RMLS SOFTWARE ENGINEER
- Customer: FAA
- Program: Remote Monitoring and Logging System (RMLS)
- Location: Onsite, William J. Hughes Technical Center, Egg Harbor Township, NJ
- Position Status: Full-Time, W-2 or 1099
- W-2 Salary Range: $85,000 - $100,000 per year
- 1099 Rate Range: $63 - $70 per hour (LOE is 1,880 – Annualized Pay is $118,440 - $131,600)
- Clearance: Public Trust
- Eligibility: Eligible to work in the U.S., must have maintained residence in U.S. for the past 3 years
Overview
The Software Engineer will support the Federal Aviation Administration’s Remote Monitoring and Logging System (RMLS) Program. RMLS provides nationally supported Technical Operations maintenance monitoring and logging tools, enabling centralized coordination of all NAS maintenance activities through OCCs and SOCs, real-time monitoring and control of key equipment nationwide, and data integration with other NAS programs, feeding Remote Maintenance Monitoring (RMM) data.
Education & Experience Requirement
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or Mathematics, or a Bachelor’s degree in another technical field with a minimum of thirty (30) semester hours in a combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer science. (All non-US Degrees must have a US Equivalency Certificate provided by the candidate.)
- A minimum of six (6) years of related work experience in Enterprise Infrastructure, Kubernetes, and OpenShift administration.
Required Skills
- Excellent knowledge in OpenShift (version 4.x).
- Excellent experience with Linux administration and Kubernetes management.
- Demonstrated experience with Docker and Kubernetes for container orchestration.
- Demonstrated experience with Ansible, GitOps (ArgoCD), CI/CD tools (Jenkins), Prometheus/Grafana for monitoring, and networking basics.
- High experience with monitoring system health, performance, and capacity, troubleshooting issues with applications and node components.
- Understanding of infrastructure and cloud security best practices; DevSecOps, Identify and Access Management, encryption, and compliance standards.
- Experience with supporting the implementation of infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform to automate cloud resource provisioning and management.
- Ability to multitask development efforts.
Preferred Skills
- Prior FAA experience desired.
- Understanding and knowledge of Cloud Service Provider’s capabilities and process; specific experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) GovCloud and AWS Commercial.
- Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of security technologies and their application (e.g., Splunk and Tripwire).
Essential Daily Job Duties
Provide 2nd Level Engineering support for RMLS:
- Platform Management: Install, configure, and upgrade OpenShift clusters (version 4.x) and manage core components like MCO (Machine Config Operator), ingress, and operators.
- Operations & Troubleshooting: Monitor system health, performance, and capacity, troubleshoot and resolve issues with applications and node components.
- Security & Compliance: Implement role-based access control (RBAC), Security Context Constraints (SCCs), and audit logging to ensure security compliance.
- Automation: Automate platform tasks using Ansible, Helm, or GitOps tools to streamline DevOps pipelines.
- Application Support: Collaborate with developers to support containerized applications and CI/CD pipelines.
- Problem-Solving: Strong skills in debugging, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.
- Collaboration: Experience working with development and operations teams in an Agile environment.
- Proactivity: Focus on automating routine tasks and improving platform reliability.
- Attends and may lead meetings, design reviews, working groups and briefings. Reports issues and problems and recommends solutions. Performs other related duties in line with tasks assignments.
Work Environment
- Full-time position with a standard flexible work schedule.
- Occasional travel (< 10%).
- Cubicle environment.
Pay: $85,000.00 - $131,600.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Bereavement leave
- Dental insurance
- Free parking
- Health insurance
- Paid holidays
- Paid jury duty
- Paid time off
- Professional development assistance
- Referral program
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Education:
Experience:
- Red Hat OpenShift: 1 year (Required)
Ability to Commute:
- Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08234 (Required)
Work Location: In person
