Mission Impact
At MTSI, you’ll build and enhance enterprise catalog and metadata services that power intelligence discovery across the Air Force and Intelligence Community. Your work will modernize how analysts access, curate, search, and share mission data, enabling rapid, secure, cloud‑native information flow across domains and security enclaves, directly strengthening decision advantage in contested environments.
What You’ll Do (Day‑to‑Day)
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Design, develop, and deploy cloud‑native microservices and backend components across multi‑cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
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Build containerized services and manage Kubernetes deployments, scaling policies, service mesh configurations, and operational observability.
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Implement and improve CI/CD automation, including build pipelines, automated testing, secret management, and secure deployment workflows.
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Integrate cloud services with enterprise authentication, monitoring, data pipelines, and event‑driven architectures.
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Participate in Agile Scrum ceremonies, collaborate with cross‑functional teams, and contribute to design reviews and backlog refinement.
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Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and optimize cloud workloads for reliability, security, and cost efficiency.
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Produce and maintain technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, environment configurations, and operational runbooks.
You’ll Be a Great Fit If You…
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Enjoy solving complex problems and building reliable, scalable cloud platforms that support mission applications.
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Are comfortable working across the cloud stack—from microservices and APIs to containers, ingresses, and automation pipelines.
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Thrive in Agile, fast‑moving environments where collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement matter.
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Care deeply about operational excellence and secure cloud engineering practices.
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Are ready to expand your technical leadership by influencing designs and mentoring junior developers.
Responsibilities (Expanded)
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Develop cloud‑ready services and APIs using best‑practice design patterns for distributed systems.
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Manage Kubernetes clusters, including deploying workloads, configuring networking and ingress, tuning autoscaling, and implementing observability tools.
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Build and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines supporting unit testing, integration testing, vulnerability scanning, artifact storage, and multi‑environment deployments.
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Implement infrastructure‑as‑code using tools such as Terraform, Helm, or similar technologies.
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Integrate logging, monitoring, alerting, and tracing solutions to maintain high service availability and rapid incident response.
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Ensure security best practices across cloud deployments, including identity and access management, secrets handling, and compliance requirements.
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Participate in technical planning, architectural discussions, code reviews, and design walkthroughs; propose improvements to cloud architecture and engineering processes.
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Work closely with SREs, platform teams, mission developers, and cybersecurity teams to ensure robust, secure, enterprise‑aligned cloud solutions.
Minimum Qualifications
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Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
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2–5 years of professional software engineering experience, including cloud‑based development.
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Hands‑on experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
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Proficiency with containerization (Docker) and orchestrators such as Kubernetes.
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Experience building and deploying microservices using languages such as Python, Go, or Java.
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Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, etc.).
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Understanding of networking fundamentals, REST APIs, and distributed systems concepts.
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Ability to work effectively in Agile Scrum teams and collaborate with diverse stakeholders.
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Eligibility to obtain and maintain any required security clearances.
Preferred/Bonus
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Experience managing production Kubernetes workloads, including logging/monitoring frameworks (ELK, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry).
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Hands‑on infrastructure‑as‑code experience with Terraform, Helm, or similar tools.
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Knowledge of event‑driven architectures, message brokers, or cloud‑native data pipelines.
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Experience working in multi‑cloud or hybrid‑cloud environments.
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Familiarity with zero‑trust security models, cloud security practices, and enclave‑based deployments.
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Prior experience in defense, intelligence, or mission‑critical system environments.
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Certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Developer/Administrator, GCP Cloud Engineer, CKA/CKAD, or similar.
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Vacation:
New Hires Accrue 20 days of PTO and 10 Holidays per Year
Health Insurance:
Zero Deductible Health Plans
Flexible Schedules:
Flex Schedules
Professional Development:
Up to $10,000 Annual Education/Training Reimbursement
ESOP:
Funded Stock Ownership Plan
401k Match+:
6% 401k Match + Immediate Vesting
Bonus Program:
Semi-Annual Bonus Opportunity
Mentorship:
Career Mentorship Programs
Interesting Work:
Our co-workers support some of the most important and critical programs to our national defense and security.
Values:
Our first core value is that employees come first. We challenge our co-workers to provide the highest level of support and service, and reward them with some of the best benefits in the industry.
100% Employee Owned:
We have a stake in each other's success, and the success of our customers. It's also nice to know what's going on across the company; we have company wide town-hall meetings three times a year.
Great Benefits - Most Full-Time Staff Are Eligible for:
Starting PTO accrual of 20 days PTO/year + 10 holidays/year
Flexible schedules
6% 401k match with immediate vesting up to $9k annually
Semi-annual bonus eligibility (July and Decemeber)
Company funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) - a separate qualified retirement account
Up to $10,000 in annual educational reimbursement
Other company funded benefits, like life and disability insurance
Optional zero deductible Blue Cross/Blue Shield health insurance plan
Track Record of Success:
We have grown every year since our founding in 1993.
Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI) is a 100% employee-owned engineering services and solutions company that provides high-demand technical expertise in Digital Transformation, Modeling and Simulation, Rapid Capability Development, Test and Evaluation, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomy, Cybersecurity and Mission Assurance
MTSI delivers capabilities to solve problems of global importance. Founded in 1993, MTSI today has employees at over 20 offices and field sites worldwide.
For more information about MTSI, please visitwww.mtsi-va.com
MTSI embraces nine core values including our first core value of Employees come first. Consistent with our Core Values, we are committed to Equal Opportunity, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, military/veteran status, disability, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law. MTSI is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with physical and/or mental disabilities.
- Interesting Work: Our co-workers support some of the most important and critical programs to our national defense and security.
- Values: Our first core value is that employees come first. We challenge our co-workers to provide the highest level of support and service, and reward them with some of the best benefits in the industry.
- 100% Employee Owned: We have a stake in each other's success, and the success of our customers. It's also nice to know what's going on across the company; we have company wide town-hall meetings three times a year.
- Great Benefits - Most Full-Time Staff Are Eligible for:
- Starting PTO accrual of 20 days PTO/year + 10 holidays/year
- Flexible schedules
- 6% 401k match with immediate vesting up to $9k annually
- Semi-annual bonus eligibility (July and Decemeber)
- Company funded Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) - a separate qualified retirement account
- Up to $10,000 in annual educational reimbursement
- Other company funded benefits, like life and disability insurance
- Optional zero deductible Blue Cross/Blue Shield health insurance plan
- Track Record of Success: We have grown every year since our founding in 1993.
Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI) is a 100% employee-owned engineering services and solutions company that provides high-demand technical expertise in Digital Transformation, Modeling and Simulation, Rapid Capability Development, Test and Evaluation, Artificial Intelligence, Autonomy, Cybersecurity and Mission Assurance
MTSI delivers capabilities to solve problems of global importance. Founded in 1993, MTSI today has employees at over 20 offices and field sites worldwide.
For more information about MTSI, please visit www.mtsi-va.com