Application Engineer 4 – DevOps

Wyetech•Linthicum Heights, MD

9d•$91 - $124

About The Position

Wyetech is seeking a Senior Applications Engineer, Level 4, focused on DevOps to support the Secure the Enterprise initiative. The initiative aims to move from manual system security evaluation and authorization toward automated, streamlined processes and approvals, continuous monitoring and assessment, and network data gathering throughout a project’s life cycle. The role facilitates infrastructure management, continuous integration, environment configuration, deployment, and support for the project’s compliance and security posture. A central focus is delivering automation that enables other teams to operate effectively. Responsibilities also include designing and managing software tools and subsystems, estimating development costs and schedules, maintaining and improving applications, and overseeing software design, coding, testing, debugging, documentation, quality assurance, and the work of other task personnel. The Level 4 engineer monitors and maintains security tool suites and databases, analyzes vulnerabilities and deficiencies, researches and evaluates potential solutions, and presents alternatives to the Government. The position also involves coordinating hardware and software procurement and implementation, preparing configuration and enhancement plans, designing interfaces and access controls, testing interoperability, coordinating deployments, installing hardware and software, and providing training on newly deployed security tools when directed by the Government. This position requires U.S. citizenship and a TS clearance with a customer-appropriate polygraph due to federal contract requirements.

Requirements

Linux system administration experience.
Docker experience.
Python scripting experience.
AWS or other cloud experience.
GitLab Pipeline experience.
Ansible experience.
U.S. citizenship.
TS clearance with a customer-appropriate polygraph.
Technical-field education and experience directly related to the proposed labor category, with diplomas, GED certificates, and degrees from accredited institutions.
Minimum experience and education combination: 12 years of experience with a High School Diploma/GED; 10 years with an Associate’s Degree; 8 years with a Bachelor’s Degree; 6 years with a Master’s Degree; or 4 years with a Doctorate’s Degree.

Nice To Haves

Elasticsearch.
NiFi.
Cloud hosting and automation.
MongoDB.

Responsibilities

Facilitate infrastructure management, continuous integration, environment configuration, and deployment while supporting project compliance and security posture.
Deliver automation that enables other project teams to operate smoothly.
Design software tools and subsystems to support software reuse and domain analyses, and manage their implementation.
Manage software development and support using formal specifications, data flow diagrams, accepted design techniques, and CASE tools.
Estimate software development costs and schedules.
Review existing programs and refine them to reduce operating time and improve techniques.
Define specifications for software applications and modify and maintain existing applications using engineering releases and manufacturer utilities.
Perform program design, coding, testing, debugging, and documentation.
Instruct, direct, and review the work of other task personnel.
Conduct quality assurance reviews and evaluate existing and new software products.
Continuously monitor the health and status of security tool suites through IT system management; maintain, upgrade, refresh, and update them to preserve operational capacity.
Administer databases and monitor, report, and repair degradation in the health and status of NISIRT systems and tools.
Analyze newly identified vulnerabilities and deficiencies in the Enterprise IT/IC GovCloud security tool suite and perform gap analyses.
Research and evaluate commercial products to address vulnerabilities or deficiencies when directed by the Government.
Conduct analyses of alternatives and present findings to the Government in a Technical Analysis package for evaluation and solution selection.
Coordinate with ancillary organizations to procure, deliver, dispose of, and track hardware and software required for solution implementation.
Prepare configuration and software enhancement plans, and engineer solutions that interface with GUI and/or web front-end interfaces.
Define, design, and incorporate interfaces for retrieving data from various scanning tools.
Design, validate, and implement access controls as part of systems and service solutions.
Enhance, modify, and test COTS/GOTS and applicable hardware for interoperability and compatibility with existing Enterprise IT/IC GovCloud architecture; prepare Engineering Change Proposals for implemented configuration changes.
Define, coordinate, and schedule testing, integration, implementation, and deployment activities with dependent external interface devices and owners.
Deploy security solutions across the IT Enterprise Network, install hardware, and implement software needed for a fully functional computer environment.
When directed by the Government, prepare and conduct instruction or training for authorized users on newly deployed security tool capabilities and functions.

Benefits

Generous PTO plan of up to 200 hours annually, aligned with applicable state leave regulations, with the ability to adjust PTO allocation at the start of each calendar year.
Voluntary medical plan options, some with a Health Savings Account (HSA).
Vision and dental benefits.
Life and AD&D benefits.
Short- and long-term disability benefits.
Hospital indemnity, accident, and critical illness insurance.
Optional identity theft and legal protection services.
Employee referral bonus eligibility up to $10,000.
Mobility among Wyetech-supported contracts.
Team-building events, including monthly lunches, a summer company picnic, and an annual holiday party.
Two complimentary branded clothing orders annually.
Wyetech contributes the equivalent of 20% of salary to an employee’s SEP IRA retirement plan.