DevOps Engineer
About The Position
Researches, develops, implements, and maintains DevOps processes and tools to automate integration and deployment of complex DoD cybersecurity software applications. Maintains deployment of multiple software baselines, including development, testing, and deployment of custom virtual machine and container configurations. Ensures the DevOps environment supports designing, implementing, deploying, and executing automated tests, and investigates technologies to improve DevOps processes. Collects, processes, and presents build, network, security, performance, and other metrics to demonstrate automation improvements or degradations over time. Balances hybrid cloud distribution across private corporate infrastructure and public clouds. The position is remote, with occasional scheduled work at the Hanover, Maryland location. The role supports automated CI-CD pipelines and enterprise container and virtualization platforms; maintains networked virtual machines, containers, and software applications; and assists software developers, integration engineers, and test engineers in using DevOps capabilities. The position also troubleshoots system problems and uses an enterprise software development ticketing system to plan and track work. Work products must be configuration managed, and solutions must follow corporate guidelines, DoD DevOps guidance, and industry best practices.
Requirements
- Associate's or bachelor's degree in a technical discipline such as Computer Science or Information Technology from an accredited college or university.
- Security+ certification required within six months of hire; the posting also states Security+, CISSP, or an equivalent certification within six months of hire.
- IAT Level II or greater.
- Understanding of commercial DevOps tools and processes.
- Ability to use scripting languages for automation, administration, data collection, and reporting, including writing, testing, debugging, deploying, and sustaining scripts.
- Ability to configuration manage, version control, and back up scripts and other work products used to execute and maintain the environment.
- Ability to prioritize multiple tasks, projects, and demands and lead small research or technology implementation projects.
- Effective interpersonal, communication, and teamwork skills.
- Ability to professionally communicate system-wide performance information using tools such as PowerPoint, Excel, Visio, Jira, and Confluence.
- Ability to train others in DevOps and automation tasks and maintain and promote corporate knowledge resources.
- Ability to interact with developers and testers about software changes and incorporate feedback.
- Ability to solve technical problems involving integrated software and hardware platforms.
- U.S. citizenship and a TS/SCI security clearance are required for this position.
Nice To Haves
- Three years of work experience preferred.
- Additional certifications, or working toward a certification, are a plus.
- Experience with Atlassian tools such as Confluence and Jira, Jenkins Pipelines, Puppet, JFrog Artifactory, Git, Harbor, and Kustomize.
- Experience with private and hybrid cloud design, operation, monitoring, and deployment, including VMware vCenter and ESXi.
- Knowledge of, or ability to learn, Kubernetes and Docker.
- Knowledge of, or ability to learn, OpenShift.
- Knowledge of, or ability to learn, Ansible for automating deployment and destruction of virtual machines, networks, and other virtualized assets in VMware environments.
- Ability to design and implement self-service portals for DevOps or IT activities.
- Prior or current experience with Agile development processes.
Responsibilities
- Author and maintain automation, deployment, and monitoring scripts in a variety of languages.
- Research, implement, and maintain CI-CD tools and processes, and automate application deployments.
- Manage virtualized and containerized assets, and create virtual and physical network configurations, servers, communications, and test and developer engineering support.
- Configuration manage work products and ensure solutions follow corporate guidelines and procedures, DoD DevOps guidance, and industry best practices.
- Assure the stability, accessibility, and proper configuration of assigned technical systems and components.
- Support implementation and operation of a fully automated CI-CD pipeline leveraging enterprise container and virtualization platforms.
- Monitor, maintain, install, and support networked virtual machines, containers, and software applications.
- Assist software developers, integration engineers, and test engineers in using DevOps capabilities effectively.
- Troubleshoot capabilities to diagnose system problems.
- Use an enterprise software development ticketing system to plan and track work.
- Prioritize multiple tasks, projects, and demands, and lead small projects to research or implement new technologies.
- Present system-wide performance information routinely using tools such as PowerPoint, Excel, Visio, Jira, and Confluence.
- Train others to perform similar DevOps and automation tasks.
- Maintain and promote content in a corporate knowledge library.
- Work with developers to understand software changes affecting development and testing, examine relevant change implementation, communicate changes to developers and testers, and incorporate their feedback for future improvements.
- Solve technical problems involving integrated software and hardware platforms.
Benefits
- Medical coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Wellness Program
- 401(k) matching
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Employee Assistance Program
- Life insurance
- Education and training
- Generous leave policy, including 11 federal holidays, PTO, military leave, bereavement leave, and jury duty leave
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
