DevOps Engineer

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We are seeking a DevOps Engineer who will be building and setting up new development tools and infrastructure utilizing knowledge in: continuous integration, delivery, and deployment (CI/CD), Cloud technologies, Container Orchestration and Security. This person will be building and testing end-to-end CI/CD pipelines, ensuring that systems are safe against security threats.

Responsibilities include: 

• Build/deploy/troubleshoot Kubernetes-based applications
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines
• Support both front end and back-end development teams in classified and unclassified environments
• Collaborate with the customer operations team to ensure continuity
• Update existing applications to improve performance and reliability
• Manage and prioritize customer technical initiatives and requirements
• Manage Agile (SCRUM) processes and software teams including artifacts and events
• Establish a process to formally and proactively control and manage changes to requirements, consider impacts prior to commitment to change, gain customer approval, eliminate ambiguity, ensure traceability to source requirements, and track and settle open actions
• Assess each risk to the program and determine the probability of occurrence and quantified consequence of failure in accordance with an approved risk management plan.

Here's what you need: 

• 6 years' experience in software and/or DevOps engineering
• 2 years’ experience in leading Systems Engineering efforts
• 2 years’ experience with two or more of the following:
  • Programming languages such as Java or Python
  • Building, deploying, and troubleshooting Kubernetes-based applications
  • Deploying environments using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or Helm
  • Deploying applications to cloud environments (such as AWS)
  • Deploying and maintaining GitLab servers
  • Utilizing monitoring applications, such as Prometheus
  • Deploying and maintaining scalable ELK stack implementations
• Bachelor's degree in: System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline or a related discipline (5 years of equivalent professional or military experience can be used in lieu of degree requirements)

Bonus points if you have: 

• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
• Experience documenting processes and tracking issues using the Atlassian suite
• Experience interacting directly with end users to troubleshoot issues

Clearance:

• Must have TS/SCI

 

 

 

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