DevOps Engineer

Job Title: DevOps Engineer



Location: Ft. Meade, MD



Eligibility: Candidate must possess an active TS/SCI w/ FSP clearance



Job Description:



We are seeking an experienced TS/SCI (w/ full scope poly) cleared DevOps

Engineer that has exceptional experience in Python and AWS to support a

large R&D program that is focused on providing advanced intelligence

capabilities for the benefit of the DoD and IC communities. The right

candidate will have deep hands-on expertise with microservices /

container architectures (e.g. Docker, OpenShift, Kubernetes), and should

have experience with configuration/management tools such as Gitlab. You

will support a very high visibility project and be part of a mid-sized

team where you will work with application development teams across the

software development life cycle, creating solutions to complex problems

within a collaborative team environment.



Responsibilities:



- Designing and implementing AWS Cloud-based hosting solutions, as

well as Cloudbased backup and recovery, including failover zones.



- Executing AWS billing and accounting best practices to minimize

oversubscription of AWS cloud environment services



- Troubleshooting, triaging, and resolving issues for CI/CD pipeline

failures or slowness



- Developing tools and processes to drive DevOps or DevSecOps maturity

by automating builds, regression testing, monitoring, and pushing

releases across environments



- Performing automated testing, automated deployments (CI/CD

pipelines), and branching strategy and implementation.



Required Must Have Skills:



- Hands-on experience with microservices / container architectures

(e.g. Docker, OpenShift, Kubernetes) orchestration and automation



- Kubernetes skills required: ArgoCD, Helm, Prometheus



- Experience with configuration/management tools such as Gitlab



- Strong python scripting/programming skills



- Experience developing enterprise AWS cloud-native solutions



- Experience hosting applications on commercial cloud providers



- Experience with Jenkins, GitLab runners, GitHub actions, Terraform,

Terragrunt, and Pulumi



- TS/SCI clearance with a full scope polygraph



- Bachelor's degree in CS or Computer Engineering



Desired/Bonus Skills:  



- Experience managing and maintaining ElasticSearch and Kibana



- Grafana experience



- Golang experience



- Experience creating and improving continuous automation across

multiple technical stacks



- Experience creating and improving continuous deployment tools built

on Kubernetes



- Experience triaging and resolving issues related to both open-source

and commercial tools in public cloud environments



- Experience bringing other organizations on board with DevOps,

championing the adoption of DevOps processes, tools, and roles, and

working with other development teams to recast work



- Master's degree in CS, Computer Engineering, or a related field



- NGA or IC Domain Experience



Qualifications (education/experience substitutions are allowed):



- Mid-level candidates must have a B.A./B.S. and 4 years of experience



- Senior level candidates must have a B.A./B.S. and 10 years of

experience



- SME level candidates must have a M.A./M.S. and 18 years of

experience