Junior Software Engineer / Devops

Position: Jr Software Engineer / with emphasis on DevOps

Position Summary

Location: Remote or Mount Airy, NC Employment Type: Full-Time

Vigilant Cyber Systems, Inc. (VCS) is seeking a Virtual Machine Configuration Engineer to support the development of our SBIR programs. In this role, you will develop software, systems, and infrastructure as code (IaC) to design and manage large-scale virtualized environments using tools such as Packer, Ansible, and minimega. You will be responsible for building, configuring, and maintaining a virtual testbed of target systems to enable advanced simulation and testing.

Experience / Degree

A related STEM degree or equivalent experience as a Jr Software Engineer or DevOps Engineer.

The ideal candidate will have experience in many of the following skills

• Ability to write software or scripts in any or all of the following languages (Scala / Python / Rust / Bash / Powershell)
• Build and maintain VM images using Packer for multiple operating systems.
• Automate configuration management and application installation using Ansible.
• Apply IaC practices to design consistent, reproducible environments for testing and deployment.
• Use minimega to launch, manage, and scale distributed virtual environments across clusters.
• Develop repeatable workflows for creating and tearing down complex VM-based test environments.
• Troubleshoot VM networking, performance, and configuration issues.
• Maintain documentation for image building, configuration scripts, and deployment processes.

Ideal Qualifications

• Proficiency with virtualization technologies (QEMU/KVM, VMware, VirtualBox, or similar).
• Experience in Functional Programming such as Scala.
• Experience in IaC deployed environments.
• Familiarity with distributed VM orchestration tools, minimega preferred.
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools, especially Packer and Ansible.
• Experience with scripting languages (Python, Bash, or PowerShell).
• Understanding of networking fundamentals (VLANs, routing, firewalls, etc.).

Required

• Ability to obtain a DoD security clearance.
• Ability to work independently and in a small, fast-paced R&D team.

Preferred

• Experience with cluster-based virtualization environments.
• Background in testbed development or systems simulation.
• Familiarity with DoD or critical infrastructure systems.