Senior DevOps Engineer

Saalex•Lexington Park, MD

24d•$135,000 - $165,000•Remote

About The Position

Spalding, a Saalex Company is seeking a DevOps Engineer, SR in Patuxent River, MD . Spalding, a Saalex Company is a professional services company delivering cutting-edge solutions to the Department of Defense since 2001. Our expert-level solutions include software development, information technology, program management, financial management and business intelligence services. Spalding, a Saalex Company offers competitive compensation, career development, flexible work schedules and excellent benefits. Summary: Seeking a senior-level DevOps Engineer with strong developer experience supporting containerized applications. Ideal candidate will identify, prove out, test, and implement pipeline process improvements - including utilizing new or existing GitLab or third-party tools or features; exhibit excellent customer service skills to educate customers on pipeline functionality and troubleshoot pipeline issues; be able to interact with all levels of organizational personnel, from training and mentoring teammates to developing and presenting briefs to leadership.

Requirements

CI/CD implementation experience required.
Design/development of DevOps pipelines experience required.
Proficient communication and documentation skills with experience preparing technical guidance, how-to instructions, test plans, demos, and/or presenting training to internal and external stakeholders required.
CompTIA Security+ certification required ; if the candidate does not currently have their certification, they must be willing to obtain within 90 days of onboarding.
Ability to work independently in a fast-paced technical environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience with specific CI/CD related tools such as GitLab Ultimate, Nexus, DORA metrics, and Prisma Cloud (formerly Twistlock) preferred.
Experience with OpenShift, Nexus, Amazon ECS is a plus.
Active TS/SSBI clearance desired or active Secret clearance with the ability to obtain TS/SSBI.

Responsibilities

Develop DevOps functionality for CI/CD pipeline solutions
Improve and maintain GitLab pipeline configurations.
Understand/interpret Cyber Security guidelines to resolve code vulnerabilities.
Maintain, monitor, and proactively research/pilot solutions to optimize and improve the parent scan pipeline
Provide recommendations for technology advancement to streamline CI/CD tools and processes.
Assist with GitLab upgrades as received from the vendor (i.e. bi-weekly, monthly, etc.; requires evening support)
Configure customer projects/access to pipeline, including configuring git on customer assets and credentials in customer repositories.
Onboard new applications/customers to the CI/CD environment, working closely with application developers to provide training/technical guidance/troubleshooting assistance.
Craft/help customers craft gitlab-ci.yaml files to orchestrate their child pipelines or test projects
Create, maintain, update, and monitor health checks.
Research, perform analysis of alternatives, recommend technical solutions, and architect new CI/CD environments and pipelines, such as Cloud migration or supporting classified systems.
Provide demos/overviews/briefs/newsletters regarding the pipeline and/or associated tools to customers and/or leadership of various levels.
Update and maintain documentation.
Provide mentorship to junior teammates.
Other duties as assigned or required.