Axle
Computer Programmer
Rockville, MD
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 104 days ago
PythonJavaBashPowerShellNode.js.NETGitSQLNoSQLAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsDockerKubernetesTerraformAnsibleCI/CDGitHub ActionsJenkinsLinuxPrometheusGrafanaDevOps
About the role
- We work with some of the top research organizations and facilities in the country including multiple institutes at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
- This role focuses on automation, CI/CD, and supporting modern workloads like AI/ML, with an emphasis on reliability and efficiency.
- The diversity of Axle's employees is a tremendous asset.
Responsibilities
- Build developer-friendly platforms ("golden paths") that simplify deployments, reduce friction, and improve velocity
- Develop and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines for applications, data, and ML workflows
- Define and manage SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets to drive reliability improvements
- Lead incident response, root cause analysis, and postmortems with a focus on continuous improvement
- Build and manage containerized and orchestrated platforms (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Support cloud migration, modernization, and platform standardization initiatives
- With experts in biomedical science, software engineering, and program management, we focus on developing and applying research tools and techniques to empower decision-making and accelerate research discoveries.
Requirements
- Must have 6+ years of Hands-on Linux experience that includes specific technical experience with Ubuntu/ CentOS /Red Hat operating systems, containers, dependency management and administration support
- Must have 4+ years of experience automating Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) deployments to one of the following cloud platforms Amazon AWS, Google GCP and Microsoft Azure
- Must have 4+ years in DevOps / SRE roles supporting production systems
- Must have 4+ years with CI/CD and automation tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Jenkins, GitHub Actions
- Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or cloud-native equivalents)
- Must be proficient using vibe coding and coding assistants to develop scripts, tools and applications for the DevOps and SRE use cases
- Must have proficiency to debug or troubleshoot and/or deploying SQL and/or NoSQL databases, object storage, web servers, open-source programming stack for Node.JS, R, Python,.NET Core, Java is desired but not mandatory
- Must be willing to learn new technologies, adopt and adapt to emerging technologies or needs from a project to a project
- This is not restricted as a complete list of all skills, responsibilities, duties, and/or assignments required.
- Individuals may be required to perform duties outside of their position, job description or responsibilities as needed.
Nice to have
- Cloud certifications is preferred
- Certifications in Docker, Kubernetes, Linux or Networking (CCNA or CCNP or similar) is preferred but optional
Skills
- Healthcare (FSA)
- Parking Reimbursement Account (PRK)
- Dependent Care Assistant Program (DCAP)
- Transportation Reimbursement Account (TRN)
Compensation
- $75,000 - $80,000 USD
- This role has a market-competitive salary with an anticipated base compensation range listed below.
Benefits
- 100% Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage for Employees
- Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
- Educational Benefits for Career Growth
- Employee Referral Bonus
- Implement observability frameworks (metrics, logs, traces) to ensure system health and performance
Equal opportunity
- If you need an accommodation as part of the employment process please contact: careers@axleinfo.com
This listing is sourced directly from Axle's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.