DevOps Data Platform Developer
Company: Virginia Tech
Location: Blacksburg
Posted on: December 31, 2025
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Job Description:
The successful candidate will work as a member of the IT
Development Team to deploy and maintain infrastructure and data
platforms for use by research projects. They will be expected to
apply a cross-functional skillset to design, develop, and manage a
variety of systems in production environments. Candidate will use
DevOps best practices to ensure that systems can be created and
maintained efficiently, continuously improved, and can incorporate
changes quickly. Applicant must be able to work independently and
as part of a team to engineer on-premise and cloud infrastructure
and data platforms built around Kubernetes and its ecosystem of
technologies. The successful candidate will be able to engage with
developers and researchers at VTTI and external clients to
understand requirements and architect and implement solutions.
Documenting systems and cross-training colleagues at VTTI to ensure
that information is effectively shared will be a requirement. Our
team builds and operates large-scale systems that power data-driven
transportation research and smart city innovation. As part of this
work, we maintain the Smart Cities Data Exchange, a secure,
cloud-native platform for sharing transportation and environmental
data across jurisdictions. You’ll work on DevOps and infrastructure
automation supporting Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and
Automated Driving System (ADS) research, helping ensure the
reliability, scalability, and observability of mission-critical
services that enable safer and smarter mobility. Performance at
this level requires significant experience in a professional
position or equivalent graduate level education. Directions given
and received: • Independently performs most assignments with
instructions on global objectives and general results expected. •
May supervise/mentor/provide training and coordinate the work of
graduate research assistants, technicians, and others who assist in
specific assignments. Required Qualifications • M.S. degree in
Computer Science or engineering comparable with exception for a
lesser degree with significant related professional experience •
Proficient in Kubernetes and related technologies with multiple
years of experience • Experience with Kafka and related streaming
data technologies • Experience with basic Linux system
administration • Experience with authentication and authorization,
particularly OAuth2 and OIDC • Experience working with product
owners to develop requirements • Familiarity with relational
database technologies and SQL • Familiarity with data lake
architecture Preferred Qualifications • Experience with Apache NiFi
• Experience with Apache Trino • Experience with Apache Iceberg •
Experience using GitLab and CI/CD pipelines • Experience with
end-to-end testing • Experience with Ceph • Experience with
Grafana’s monitoring stack • Experience with Keycloak • Experience
with Infrastructure as Code • Experience with GPU clustering
technologies and frameworks • Familiarity with networking in an
on-prem environment Overtime Status Exempt: Not eligible for
overtime Appointment Type Restricted Salary Information Starting
rate of $75,000; commensurate with experience Hours per week 40
Additional Information The successful candidate will be required to
have a criminal conviction check. About Virginia Tech Dedicated to
its motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), Virginia Tech pushes the
boundaries of knowledge by taking a hands-on, transdisciplinary
approach to preparing scholars to be leaders and problem-solvers. A
comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of
life in Virginia and throughout the world, Virginia Tech is an
inclusive community dedicated to knowledge, discovery, and
creativity. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse
enrollment of more than 36,000 undergraduate, graduate, and
professional students in eight undergraduate colleges, a school of
medicine, a veterinary medicine college, Graduate School, and
Honors College. The university has a significant presence across
Virginia, including Blacksburg, the greater Washington, D.C. area,
the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke, sites in
Newport News and Richmond, and numerous Extension offices and
research institutes. A leading global research institution,
Virginia Tech conducts more than $650 million in research annually.
Virginia Tech endorses and encourages participation in professional
development opportunities and university shared governance. These
valuable contributions to university shared governance provide
important representation and perspective, along with opportunities
for unique and impactful professional development. Virginia Tech
does not discriminate against employees, students, or applicants on
the basis of age, color, disability, sex (including pregnancy),
gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information,
ethnicity or national origin, political affiliation, race,
religion, sexual orientation, or military status, or otherwise
discriminate against employees or applicants who inquire about,
discuss, or disclose their compensation or the compensation of
other employees or applicants, or on any other basis protected by
law.
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