DevOps Engineer I (Ability to Obtain Secret clearance Required)

Akima, LLC•Herndon, VA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Suvi Global Services is seeking a junior DevOps Engineer to support federal contracts through security monitoring and auditing, systems engineering, and development support. The engineer will work directly with clients and technical teams to provide recommendations and assistance, and will support projects as needed. This is an on-site role near Herndon, Virginia, with approximately 25% travel to contract locations within the DMV area. Applicants must be U.S. citizens and able to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.
Bachelor’s degree, at least 4 years of active-duty military service, or at least 5 years of relevant experience in a technical or analytical field.
Entry-level cloud and Kubernetes experience.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Basic understanding of DevSecOps methodologies and building and operating reliable systems.
Knowledge of networking fundamentals in cloud and datacenter environments.
JavaScript/TypeScript, Bash, and general programming experience.
Knowledge of AWS, including EKS, advanced networking, Organizations, Control Tower, and associated services.
Ability to obtain an AWS associate-level certification and a Kubernetes developer (CKAD) or administrator (CKA) certification within 12 months.
Introductory understanding of HTTP performance and security.
Awareness of Linux and Kubernetes administration and services.
Ability to work on-site within commuting distance of Herndon, Virginia, and travel approximately 25% to contract locations within the DMV.

Nice To Haves

Understanding of Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs).
Familiarity with traditional virtualization platforms.
Familiarity with Agile project management fundamentals.
Experience with networking tools such as AWS Transit Gateway and Fortinet products.
Knowledge of and certification in other cloud platforms such as GCP and Azure, or private platforms such as OpenShift.
Experience with Elasticsearch, Kibana, and Logstash.

Responsibilities

Troubleshoot MySQL (MariaDB) and PostgreSQL databases deployed with services such as AWS RDS, Aurora, or Kubernetes Cloud Native Postgres.
Support cloud platforms, with a focus on AWS and Azure.
Ensure software updates are deployed correctly.
Manage and use Git version control.
Maintain infrastructure as code (IaC).
Troubleshoot source code and identify and correct errors using systems debugging tools.
Ensure systems have useful instrumentation and develop monitoring systems that produce actionable alerts based on metrics.
Use DevOps tools, including Terraform, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Jenkins, and Git, to automate responsibilities.
Build and maintain Kubernetes- and cloud-centric CI/CD pipelines using containers.
Support the full application development lifecycle by advising developers on producing stable and secure code.
Apply security best practices and implement NIST 800-53 in cloud environments.
Integrate traditional deployments with serverless platforms such as Microsoft Power Platform.