Senior DevOps Administrator (supporting NASA)

ASRC Federal•Edwards, CA

2d•$101,656 - $137,236•Onsite

About The Position

ASRC Federal is seeking a Senior DevOps Administrator to support operations of the application and platform of a NASA-developed test data analysis and repository system. This role is located at NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base, near Palmdale/Lancaster, CA. As a part of this team, you will be required to work a 9/80 schedule with typical hours of 7:30am-5:00pm.

Requirements

Requires Bachelor’s degree (in Computer Science or related field) or equivalent years of experience
4 - 6 years of related software development/administration experience (minimum 2 years software development)
Active Security clearance, or ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Secret clearance
Development experience with an object-oriented language, Java and/or C++
Familiarity with software engineering best practices (including object-oriented analysis & design, service-oriented architectures (SOA), SOLID principles, design patterns, etc.)
Experience with requirements development, source control management, configuration management, bug tracking and other development tools.
Experience managing application security, to include encryption protocols, LDAP or Kerberos authentication, certificates, and OS/Application hardening
Ability to prioritize tasks to deliver project milestones and meet project deadlines
Strong communication/written skills and ability to communicate and collaborate with a diverse team of researchers and software developers.

Nice To Haves

Strong understanding of DevOps and familiarity with DevOps tools such as Bamboo, Jenkins, Puppet, etc.
General knowledge of: Redhat Linux operating systems and software development.
Formal software development standards and processes (primarily Agile) – version control processes / container management software
Javascript & JQuery
Visual studio, Netbeans, or Eclipse
Atlassian tools (Jira, Bamboo, Bitbucket, Crucible, Fisheye)
XML
Web Services / Apache / Springboot
HDF5 file format
MongoDB
Cloud hosting and development (AWS, Azure, etc)

Responsibilities

Provide Software Development and long-term Software O&M/Sustaining Support for the ARMD Test Data Portal (ATDP), including daily system health checks, capacity monitoring, user and permission management, storage management, and assistance with new feature development.
Recommend and implement authorized technical approaches for data management and integration solutions, such as seamless integration between systems, better performance/efficiency, security of intellectual property aspects, and technical innovations.
Provide problem resolution support for NASA users.
Manage software updates and security configurations for 3rd party platforms and tools.
Track and update service tickets for user issues and internal system management tasks.
Mentor and train junior members of the team