DevOps Engineering Lead (TAP Lab)

***To be considered for this role, you must be a US Citizen with an active US government security clearance.  Additionally, you must either live near or be willing to move to the Boulder, CO area.***

About Centil

Centil represents the intersection of innovation and trusted expertise required for keeping rapid pace with the dynamic and emergent technological needs of Aerospace, Defense, and Government systems. Our trusted team of engineers excel in deploying value stream management, short-cycle feedback loops, infrastructure on-demand, and secure, disciplined pipelines to our customers. If you are interested in learning more about Centil or our team, check out our website at www.centil.io.

Centil is a talented team of trusted engineers working to provide optimized and effective technology value streams for defense industry clients. We believe in a culture of innovation, empowerment and collaboration. We place a high value on learning and growth, providing ongoing support to our team to learn new skills and become fulfilled in both their personal and professional life.

Centil is hiring exceptional individuals to join our growing team. We look for candidates who are inspired and passionate, highly collaborative, and who demonstrate the courage to challenge the status quo with forward thinking ideas and practices. We also seek out individuals who demonstrate servant leadership by supporting their colleagues with a sense of positivity, humility and open mindedness.

About the role

This position is for a DevOps Engineering Lead in Boulder, CO. You will be working closely with a team of talented engineers to create and secure on premise systems in a government development lab, as well as in cloud-based domains and systems on C2S. You will also have the opportunity to grow and sharpen your skills with other talented members of Centil. The candidate who will be successful in this role should have a strong System Administrator background with Linux experience and a desire to learn container orchestration (such as Kubernetes).

What you'll do

If selected for this role, you will work with and provide leadership to a DevSecOps team in a lab environment to build and maintain DevOps pipelines, infrastructure and environments.  You will also work with vendors that are developing software applications in support of US Space Force missions, in order to facilitate integration into the lab environment, automation of testing and deploys, and transition to operational facilities.  Our current technology focuses on Rancher infrastructure and implementation of PlatformOne's Big Bang architecture.  In this role, you will contribute to all phases of the system lifecycle including design and development, integration, test, and maintenance.

Required Qualifications

• Current Secret security clearance or higher
• Strong understanding of DoD DevSecOps and Agile methodologies, with experience integrating security into the development lifecycle
• Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years’ professional experience, or 11+ years professional experience without a bachelor's degree
• Expertise in Linux system administration, particularly RHEL 7+
• Hands on experience with container orchestration (such as Kubernetes, RKE2 or OpenShift (RHOCP)
• Proficiency in diagnosing and troubleshooting issues across storage, OS, applications and networks
• Experience working in Continuous Integration (CI) environments
• In-depth knowledge of Kubernetes deployment configurations, including Kustomize, Helm, and umbrella charting
• Strong scripting skills in Unix environments, with experience in Bash and Python
• Proficiency with version control and workflow tools such as Git, Jira, and Confluence
• Experience managing binary registries such as Artifactory, Docker Registry, Harbor, or Nexus
• Familiarity with cloud environments and monitoring tools, preferably within AWS
• Ability to collaborate with multiple vendors to integrate and deploy their products within secure environments
• 5+ years of experience designing, building, and maintaining CI/CD pipelin