Senior Advanced DevOps Engineer
About The Position
As a Senior Advanced DevOps Engineer, you will contribute to automation that instantiates and maintains container orchestration platforms. You will automatically configure and deploy infrastructure services, including identity and access management, network architecture, application security, logging, monitoring, and deployment capabilities. You will work with the team to plan major product updates and enhancements. The role supports critical internal and external platform consumers and successful implementation of the platform in the Cloud. Support includes architecture guidance, best practices, data migration, implementation, troubleshooting, and monitoring. The position is flex but requires at least 3–4 days per week of onsite support at the customer's facility in Boulder, Colorado. The position requires a Department of Defense Secret security clearance at hire. Selected applicants will undergo a U.S. Government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. U.S. citizenship is required due to the nature of the work.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering or a related Science, Engineering, Technology, or Mathematics field and 8+ years of job-related experience, or a master’s degree and 6+ years of job-related experience.
- Department of Defense Secret security clearance required at time of hire.
- U.S. citizenship is required.
- Familiarity or experience with public cloud environments (AWS, Azure), private cloud environments (RHOSP, VIO), or mixed cloud environments.
- Experience with container technologies such as Docker or Kubernetes.
- Experience deploying or using continuous integration and continuous deployment technologies such as GitLab, Jenkins, Puppet, or Chef.
- Experience supporting production-grade applications in virtualized environments using automation.
- Experience creating or using pipelines, Ansible Playbooks, and/or Terraform configurations to automate administrative actions from resource creation to service configuration.
- Effective communication and attention to detail.
- Strong understanding of the software development process and software engineering concepts, principles, and theories.
- Ability to apply new information quickly to solve challenging problems.
- Ability to work collaboratively as a team player.
- Commitment to ongoing professional development for yourself and others.
Nice To Haves
- Agile experience is preferred.
- Familiarity or experience working with AI/ML models.
- Experience with IT security practices, including encryption, certificates, key management, patch management, STIG, RMF, security hardening, and auditing.
- Experience installing IaaS technologies such as Amazon Web Services, OpenStack, RHOSP, or VIO.
- Experience managing cloud resources in Amazon Web Services and/or Azure.
- Experience with PaaS technologies such as Kubernetes, Rancher, or OpenShift.
- Experience with cloud automation tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Terragrunt, or Packer.
- Experience with open-source server, messaging, load balancing, and database software such as RabbitMQ, Redis, or Elasticsearch.
- Experience with scalable networking technologies such as NGINX load balancers, firewalls, and web standards including REST APIs and web security mechanisms.
- Creative thinking and the ability to thrive in collaborative environments.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to automation that instantiates and maintains container orchestration platforms.
- Automatically configure and deploy infrastructure services, including identity and access management, network architecture, application security, logging, monitoring, and deployment.
- Work with the team to plan major product updates and enhancements.
- Support platform consumers and implementation of the platform in the Cloud through architecture guidance, best practices, data migration, implementation, troubleshooting, and monitoring.
- Identify opportunities to apply AI for continuous improvement and innovation.
Benefits
- Sign-on bonus available.
- Relocation benefits offered for this position.
- Flexible schedules, including an optional 9/80 schedule with every other Friday off.
- 401(k) matching.
- Flex time off.
- Paid parental leave.
- Healthcare benefits.
- Health and wellness programs.
- Employee resource and social groups.
- Opportunities for continuous learning and development.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
