DevOps Engineer, Senior

Booz Allen Hamilton•Chantilly, VA

13d•$77,600 - $176,000•Onsite

About The Position

Booz Allen is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to develop, manage, and secure container platforms that meet client needs and leverage cloud capabilities. The role focuses on developing container management software and supporting critical cloud platforms. The engineer will use current container technologies to improve client environments and ensure seamless orchestration, while informing platform strategy and design and ensuring standards are met throughout the containerization process. The position also recommends resources to help clients manage and securely adopt containers. The role is located in Chantilly, Virginia, and is not remote. It requires a TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph and an active DoD 8570 Level II Compliant Certification. The projected annual compensation range is $77,600 to $176,000. Booz Allen offers health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, dependent care, and recognition awards. Eligibility for benefit programs depends on hours worked.

Requirements

7+ years of experience in an AWS cloud environment.
5+ years of experience with containerization, building images, and orchestrating deployments in Kubernetes and Rancher or EKS.
4+ years of experience managing tools deployed with Helm using ArgoCD or Flux, including writing custom Helm charts, and using automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Terragrunt, or an IaC tool suite.
Experience developing custom applications and supporting them in a production environment.
Experience with infrastructure-as-code environments, including automated server or network configurations, large-scale software deployments, or monitoring and testing such as CI/CD.
Knowledge of container networking, monitoring, and storage solutions.
Knowledge of container security technologies and evaluating and mitigating or resolving vulnerability findings.
TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph.
Bachelor's degree.
Active DoD 8570 Level II Compliant Certification.

Nice To Haves

Experience developing in Java or Python.
Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, or ElasticSearch, Kibana, and FluentD.
Experience designing, deploying, and managing cloud environments, including AWS or Azure.
Experience using or migrating CI/CD pipeline solutions or tools, including Jenkins, Git, or TeamCity.
Experience with system integration using protocols including JSON, REST, and XML.
Experience scripting in Bash, PowerShell, Python, Groovy, or Ruby, and using JSON, YAML, or XML for configuration.
Knowledge of cloud and virtualization-based technologies, including Docker, Azure, AWS, or VMware.
Knowledge of Linux or UNIX administration and automation.
Knowledge of foundational system administration principles.
Kubernetes Certification.

Responsibilities

Develop, manage, and secure container platforms and container management software.
Support development of critical cloud platforms and improve client environments using current container software.
Ensure seamless container orchestration.
Inform platform strategy and design while ensuring standards are met throughout the containerization process.
Recommend resources to help clients manage and securely adopt containers.
Develop custom applications and support them in a production environment.
Manage infrastructure-as-code environments, including automated server or network configurations, large-scale software deployments, and CI/CD monitoring and testing.
Evaluate and mitigate or resolve container vulnerability findings.