Senior DevOps Engineer

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Location:This role can work remotely within the contiguous United States. You must be legally authorized to work in the USA. Bixal does not provide visa sponsorship. You must able to pass and maintain a Public Trust security clearance.
What will you do:You will be a part of a team managing and maintaining a moderately complex Drupal application and development team. You will help ensure your team's success through modern agile and DevOps best practices. Your goal will to be ensure reliability and security while supporting developers and enabling them to code quickly via automation, continuous integration, and modern open-source tools. The application must adhere to FISMA and NIST guidelines and is subject to periodic review which you will assist with.

Responsibilities

• Create and help support developers build pipelines using common task runners like Gitlab, Bitbucket Pipelines, CircleCI, Travis CI, etc.
• Create and support container images for web applications.
• Automate container image scanning from various CVE and IAVA exploit lists.
• Implement production and testing infrastructure utilizing infrastructure as code.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues related to cloud infrastructure and applications
• Ensure images follow best security practices and will pass various federal, PCI, and FEDRamp compliance (STIG and Authority to operate).
• Create appropriate container runtime systems to support our Team’s development of various federal datacenters (container orchestration).
• Support and improve legacy, VM based, pipelines and deployments.
• Operate in a fast-paced Agile environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree, at least 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Advanced experience in cloud computing, including working knowledge of at least one major cloud platform (e.g., AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Experience collaborating with developers on dynamic web application stacks (e.g., LAMP, LEMP, MERN, MEAN, Django).
• Advanced experience with the Linux operating system (e.g., Debian, RHEL, Ubuntu, etc.)
• Advanced experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) and DevOps tools and methodologies (e.g., Git, Jenkins, CI/CD pipelines)
• Advanced experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) principles and tools (e.g., CloudFormation, Terraform)
• Advanced understanding of networking, security, and virtualization principles
• Experience using testing frameworks (e.g. Cypress) and testing web applications, APIs, and content management systems
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as DataDog.
• Experience with identity and access management tools like IAM, OAuth and zero-trust security models.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Proven track record of driving innovation and best practices in the field of cloud computing
• Ability to pass and maintain a Public Trust Security Clearance.

Nice to Have

• Experience with cloud security tools and services (e.g., AWS Security Hub, Azure Security Center, GCP Security Command Center)
• Experience with security frameworks (e.g., NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-171, ISO 27001) and industry standards (e.g., CIS Benchmarks)
• Prior experience in Drupal CMS

Perks & Benefits:Competitive base salaryFlex hoursWork from home flexibility401K with matching incentiveParental LeaveMedical/dental/vision benefitsFlex Spending AccountCompany provided short-term disabilityCompany provided life insuranceCommuter benefitsGenerous PTO11 Paid holidaysProfessional development opportunitiesNew business referral bonus
Please note that candidates selected may undergo a background investigation and, if applicable, meet eligibility requirements for suitability.
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