DevSecOps Engineer

CHAOS Inc. is a global technology company delivering next-generation capabilities to the defense and critical industrial sectors. Founded in 2022 by a seasoned leadership team, CHAOS has quickly become the place where world-class multi-disciplinary engineers come to build mission-critical technologies. CHAOS has a mission-focused culture, dedicated to solving the toughest technical challenges. Its unique agile engineering approach enables rapid prototyping, while deep partnerships with defense and industry ensure real-world solutions.

Role Overview:

CHAOS is seeking a highly-skilled and motivated DevSecOps/Platform Engineer to join our team supporting our R&D and product engineering initially focusing on our next-generation Command and Control (C2) and radar products. This is a highly collaborative role which will allow you to work on multiple capabilities within our product offerings. As a member of our engineering team, you also have the opportunity to expand your skillset across our product families.   

Responsibilities: 

• Manage and orchestrate containerized Python package applications using Docker (Swarm and/or Compose) and Kubernetes
• Collaborate with development teams to optimize application deployment and performance
• Implement infrastructure as code (IaC) principles
• Monitor and troubleshoot platform issues, ensuring high availability and performance
• Develop and maintain documentation for our infrastructure and processes
• Contribute to the overall improvement of our DevOps practices
• Work full-time on-site in our office in Los Angeles (Hawthorne), California

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or higher Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related degree
• 5+ years of proven experience in a DevOps/Platform Engineering role
• Strong understanding of CI/CD principles and practices
• Hands-on experience with Jenkins, Artifactory, and other CI/CD tools
• Proficiency with containerization and technologies (Docker Swarm and/or Compose, Podman) and orchestration platforms (Kubernetes)
• Experience with Azure cloud platform and on-premise infrastructure deployment strategies
• Solid understanding of cloud deployment best practices
• Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools
• Strong background in Linux, containerization and virtualization with a GPU accelerated runtime
• Excellent scripting skills (e.g., Bash, Python, Groovy)
• Understands the software development life cycle and the various related tools such as VCS (Git, SVN), their servers (GitHub, BitBucket), project management (Jira, Confluence, GitHub Projects)
• U.S. Person status is required as this position will require the ability to access U.S.-only data systems 
• Experience creating from scratch infrastructure of CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Bitbucket Pipelines, Azure DevOps)
• Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, Puppet, or Chef)
• Knowledge of monitoring and logging systems (e.g., Grafana, ELK stack)
• Experience with database administration
• Familiarity with Agile (Scrum) methodologies

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience with DoD & related System/SW Architectures and messaging standards (e.g. OMS, SOSA, Link-16, etc) 
• Experience designing & implementing tracking and track fusion algorithms
• Development experience in Ground or Airborne Sensors (Radars, EO/IR, EW, etc.)
• Experience with Networks (software and hardware)
• Experience with advanced Time Synchronization technologies beyond NTP
• Experience with git
• Experience with Containers (e.g. Docker, Podman, etc.)
• Familiarity with cloud computing and virtualization technologies (e.g. WSL, KVM, Hyper-V, VMware)
• Experience with Modeling & Simulation, including hardware-in-the-loop and software-in-the-loop testbeds (e.g. DIS, VR-Forces, AFSIM) 
• Experience with production-level SW development & deployment, including DevOps, DevSecOps, and/or Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) using modern FOSS/COTS toolsets.
• Experience with full lifecycle SW development of high-TRL systems
• Experience with HW/SW I&T and V&V of high-TRL systems
• Experience with additional languages such as C++, Rust, NodeJS, Java, Go, etc. 
• Current or previous DoD security clearance 

Why CHAOS?

• Health Benefits: Your medical, dental and vision benefits will be 100% paid for by the company
• Additional benefits: life, FSA, HSA, 401k (+ Company match), and more
• Our Perks: free daily lunch, ‘No meeting Fridays’, un