Cloud DevOps Engineer

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Top Secret

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Top Secret/SCI

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

Software Engineering

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Cloud Computing, Cloud DevOps, Kubernetes

Certifications:

None

Experience:

5 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

Job Description:

Deliver simple solutions to complex problems as a DevOps Engineer at GDIT. Here, you’ll tailor cutting-edge solutions to the unique requirements of our clients. With a career in application development, you’ll make the end user’s experience your priority and we’ll make your career growth ours.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a DevOps Engineer you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on Dev Ops Engineer joining our team to support USSOCOM at Fort Liberty, NC.

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

As a DevOps Cloud Engineer; you will be responsible for distributed and managed services, automating the installation, configuration, and maintenance of platform services.  You will manage system tuning for reliability and efficiency and guide and manage software releases for new features and support users through consolidation. Occasionally performs the administrative operation of server hardware and software. Ensures system security and executes practices and procedures. Troubleshoots system related problems. Remains current in operating systems/software analysis and technological developments and applications. Recommends future direction or projects to management. Provides expertise and direction in the development or modification of software programs and applications to enhance an operating system.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

Required Skills:

• 5 years of IT and/or software experience. 

• DOD 8570 IAT Level II required (Level III preferred)

• Experience with Kubernetes

• Participated in or led agile development teams

• In depth understanding of Dev Ops methodologies

• Worked with Concourse, Spinnaker, Jenkins, Bamboo, TeamCity or other Continuous Integration tools

• Experience in VMware vSphere / ESXi / NSX-T

• Experience with networking and related technologies (e.g. load balancing / DNS / SSL / firewalls / NAT / SDN)

• Experienced in using Git

• Experience in release management

• Experience supporting production systems using Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices

• Competent to work at a high technical level on all phases of systems engineering activities

• Excellent communication and briefing skills; shows tact; effective listening skills and follow through

• Solid worth ethic and the ability to work in a mission critical environment

• Detail oriented and organized; able to understand information systems and ensure accuracy of work

• Provides technical guidance and leadership to engineers with less experience

Desired Skills:

• Experience in Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and OpenStack

• Experience with Kubernetes, Chef, Ansible, BOSH, or related automation / orchestration tools

• Experience with a platform as a service product such as Cloud Foundry, Heroku, Elastic Beanstalk, or similar

• Experience working with DNS, NTP, SAML, OAuth 2, Active Directory

• Understanding of systems monitoring, alerting and analytics (Prometheus, New Relic, AppDynamics, Cacti, Graphite, ELK, Nagios, Ganglia, Splunk, Log Insight, Realize Operations, Datadog, etc.)

• Background in Windows deployment, automation, and related technologies

• Experience with database (e.g. MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MSSQL) and messaging middleware technologies (e.g. RabbitMQ)

Security Clearance Level:

• Active Top Secret clearance required to start and must be able to obtain TS/SCI

Location:

• On Site

Citizenship Required: