# Platform DevEx Engineer

**Company:** [Black Canyon Consulting](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/blackcanyonconsulting)
**Location:** Bethesda, MD
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Salary:** $115k – $150k/yr
**Skills:** Python, C++, JavaScript, TypeScript, Kubernetes, Gitlab Ci/Cd, Linux, CI/CD, Containerization, Openshift, Anthos, Istio, Argo CD, Prometheus, Docker
**Posted:** 2026-02-20

> Builds and maintains developer experience tools including GitLab CI pipelines, Python applications, and Kubernetes templates for NCBI's platform services team. Requires coding fluency in Python/C++/JS, Linux knowledge, and CI/CD familiarity; supports deployments across languages and environments.

## Job Description

## What you'll do

- GitLab CI pipeline configuration, templates, and components to build a standardized ecosystem for developers across the organization to use for their applications, in many languages, from C++ to Scala, Kotlin, and Python.
- Python applications, scripts, and libraries to provide interfaces for DevOps and customer tools to manage builds, deployments, and more.
- Kubernetes configuration templates using the YTT templating language to create and maintain customizable patterns for consistent deployments across application teams.
- Debugging deployments on Kubernetes distributions like Openshift and Anthos and using plugins like ArgoCD, Istio, and more.
- Documentation knowledge bases for each component project and the DevEx platform as a whole, in READMEs and on Confluence.
- Leading smaller projects within the DevEx teams to add new capabilities to the platform.

## What we look for

### Required Skills
- Strong coding fluency in at least one programming language. NCBI uses **Python**, **C++**, **JavaScript/TypeScript**, some **Kotlin** & **Scala**, and small amounts of **Golang** and **Rust**.
- A working knowledge of **Linux** systems and the command line.
- Familiarity with source control, **CI/CD** pipelines, package publishing, and **containerization**.

### Preferred skills and experience
- Experience developing **CLI** applications.
- Experience building and deploying **web APIs** to cloud services or **Kubernetes**.
- Familiarity with container orchestration tools like **Kubernetes** or **Nomad**, and Kubernetes distributions like **OpenShift Container Platform**, **Anthos**, **GKE**, **AKS**, **EKS**, etc.
- Familiarity with observability tools like **Prometheus**, the **EFK** (**Elasticsearch**, **Fluentd**, **Kibana**) or **TIGK** (**Telegraf**, **InfluxDB**, **Grafana**, **Kapacitor**) stacks, **DataDog**, **Sensu**, **Jaeger**, **Sentry**, or **OpsGenie**.
- Familiarity with **GitLab CI/CD** pipelines.

### Bonus skills and experience
- Experience building high availability applications.
- Experience configuring multi-tenant **Kubernetes** clusters.
- Familiarity with **Service Mesh** technologies like **Istio** or **Linkerd**.
- Familiarity with event bus technologies like **Kafka**, **RabbitMQ**, **AWS Kinesis**, etc.
- Familiarity with data processing and distributed computing tools like **Apache Spark** or **Airflow**.
- Familiarity with secret management tools like **HashiCorp Vault**, **Azure KeyVault**, **Google Secret Manager**, etc.

## Benefits and Salary
Competitive salary: **$115,000 - $150,000** commensurate with experience and location. Benefits include medical, dental and vision coverage, 401k plan with employer contribution, paid holidays, vacation, and tuition reimbursement.

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