DevOps Engineer

Swift•Herndon, VA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Swift Group is a privately held, mission-driven and employee-focused services and solutions company headquartered in Reston, VA. Our capabilities include Software Development, Engineering & IT, Data Science, Cyber Enablement, Logistics, and Training. Founded in 2019, Swift supports Civilian, Defense, and Intelligence Community customers across the country and around the globe. The Swift Group is looking for a skilled DevOps Engineer to join our dynamic team in Herndon, VA. The DevOps Engineer will be responsible for deploying and maintaining multiple development teams’ AWS infrastructure along with utilizing CloudFormation and Ansible to automate the deployment of the entire infrastructure. They will manage all scripts and templates in GitHub utilizing git for version control, assist security with implementing security controls to ensure compliance, and actively monitor servers and infrastructure for issues while setting up and maintaining Jenkins pipelines.

Requirements

3+ years of relevant DevOps experience
Experience managing Elastic Load Balancers (ELBs) and auto-scale groups with AWS EC2
Experience setting up alarms, dashboards, and alerts with AWS CloudWatch
Experience managing files and permissions in AWS S3
Experience building Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with AWS CloudFormation using YAML templates
Strong Linux troubleshoots skills
Bash scripting experience
Ability to set up, build, and maintain Jenkins CI/CD pipelines
Experience using Ansible for server automation
Strong knowledge of git and version control for IaC in GitHub
Bachelor’s Degree or 5+ years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree
US citizenship and an active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance required

Nice To Haves

Setting up API Gateway and AWS Lambda functions
Experience working with SQS and SNS
Experience with setting up and managing Kubernetes infrastructure
Experience with working with multiple teams
Experience working in an Agile work environment on two-week sprints
AWS Certified

Responsibilities

Deploying and maintaining multiple development teams’ AWS infrastructure
Utilizing CloudFormation and Ansible to automate the deployment of the entire infrastructure
Managing all scripts and templates in GitHub utilizing git for version control
Assisting security with implementing security controls to ensure compliance
Actively monitoring servers and infrastructure for issues
Setting up and maintaining Jenkins pipelines