Cloud DevOps Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton•McLean, VA

19h•Remote

About The Position

DevOps engineering requires a specific mix of development, engineering, and communication skills. As a DevOps engineer, you know that these skills create efficiency and effectiveness—so you can quickly deliver the best solutions for clients. We’re looking for a DevOps engineer like you to help develop critical tools—and get them into the hands of those who need them most. As a DevOps engineer at Booz Allen, you’ll streamline the software development lifecycle, from requirements to monitoring in production. You’ll incorporate open-source tools, automation, and cloud resources to cut down on tedious tasks and free up the team’s developers to do what they do best—create. You’ll work with the team to implement continuous integration and delivery to limit manual testing and troubleshooting. This is an opportunity to hone your skills in the latest automation, infrastructure, and cloud-based development while developing software that will make mission-forward impact. Use your experience with the software development lifecycle on a team that works together to make the best software solutions. Work with us as we develop tools to transform the future. Join us. The world can’t wait.

Requirements

2+ years of experience with Docker and Kubernetes, including application containerization, workload deployment, resource tuning, and troubleshooting cluster issues
2+ years of experience designing modular, reusable pipelines, optimizing performance, such as parallelization or caching, and implementing advanced workflows, such as multi-project pipelines using GitLab CI/CD
2+ years of experience in building scalable Terraform architectures, managing multi-environment deployments, including dev, stage, and prod, and implementing remote state management with secure CI/CD practices
Experience in designing secure, compliant solutions utilizing AWS services, such as EKS, ECR, IAM, or EC2, with GovCloud environments, and implementing least-privilege IAM policies
Experience in secure software development practices, including protected runners, secrets management, access control, and environment isolation for reliable and safe deployments
Knowledge of Git best practices, including clean commit history, branching strategies, and optimized codebase organization for collaboration and reuse
Ability to create standardized, reusable components, such as GitLab CI templates or Terraform modules, and eliminate duplication across projects and teams
Ability to obtain a Top Secret clearance
HS diploma or GED

Nice To Haves

Experience with EKS preferred
Integrating engineering systems with operational tools, such as ServiceNow, creating monitoring dashboards, and using data to enhance reliability and efficiency
Working in an Agile environment
Ability to design scalable, resilient, and cost-efficient systems using cloud-native, microservices, and event-driven architecture principles
Ability to translate technical solutions for non-technical stakeholders, take ownership of systems, proactively identify risks, and drive continuous improvement initiatives
Ability to pay strict attention to detail to maintain documentation quality in the production of operational runbooks or playbooks
Top Secret clearance
AWS Cloud Certifications

Responsibilities

Streamline the software development lifecycle, from requirements to monitoring in production.
Incorporate open-source tools, automation, and cloud resources to cut down on tedious tasks.
Implement continuous integration and delivery to limit manual testing and troubleshooting.
Develop software that will make mission-forward impact.
Use experience with the software development lifecycle on a team that works together to make the best software solutions.
Develop tools to transform the future.