Clarity Innovations is a trusted national security partner, dedicated to safeguarding our nation’s interests and delivering innovative solutions that empower the Intelligence Community (IC) and Department of Defense (DoD) to transform data into actionable intelligence, ensuring mission success in an evolving world.
Our mission-first software and data engineering platform modernizes data operations, utilizing advanced workflows, CI/CD, and secure DevSecOps practices. We focus on challenges in Information Warfare, Cyber Operations, Operational Security, and Data Structuring, enabling end-to-end solutions that drive operational impact.
We are committed to delivering cutting-edge tools and capabilities that address the most complex national security challenges, empowering our partners to stay ahead of emerging threats and ensuring the success of their critical missions. At Clarity, we are people-focused and set on being a destination employer for top talent, offering an environment where innovation thrives, careers grow, and individuals are valued. Join us as we continue to lead innovation and tackle the most pressing challenges in national security.
Role Overview
This position is part of a dynamic team at the forefront of enterprise-level platform capabilities development to support the next generation of cyber network operations. In this role, you will contribute to development, integration, and deployment of an AI services stack leveraging platform tools that simplify complex infrastructure management across cloud-native and on-premises environments. Your work will involve architecting scalable systems, implementing GitOps workflows for version-controlled and automated operations, and designing declarative interfaces. The goal is to create tools and processes that bridge the gap between development and operations, enhancing productivity and reliability in diverse infrastructure settings.
In this role, you will work on an agile team of 8-12 developers with various specialties to execute work across various development sprints. As a team member local to the DMV area, you will support the customer with on-site software deployments, technical exchange meetings, and help to guide the trajectory of the tech stack to be healthy and maintained for the enterprise. You will work alongside several other team members who will also be local to the area to support these activities.
Responsibilities
- Communicate thoughtful designs, architecture, and technology deployment strategies to the customer and to the internal team
- Develop robust and high-quality software and pipelines balancing user requirements with strategic goals and consistently delivering working solutions on schedule
- Help set up robust automated pipelines and DevOps processes to get the project to the point of prompt Continuous Delivery
- Meet weekly with the agile team to groom backlog, pick up work, and collaborate with team members to identify and resolve gaps and dependencies
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline. (Degree requirement can be met with 4 years of hands-on experience in a Software Engineering or similar full-time position.)
- 12+ years as a DevOps, or equivalent role
- Ability to collaborate as a team but execute independently
- Thrives in a high-trust, adaptable team environment
- Familiar with contributing to or leading the design of new capabilities
- Experience writing code in a general-purpose language such as Python or GoLang
- Highly proficient with Kubernetes (K8s) deployment, cluster lifecycle (deployment, troubleshooting, scaling), and container orchestration
- Experience implementing modern DevOps practices and tools (e.g., CI/CD, IaC, GitOps) in production deployment workflows
- Proficient in containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Podman)
- Experienced designing and implementing solutions on Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Current US TS/SCI security clearance w/ a CI Poly
- Local to the Columbia, MD and/or Fort Meade, MD area
- Ability to work on site with the customer minimum of 3 days per week
Nice-to-have Qualifications (in addition to the required qualifications)
- Experience leading multiple teams and projects to a common end-state vision
- Experience and/or familiarity with Crossplane and Backstage platform tools
- Experience and/or familiarity with Generative AI platforms, tools, and concepts of deploying LLMs and similar AI models for various applications driven by K8s
- Experience working within the cyberspace domain
Top Skills
What We Do
Clarity Innovations designs, develops, and deploys force-enhancing software that links human ingenuity to powerful computing and makes our country and our world a better, safer place. Our principles of servant leadership, mutual respect, and technological excellence enable us to thrive on the challenges of the digital frontline.
Clarity is focused on helping the Government redefine its relationship with technology by encouraging the use of DevSecOps and Agile methodologies, small-teams constructs, and process automation. To create an atmosphere that embraces the challenges inherent in progress, we honor creativity and curiosity, supporting exploration and growth with modern tech stacks and methodologies.
We are as much a family as we are a team, collectively engineering technology that improves the lives and work of the people who use it. We empower our people with the tools, training, and vision they need to outperform the competition.
