DevOps Engineer

Soft Tech Consulting•Washington, DC

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Soft Tech Consulting is seeking a highly motivated, self-directed individual to fill the role of a DevOps Engineer for one of our government clients. The designated candidate for this position will join a collaborative team environment, providing support and expertise necessary toward the successful delivery of the project deliverables, and provide effective communication to all levels of staff for reporting status/progress.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree.
Strong knowledge of containers and container orchestration (e.g. Kubernetes)
Strong Kubernetes experience (Required)
Experience with AWS.
Minimum 2+ YOE in a DevOps or SysAdmin Role and a desire to grow in the field.
Experience with automation tools like Ansible, Chef, Puppet or Systems Manager.
Experience with Linux Administration and Shell Scripting or Windows Administration and PowerShell.
Experience with CI/CD Pipeline tools such as GitLab, Github, Jenkins
Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as CloudFormation and Terraform
Experience with Kubernetes (Advanced).
Experience with AWS Administration (Advanced).
Experience with Linux (Intermediate).
Experience with Microsoft Windows Server Administration (Intermediate).
Must be able to communicate effectively, both verbal and written.
Must be able to work independently, with minimal oversight.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with the Agile Software Development Methodology (Preferred).

Responsibilities

Manage Kubernetes Application deployments (strong Kubernetes experience is required)
Develop Deployment Pipelines to update containers, deploy infrastructure, and launch applications
Automate Linux and Windows Server Administration tasks
Help Maintain AWS Environments
Maintain security standards for multiple Environments including Linux and Windows Servers