DevOps Engineering Lead / Active Secret
About The Position
Peraton is hiring an experienced DevOps Engineering Lead for its U.S. Army Europe Regional Cyber Center (RCC-E) program. This is an on-site role in Wiesbaden, Germany. The lead will support enterprise applications and infrastructure across multiple teams, mentor engineers, architect CI/CD pipelines, automate infrastructure, support Microsoft Power Platform initiatives, and help deliver secure, scalable, mission-critical solutions. The role calls for expertise in Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Ansible, Python, Bash, infrastructure automation, cloud technologies, DevOps methodologies, and enterprise software development. Experience with Microsoft Power Platform and government cybersecurity environments is highly desirable. The position combines technical leadership with hands-on engineering across deployment automation, container platforms, infrastructure as code, observability, incident response, DevSecOps, application development, databases, cybersecurity compliance, and technical documentation. The successful candidate will collaborate with Agile software development teams and support formal configuration management and change control processes.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree and 6 years of related experience; an additional 4 years of experience may be substituted for the bachelor's degree requirement.
- Demonstrated experience leading DevOps engineering teams or technical initiatives.
- Demonstrated strong experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Ansible, CI/CD pipeline development, and Infrastructure as Code.
- Proficiency with Python, Bash, Perl, or similar scripting languages.
- Experience with Linux administration and enterprise DevOps environments.
- Strong troubleshooting, automation, and systems integration skills.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and leadership abilities.
- U.S. citizenship required.
- Active Secret security clearance required.
- Passion for automation and continuous improvement.
- Ability to solve complex enterprise engineering challenges.
- Collaborative mindset with cross-functional engineering teams.
- Commitment to delivering secure, reliable, and scalable mission-critical solutions.
Nice To Haves
- Microsoft Power Platform development experience.
- Azure and/or AWS cloud platform experience.
- Terraform experience.
- GitLab CI or GitHub Actions experience.
- Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK, or OpenTelemetry experience.
- Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) methodologies.
- DevSecOps implementation experience.
- Enterprise Python application development experience.
- RMF, STIGs, and DoD cybersecurity compliance experience.
- Experience supporting U.S. Government or DoD enterprise environments.
Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor DevOps engineers, providing technical leadership and guidance.
- Design, implement, and maintain enterprise CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, or similar technologies.
- Architect and manage Kubernetes container platforms and Docker environments.
- Implement Infrastructure as Code solutions using Ansible, Terraform, Azure, AWS, and Microsoft Power Platform technologies.
- Automate software deployment, configuration management, infrastructure provisioning, and operational processes.
- Establish observability solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK, OpenTelemetry, and related monitoring platforms.
- Lead incident response activities, root cause analysis, and operational improvements.
- Implement DevSecOps practices, including vulnerability management, image scanning, secret management, IAM, and automated compliance enforcement.
- Design, develop, and support Microsoft Power Platform solutions, including Canvas Apps and Model-Driven Apps.
- Support Agile software development teams by enhancing enterprise Python applications and automation solutions.
- Develop applications, APIs, automation tools, and scripts using Python, Java, JavaScript, TypeScript, C#, VB.NET, PowerShell, SQL, YAML, and Bash.
- Administer and maintain enterprise databases, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, Vertica, and Oracle.
- Support RMF compliance activities, including POA&Ms, STIG remediation, audit readiness, and security documentation.
- Develop and maintain architecture diagrams, SOPs, TTPs, runbooks, configuration documentation, and user guides.
- Participate in formal configuration management and change control processes.
Benefits
- Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
