DevOps Engineer

Metova Federal • Hanover, MD

12h • $115,000 - $165,000 • Remote

About The Position

Research, develop, implement, and maintain DevOps processes and tools to automate the integration and deployment of complex DoD cybersecurity software applications. Maintain deployment of multiple software baselines, including development, testing, and deployment activities for custom virtual machine (VM) and container configurations. Ensure the DevOps environment supports designing, implementing, deploying, and executing automated tests, and investigate new technologies to continually improve processes. Collect, process, and present build, network, security, performance, and other metrics to demonstrate automation improvements or degradations over time. Balance hybrid cloud distribution between private corporate infrastructure and public clouds.

The position is remote, with occasional scheduled work at the Hanover, Maryland location. It requires U.S. citizenship and a TS/SCI security clearance pursuant to a government contract. The annual base salary range is $115,000–$165,000.

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; IAT Level II or greater is required.
• 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.
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks, projects, and demands.
• Effective interpersonal, communication, and teamwork skills.
• Ability to professionally convey system-wide performance information.
• Ability to train others and maintain and promote knowledge-library content.
• Ability to collaborate with developers and testers regarding software changes and their effects on development and testing.
• 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 certifications, 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.
• Experience with VMware vCenter and ESXi, generally maintained at the most current version.
• 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; write, test, debug, deploy, and sustain scripts.
• Research, implement, and maintain Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI-CD) tools and processes, and automate application deployments.
• Manage virtualized and containerized assets; create virtual and physical network configurations, servers, and communications; and provide test and developer engineering support.
• Ensure work products are configuration managed, version controlled, and backed up.
• Analyze real-world problems and implement solutions according to 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 using 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 and 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.
• Communicate system-wide performance information using tools such as PowerPoint, Excel, Visio, Jira, and Confluence.
• Train others in DevOps and automation tasks and maintain and promote content in a corporate knowledge library.
• Work with developers to understand software changes affecting development and testing, examine relevant change implementations, and report changes to developers and testers while incorporating feedback for future improvements.
• Solve technical problems involving integrated software and hardware platforms.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Wellness program
• 401(k) matching
• Short- 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree