CI/CD Pipeline Engineer

Xenith Solutions•,

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Xenith Solutions is seeking a CI/CD Pipeline Engineer with agile methodology experience to join our team in support of a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) contract in Northern VA (Ashburn, VA area / remote). As a member of the team, you will support our prime contractor’s Agile Solution Factory (ASF), which is a passionate team of industry-leading personnel supporting the best practices in Agile Software Development. The ability to be adaptable and to work constructively with a technically diverse and geographically separated team is crucial. You should have worked with or have a strong interest in Agile software development practices and delivering deployable software in short sprints.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to pass CBP background investigation, criteria include, but not limited to: 3-year check for felony convictions, 1-year check for illegal drug use, 1-year check for misconduct such as theft or fraud
College degree (B.S.) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Management Systems or a related discipline. Experience will be considered in lieu of a degree plus 5 + years related experience
Prior experience with continuous integration (Bamboo, Jenkins), Weblogic, Docker, AWS, Kubernetes, Istio, API Gateway and GitLab
Ability to design and document technical solutions related to continuous integration and continuous deployment.
Administration, configuration and maintenance of the application stack (Spring Boot, Database, K8S cluster, etc.)
Proficiency in automating and optimizing processes
Highly responsible, team-oriented individual with a very strong work ethic and a self-starter
Effective organizational skills with strong attention to detail
Ability to work in a fast paced, constantly changing environment
Exposure to certificate management for issuing, renewing, and deploying certificates to endpoints

Responsibilities

Work as an integral part of an Agile Scrum team, a highly productive team of technical professionals who thrive on supporting the customer's mission and growth objectives
Deploy, and maintain the DevOps infrastructure for mission critical applications taking into consideration scalability, reliability, and maintainability of software systems
Work in close collaboration with other architects, technical leads, software developers and testers, and stakeholders within Agile processes to continue the automation of the software build, configurations, and deployment processes.
Install, configure and maintain all tools needed to accomplish the following DevOps functions: source control management, continuous integration, deployment, monitoring, repository management, provisioning, release management, logging, building, testing, containerization, collaboration and security.
Continue development and maintenance of the automated software build process using tools such as, but not limited to, Docker, Jenkins, ArgoCD, Kubernetes, and specific AWS technologies.
Assist with creating project resource estimates, metrics to track completion phase, defect reports, defect prevention, development efficiency and quality
Contribute to an atmosphere of cross-functional teamwork within the organization’s agile project lifecycle
May need to work off hours for support and deployments if necessary.