DevOps Software Engineer Level 3

What you will be doing 

The DevOps Software Engineer shall be responsible for all the Operational and Maintenance (O&M) efforts including installation, configuration, integration, monitoring, and sustaining of a large multi-tenant containerized Kubernetes High Performance Computing as a service (HPCaaS) platform for a large Linux computing environment.  

The DevOps Software Engineer must be detailed oriented, have strong organizational skills, and excellent troubleshooting skills to include the identification and resolution of issues, problems, and trouble tickets related to the same. 

What do you need 

• Experience using the Linux CLI
• Experience developing and maintaining scripts using Bash/Python
• Experience developing with Python and Java in a Linux environment.
• General HPC technical knowledge regarding compute, network, memory, and storage system components
• Experience installing, configuring, and supporting COTS/GOTS/FOSS software, libraries, and packages in a Linux environment.
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and containerd
• Experience with container orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes.
• Experience administering Kubernetes clusters on bare metal in a Linux environment.
• Experience with IaC (Infrastructure as Code) concepts, principles, and automation tools such as Ansible and Terraform
• Experience with Git Version Control System

Desired Skills 

• Familiar with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles and applications
• Experience with the Atlassian Tool Suite (JIRA, Confluence)
• Experience with CI/CD principles, methodologies, and tools such as GitLab CI
• Experience using system monitoring tools such as Grafana/Prometheus

Clearance
Active TS/SCI with an appropriate polygraph is required to be considered for this role 

Who are we?
Praxis Engineering* was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Annapolis Junction MD - with growing offices in Chantilly VA and Aberdeen MD. 

Praxis Engineering is a consulting, product, and solutions firm dedicated to the practical application of software and system engineering technologies to solve complex problems. 

With over 300 employees supporting more than 50 contracts, Praxis brings together world class engineers with proven engineering best practices, domain expertise, commercial technologies and proven agile management approaches to create high value solutions aimed at helping our customers meet their most critical business and mission objectives.   

*Praxis Engineering is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics IT.

Why Praxis? 
We are focused on continual learning and evolution. We don’t do things because “that’s the way we’ve always done things”; we listen to our employees and adapt to the changing marketplace.   We look at the big picture and encourage our engineers to get training and certifications in emerging technologies that will help shape our customer’s mission.  We've been profitable year after year.  We're always on the lookout for great engineers to join the team and we recognize that our employees are the heart and soul of what we do.   We focus on recruiting talented people, treating them right, and then allowing them to do what they do best.  No red tape. No micromanagement.  Smart people want to work with smart people, and we love people who are passionate about what they do, and finding ways to do it better. 

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Benefits 

•              Attractive total compensation package to include competitive salary and medical benefits with an option for FREE employee HSA medical plan!
•              Office perks such as free soft drinks and snacks (both healthy and not-so-healthy)