now part of Next Step Systems, specializes in recruiting IT professionals for direct hire positions in financial services and trading industries. With a focus on high-frequency trading systems, quant research, algorithmic trading, and other specialized areas, the company has built a strong reputation among Fortune 500 firms and emerging technology companies since its founding in 1995. Parallel Partners is known for its repeat business and strategic approach to recruiting, leveraging its extensive network and industry expertise to place top talent.
Job Description
We are looking for a strong Senior DevOps Systems Engineer to augment the existing platform team for a large analytic cloud repository. The successful DevOps Systems Engineer has experience working with large Hadoop and Accumulo based clusters, a strong background in Linux OS development, and a familiarity with open-source technologies.
Requirements
- Must have an active TS/SCI Full Scope Polygraph security clearance.
- DoD 8570 IAT Level 1 or higher required.
- 17+ years of experience as a Systems Engineer on projects of similar scope, type, and complexity.
- A Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience administering Kubernetes cluster.
- Experience tuning and managing Kafka.
- Experience installing and managing tracing frameworks like Jaeger.
- Experience with HELM charts, ARGOCD, Ansible, Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Thanos, Apache Hadoop, and Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS).
- Experienced with Python/Go/Java in that order of preference.
- Experience with Linux operating system monitoring and tuning.
- Experience with Open-source applications and Agile development.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Retirement plan
- PTO
