Principal DevOps Engineer

Space Ground System Solutions • Alexandria, VA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Space Ground System Solutions, a Parsons company, has an immediate full-time opening for a Software DevOps Engineer in Alexandria, VA. The position will be responsible for software integration and development of the Virtual Mission Operations Center (VMOC) software. This position requires a motivated individual who seeks to work in a team environment where creative solutions are encouraged, and technical challenges are the norm.

Requirements

• Active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance required
• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Bachelor's Degree in relevant field (i.e., Computer Science, Software Engineer, Information Technology) or equivalent combination of military service, professional IT/cybersecurity certification, and program management experience, plus 15 years of related experience
• Minimum of ten (10) years' professional software development experience
• Experience in Linux (Redhat preferred)
• Experience in Object Oriented Development (Java EE)
• Experience with relational databases (PostGreSQL)
• Experience with development of software application program interfaces (APIs)
• Experience with cloud software and containerized development (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience deploying and troubleshooting containerized applications to CNCF Kubernetes platforms such as Kubernetes, Rancher, RKE, OKD/OpenShift, AKS, EKS, or GKE
• Experience using Helm package manager and working with Helm charts
• Experience with modern CI/CD concepts and tools such as pipelines, GitOps, GitLab, Jenkins, ArgoCD, etc.
• Understanding of microservice applications
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Problem solving capabilities to diagnose and troubleshoot problems

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Spring/Springboot application development
• Experience with Java EE application development
• Experience defining and deploying Kubernetes primitives (pods, services, deployments)
• Use of Atlassian Collaboration Tools (JIRA, Confluence, Gitlab)
• Web security technologies and best practices.
• GUI/UI/UX development experience

Responsibilities

• Automate configuration, monitoring, and hardening of development and production systems in physical, virtual, containerized, and cloud environments
• Complete research on new technologies or methodologies for the purpose of implementing complex workflows
• Develop tooling that streamlines internal development, DevOps and QA experiences
• Assist in day-to-day system administration tasks to keep infrastructure running smoothly
• Communicate effectively with customers, management, and other developers to aid and provide guidance in designing new features as well as determining defect fixes
• Ability to work in an Agile environment

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Group Life/STD/LTD - no employee premiums
• SGSS funded HSA (Health Savings Account) provided with SGSS funding the maximum amount allowed by the IRS
• Retirement Savings Plan (RSP/401k) with a 20% annual company contribution - no employee contribution required

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal