Mid-Level DevOps Engineer

GliaCell Technologies•Columbia, MD

1d•$115,000 - $190,000

About The Position

GliaCell is seeking a Mid-Level DevOps Engineer on one of our subcontracts. This is a full-time position offering the opportunity to support a U.S. Government customer. The mission is to provide technical expertise that assists in sustaining critical mission-related software and systems to a large government contract.

Requirements

Possess an active or rein-statable TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance.
U.S. Citizenship.
Bachelor's degree in a related technical discipline from an accredited college or university is required.
10+ years of related experience.
Works well independently as well as on a team.
Strong communication skills.
Must be fluent with Git
Strong knowledge of Linux and Linux environments (RHEL 617/8, RHCSNRHCE CentOS)
Experience with Windows system administration, system monitoring, instrumentation, resiliency and performance.
Experience integrating Jenkins/Bamboo Docker, and Kubernetes for automated deployment preferred
Experience with caching technologies (Memcache, Active MQ, Redis, APC, etc.)
Experience with MySQL (Clusters, Replication, and Tuning) and Elasticsearch (Kibana a plus). Knowledge of security practices, networking protocols, firewalls, PCI compliance etc.
10+ years of system architecture required with a demonstrated ability to read the code and understand the coding logic to assist in troubleshooting
10+ years' experience managing/monitoring AWS cloud and virtualized servers for optimal performance while working in a Platform as a Service (PaaS) environment
Familiarity with software development life cycle models, agile, and DevOps programming methodologies.
Fluent skills in object oriented programming and experience in at least one programming language such as Ruby, C, C++, GO, Python, or Java.
Experience acquiring in-depth understanding of large complex software systems to isolate defects, reproduce defects, assess risk, and understand varied customer deployments.
Ability to successfully work with customers, developers, testing, project management, and support staff
Excellent problem solving, analytical skills and technical troubleshooting skills
Clarity and precision in verbal and written communicationsContainer Orchestration implementation such as Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, etc.

Responsibilities

Pure DevOps role performing network authentication, visualization, machine learning, some coding and more
Support the development life cycle of platform architectural design, deployment and debugging
Building a release pipeline to enable fast, but safe delivery of critical business software to Production
Develop & Maintain sound version control best practices-based CM systems (GIT), including branching and merging strategies
Serve as a technical lead for an Agile team and actively participate in all Agile ceremonies. Participate in all team ceremonies including planning, grooming, product demonstration and team retrospectives.
Ability to automate release deployments across development, test, stag in g, Quality Assurance and production stacks using a combination of scripting languages and other automation toolkit
Set-up up new sites and applications via configuration management such as Puppet and Ansible
Maintain / upgrade/ patch tracking and documentation software (Confluence / Jira)
Create, Assist, and Implement design and maintenance web service infrastructure and deployments
Analyze service stack and make recommendations for further improvements
Identify processes and capabilities that can be streamlined and automated
Communicate effectively to help bridge stakeholder and development requirements
Assist with support and operations where necessary
Maintain confidentiality with regard to information being processed, stored, or accessed
Leverage programming Languages such as Python, Ruby, Perl, and Java
Proficient with DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering methodologies.
Proficient automating network infrastructure configuration using Software Defined Networking
Ability to have a holistic view of service development and deployment architecture
Understanding of SLA requirements and role of high availability architectures, performance optimization, and monitoring techniques
Act in the capacity to support deployment and operations when necessary
Set up and configure a continuous integration environment by leveraging Configuration Management, containerization, serverless technologies, and Kubernetes.
Architect and develop best practices for software build tools (Gradle, Maven, ANT, Shell) and continuous integration tools (Jenkins, Bamboo), and infrastructure automation (Amazon Web Services, VMWare, Puppet, Chef, ansible, etc.)
Experience working cross functionally across multiple teams