Senior DevOps Engineer

DPP•Englewood, CO

6d•Onsite

About The Position

DPP is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer for an opportunity with our client in the Aerospace and Defense industry. This is a W2 Contract role for 8 months, requiring US Citizenship and a current/active Secret security clearance. The position is onsite in Englewood, CO.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
8+ years of experience in DevOps or related role; Higher level relevant degrees may substitute for experience; Relevant experience can be considered as a substitute for the required educational qualifications; In the absence of a degree, a minimum of 12 years of related experience is required.
Active/current Secret security clearance.
Hands-on virtualization development experience, with extensive knowledge designing and deploying software products using RHEL KVM and the VMWare family of products.
Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes and/or Openshift and related container platform ecosystems.
Experience establishing virtualization and containerization environments in edge deployments or stand-alone compute systems.
Demonstrated implementation of microservices and containers.
Demonstrated experience with developer tools such as GitHub.
Strong understanding and experience of release engineering, CI and CD pipelines.
Proven track record of delivering high quality and consistent systems and environments for development teams.
Ability to rapidly work with minimal supervision on projects.
Ability to work in collaborative, fast-paced environment.
Excellent organizational, communication and interpersonal skills.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in a related field.
Experience in the Aerospace and Defense industry, including working in multiple security domains and on air-gapped systems.
VMWare Certified Professional – VMWare vSphere Foundation Administrator.
VMware Certified Professional - VMware vSphere Foundation Support.
Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA).
Red Hat Certified Specialist in Containers and Kubernetes
Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Virtualization.
Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD).
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA).
Advanced proficiency with Ansible, including developing and maintaining playbooks.
Experience coordinating release readiness activities.
Experience implementing and enforcing configuration control of development environments.
Experience generating process documentation and training engineers on environment configuration and deployment.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines that support multiple deployment approaches across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments.
Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management to ensure consistent, reliable environments throughout the delivery lifecycle.
Optimize and standardize deployment workflows, enabling repeatable release processes that accommodate variations in product and customer requirements.
Monitor, troubleshoot, and improve system performance and reliability, applying advanced diagnostic skills across distributed systems and complex integrations.
Collaborate with development, QA, and product teams to align deployment strategies with architectural goals, security requirements, and operational best practices.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives refining operational tooling and establishing best practice documentation for deployment and release operations.
Works as part of a larger software development team to rapidly provide operational capabilities to the field.
Communication with team members and stakeholders.
Design and manage complex infrastructure solutions, leveraging virtualization, containerization, and orchestration tools to support scalable and secure environments.
Mentor software and systems engineers and promote best practices in DevOps methodologies.
Collaborate with development, QA, security, and operations teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery of applications and services, fostering a culture of collaboration.