DevOps Engineer (TS/SCI)

Vantor•Herndon, VA

1d•$165,000 - $180,000•Onsite

About The Position

Vantor is seeking a DevOps Engineer with on-premises and cloud expertise to help manage a new infrastructure platform. The role supports an operations, software, and analytics team developing solutions for intelligence analysts across a national security user base. The position requires an active U.S. Government TS/SCI security clearance and U.S. citizenship. Applicants must already hold the required clearance to be considered; a CI polygraph is required or must be obtained. The role is based in Herndon, Virginia, and requires working in a SCIF environment 90% of the time or as needed.

Requirements

U.S. citizenship and an active TS/SCI clearance with CI poly, or willingness to obtain a CI poly. The posting separately states that applicants without the required active clearance are not eligible for consideration.
Bachelor’s degree and at least 5 years of experience in a technical support role; additional years of experience may substitute for a degree.
Demonstrated technical experience with DevOps and strong Linux experience.
Experience deploying and maintaining open-source and custom applications.
Ability to work effectively with geographically distributed operations and development teams.
Effective written and oral communication with customers and team members.
Willingness to work 90% of the time or as needed in a SCIF environment in Herndon, Virginia.

Nice To Haves

Experience with hardware and software sustainment on IC and DoD networks.
Experience with distributed processing methods and tools, such as REST APIs, microservices, and IaaS/PaaS services.
Experience developing and deploying web services.
Experience working with open-source resources in a government computing environment.
Familiarity with hybrid cloud/on-premises architecture, AWS, and C2S.
Familiarity with data visualization, data management, data integration, user interfaces, and databases.

Responsibilities

Use Kubernetes to configure, monitor, and maintain a private cloud environment.
Create and maintain automated, repeatable environment creation and configuration scripts using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform and Helm.
Create and maintain automated DevOps pipelines using open-source tools including ArgoCD, GitLab, SonarQube, ArgoWorkflows, MLFlow, and Ray.
Monitor, predict, update, and resolve issues across the stack, from bare-metal operating systems to deployed applications.
Oversee and manage compliance with ATO accreditation requirements through tuning, patching, or documentation.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to determine requirements and execute customer-defined system integration requirements.