SCI) (Fort Gordon, GA)

SMX•Augusta, GA

8d•$160,000 - $190,000•Onsite

About The Position

SMX is seeking a Senior CI/CD System Administrator to take ownership of our DevOps pipeline by designing, defending, and implementing the entire enterprise Kubernetes infrastructure from the ground up. You will architect and manage multi-environment clusters from development to production, leveraging your expertise to configure and secure deployments for both GitLab and Jenkins CI/CD pipelines. In this leadership role, you will champion modern practices using Configuration as Code while mentoring and guiding a dedicated team of engineers. This is a full-time on site position in Ft. Gordon, GA.

Requirements

TS/SCI clearance
BS/BA in a STEM field; HS and 13 years of experience; Associates and 11 years of experience; A candidate holding a relevant Master’s degree may be granted 2 years’ experience credit for that extra education. A candidate holding a relevant PhD degree may be granted 4 years’ experience credit for that extra education.
DoD 8570.01-m IAT Level II.
5 years of position-relevant work experience.
Experience with AWS and/or Azure services to support native cloud support of DevOps tools Operational Support and DevOps technologies.
Experience building CI/CD pipeline configurations to orchestrate provisioning and deployment of both large- and small-scale systems.
Experience with one or more of the following scripting languages: Shell, Python, JavaScript, Typescript and PowerShell.
Experience with Linux environments.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Ansible or other comparable products.
Experience working in an Agile development environment.
Experience with software development using Java or RESTful services.

Responsibilities

Performs Kubernetes system administration in a DevOps Continuous Integration/Continuous Development (CI/CD) environment.
Designs the architecture for an enterprise Kubernetes infrastructure to support a CI/CD pipeline for GitLab CI/CD and Jenkins CI/CD.
Defends the proposed architectural design in front of the DevSecOps Review Board (security, networking, infrastructure, development, operations) and performs end-to-end implementation of the Kubernetes architecture-installation, configuration, hardening, and networking.
Designs and implements clusters, cluster segmentation, and internal/external networking for four CI/CD deployment environments: Development, Test, Staging, and Production.
Configures CI/CD deployments with ConfigMaps, Secrets, and Security Contexts.
Performs Ingress TLS Termination.
Uses Configuration as Code with tools such as Ansible, Puppet, and Chef.
Supervises, and mentors subordinate project and technical staff.
Develop and integrate highly complex DevOps pipelines, including build automation, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, security, monitoring, logging, and alerting.
Experience in provisioning, installing, configuring, operating, and maintaining version control systems (Git), build tools, and continuous integration tools (CloudBees, Jenkins).
Proficient with application build and release processes and DevOps.