Design, build, and operate secure platform infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines for a critical national program. Implement Kubernetes/RKE2 platforms, automate configuration with Terraform/Ansible/Chef, integrate Kafka and CI tools, troubleshoot Linux-based services, and enforce DevSecOps practices while providing operational support and documentation.
US Citizenship is required.
An active TS/SCI is required.
An active CI Polygraph is required.
Security+ or CISSP required.
$170k-$190k annual salary with 25% 401k company contribution, no match needed
As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will herald a transformative era in software engineering, one that underscores the integration of development and operations through a comprehensive Infrastructure platform. DevOps engineers, with their wide-ranging technical and problem-solving skills, are shaping the future of software development to efficiently deliver high-quality, secure software by providing automated services that enable SW engineers to focus on developing mission capabilities.
The role's core responsibility is for providing the design, development, implementation, and integration of a computer/network/storage infrastructure, as well as supporting modernizing the program platform’s over-arching design through new emerging technologies and the use of DevOps/DevSecOps tools and automation to streamline processes, enhance collaboration, and accelerate the release cycles, thereby driving efficiency and innovation. You will be on a team that is responsible for development and operational environments on a large program producing a critical, strategic national asset. This will include a mixture of hands-on keyboard engineering work as well as documentation and baseline control.
What You Will Do
- Support transitioning a system that is tightly coupled to the underlying infrastructure
- Assist with architecture, design, development, integration, and support of build, integration & test, and deployment pipelines
- Leverage company and industry best practices and capabilities to improve scalability, consistency, and infrastructure efficiency, reduce deployment time, and automate configuration management
- Collaborate with software engineers, data scientists, and other agile development teams to design and implement robust platform solutions
- Integrate security and compliance into the platform with services such as encryption and access management
Provide operational support for the platform
Required Skills:
- Typically requires a BS/BA Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or Physics, and 8 years of related work experience
- Experience designing, implementing, and integrating platform infrastructure services using technologies such as Kubernetes and RKE2
- Experience with programming/scripting languages (e.g., Python, Java, Ruby, Bash, C++, C#, Go)
- Experience with Red Hat Linux
- Ingest services via Apache Kafka
- Experience deploying, configuring, and supporting CI/CD Pipeline tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Artifactory, Gitlab)
- Experience with troubleshooting applications & infrastructure services on Linux-based operating systems
- Experience with automation frameworks such as Terraform, Ansible, and Chef
- Experience developing, testing & delivering applications w/in a DevSecOps framework
- Background in COTS/FOSS product installation, configuration, and integration
- An active and Current TS/SCI / CI Poly
- U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance
Desired Skills:
- Experience with Java
- Experience with Proxmox
- AWS Experience
Overview of Benefits:
- $170k-$190k annual salary
- Company Funded 401(k) - 25% of base pay deposited every pay period - Vested day one of employment
- All Health Care Benefits and Premiums are paid by the company, and with the company's HSA contribution
- Annual Bonuses
- 250 hours of PTO, with up to 40 hours available to carry over
- Biannual Company-Sponsored Events for the employees and their families
- Education Benefits: Tuition Reimbursement, Certificates, and reimbursement for skilled courses
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