Senior Principal Networking DevOps Engineer

Senior Principal DevOps Engineer   Company Overview CCG is a technology company focused on equipping customers with the capabilities and support to conduct intelligent and successful cyber operations. We do this by finding the most talented engineers and operators in the country, give them some of the most challenging problems facing the US government, and help them unleash their creativity and problem-solving skills. Excellence is our standard and mission success is our metric.

Role
This Hybrid position is part of a project team building a Kubernetes-based capability to support cyber network operations. This position will involve regular customer interaction where you will iterate and streamline the capability to meet its goals of wide dissemination and use. You will be looked to as the team networking subject matter expert. You will also be required to go onsite a few times a month to troubleshoot issues related to K8s cluster networking or install and evaluate development builds.
If you thrive in a team environment, are looking to solve unique challenges, and enjoy engaging with customers and operational stakeholders; come stand out by blending in with Chameleon Consulting Group.    Responsibilities

• Write stable, extensible and maintainable code.
• Integrate with third-party APIs and internal utilities.
• Maintain and add to a suite of automated tests.
• Participate in code reviews.
• Participate in the project’s agile process.
• Translate technical requirements into high-quality, secure and robust implementations
• Deploy, automate and maintain various systems.
• Willingness to share knowledge as well as receive knowledge
• Presence on site for 20% of the month to ensure support for customers is maintained

Requirements

• Must currently hold an active TOP SECRET security clearance (note, only US Citizens are eligible for security clearances)
• Bachelors degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline. Degree requirement can be met with four years of hands on experience in a software engineer or similar full time position
• Demonstrate the ability to develop network/system based automation capabilities with no supervision - this is typically achieved after a minimum of 10 years of industry experience and a bachelors degree
• Extensive experience with networking, including routing and switching
• Experience with host-based and network-based firewalls such as iptables, nftables, Cisco ASA, or Juniper SRX
• Strong knowledge of Linux (CentOS, RedHat, Ubuntu, Debian)
• Experience with Linux containerization technologies such as Docker or Podman
• Proficient in writing and maintaining scripts in two or more of the following languages - Python, JAVAScript, BASH, Powershell, Perl
• Working knowledge of Kubernetes with the ability to troubleshoot cluster issue
• Experience with virtualization platforms such as VMware vCenter or Linux KVM

Preferred Qualifications

• More than 10 years of experience in a DevOps Engineer or similar role
• Experience writing code in a language such as: Python, C/C++, Java, C#, Go, Rust
• Cyber Operations experience supporting government customers
• Understanding of REST APIs
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation
• Experience with a version control code repository like gitlab, bitbucket, mercurial, etc
• Experience with provisioning/configuration management tools such as Ansible, Chef, Puppet
• Experience with continuous integration and deployment
• Exposure to databases and SQL
• Experience with task tracking software such as Jira
• Experience working in an agile environment
• Experience with system alerting and monitoring
• Experience with VPN technologies such as Nebula, Wireguard, OpenVPN

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.