Sr. DevOps Engineer

Peraton • Herndon, VA

2d • $135,000 - $216,000

About The Position

The Sr. DevOps Engineer develops and maintains CI/CD build and deployment pipelines, integrates DevOps tools, and troubleshoots issues across on-premises, OpenShift, and AWS environments. The role supports development teams bringing new microservices into the pipeline, automates installations of commercial off-the-shelf products, and helps monitor services and resolve deployment and integration problems. The engineer also documents key features for developers and creates or maintains scripts that improve processes such as build staging, branch tagging, and network variance correction.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain a polygraph.
• DoD IAT Level II certification, such as Security+ CE or CISSP.
• Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of relevant experience, or a master’s degree and 6 years of relevant experience; an additional 4 years of relevant experience may be considered in lieu of the degree requirement.
• Experience with Linux environments.
• Experience with scripting languages such as Bash and Python.
• Basic understanding of an object-oriented programming language such as Java.
• Experience with OpenShift or a similar container environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop CI/CD build and deployment pipelines.
• Write and modify Jenkins-based Groovy scripts.
• Write and update Terraform scripts.
• Troubleshoot pipeline issues across on-premises, OpenShift, and AWS environments.
• Document key features for developer use.
• Write and maintain scripts to improve processes, including build staging and unstaging, branch-tag automation, and automating variance corrections across networks.
• Work with Helm charts to deploy container-based microservices.
• Integrate tools into the DevOps pipeline.
• Work with development teams to bring new microservices into the pipeline and help troubleshoot related issues.
• Automate installations of commercial off-the-shelf products into the architecture.
• Debug integration issues.
• Identify deployment issues, including potential intermittent connectivity problems between an API server and a database.
• Monitor services and help develop scripts to ensure they are functioning properly.
• Help integrate DevOps tools such as SonarQube, Fortify, Jenkins, Robot Framework/Selenium, and Artifactory.

Benefits

• Employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus, depending on the position.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior