Systems Engineer 3 (Hybrid) - DevOps

Captivation Software • Annapolis Junction, MD

5d • $130,000 - $270,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Captivation Software is looking for a senior level systems engineer that will be part of a team that designs, implements, and maintains DevOps resources for multiple product teams and enables teams to automate build and deployment where possible.

Requirements

• Must currently hold a Top Secret/SCI U.S. Government security clearance with a favorable Polygraph, therefore all candidates must be a U.S. citizen
• Twenty (20) years-experience as a SE in programs and contracts of similar scope, type and complexity is required
• Demonstrated experience in planning and leading Systems Engineering efforts is required.
• Bachelor’s degree in System Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering Science, Engineering Management, or related discipline from an accredited college or university is required
• Five (5) years of additional SE experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.

Nice To Haves

• Develop and manage Gitlab CI/CD pipelines to automate deployment processes
• Design, build, and maintain AWS infrastructure including but not limited to EC2, Lambdas, EKS, RDS, S3, EFS, EBS, using Terraform and auto scaling
• Collaborate with development teams to optimize application performance and reliability
• Troubleshoot infrastructure issues and ensure system uptime
• Kubernetes experience with a focus on EKS
• Familiarity with FOSS tools such as Elasticsearch, Prometheus/Grafana, PGAdmin, etc. that can be installed in Kubernetes via helm chart
• Familiarity with various Kubernetes storage class types such as GP3. Longhorn, EBS, etc.

Responsibilities

• Developing Infrastructure As Code and scripting to automate tasks, provision managed services, and build tools. Popular programming languages for DevOps engineers include Terraform, Ansible, and Python
• Install, configure, and provide performance tuning utilizing: Kubernetes and cloud native logging and metrics collection tools (i.e. Elasticsearch, Grafana/Prometheus)
• Managing Gitlab CI/CD pipelines to automate building, testing, and deploying code utilizing GitLab runners and Argo CD
• Managing commercial cloud computing platforms (AWS)
• Communication and collaboration: DevOps is a team-oriented discipline. Engineers need to be able to communicate and collaborate effectively with other team members, as well as with stakeholders

Benefits

• Annual Salary: $130,000 - $270,000 (Depends on the Years of Experience)
• Up to 20% 401k contribution (No Matching Required and Vested from Day 1)
• Above Market Hourly Rates
• $3,600 HSA Contribution
• 6 Weeks Paid Time Off
• Company Paid Employee Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance/Life Insurance/Short-Term & Long-Term Disability/AD&D

What This Job Offers

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