Lead the design and implementation of cloud-based IT infrastructures, ensuring compliance with security policies while guiding DevSecOps teams on enterprise application deployment.
NextGen Federal Systems is seeking a Senior DevSecOps Engineer to lead the design, development, and implementation of cloud-based IT infrastructures in support of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure that all work performed by the team complies with technical, security and IT policy guidelines.
- Lead DevSecOps teams in successful performance of the required tasks, applying strong understanding and experience that spans relevant technologies.
- Provideexpertise in large-scale, high-performance enterprise application deployment and solution architecture on complex heterogeneous environments in AWS.
- Lead the requirements, design, development, testing, implementation, and documentation of enhancements.
- Evaluate technical trends and provide recommendations for technology and architecture to meet business objectives.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree (equivalent additional years of related experience may be substituted for degree).
- Ten (10) or more years of experience in the IT field focusing on development projects, DevSecOps, and technical architecture.
- Three (3) or more years in architecture and design of enterprise applications in cloud platforms, preferably in AWS.
- A strong understanding and work experience in DevSecOps, including but not limited to Java, CICD Jenkins, infrastructure and code automation, Kubernetes, alerting and monitoring tools, application and infrastructure-application logging, security tools, GitHub, code quality tools, secrets management, AWS services suite, etc., Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) framework, Infrastructure, and UXD/IxD development methodologies.
- Infrastructure Maintenance Operations experience using the above tools highly desired.
About NextGen:
NextGen Federal Systems is an innovative technology and professional services provider specializing in advanced software solutions and comprehensive mission and business support services. We work in close collaboration with our customers to truly understand their business and mission goals. Our approach is to design, build, implement, and manage solutions that measurably improve our client’s organizational performance. We have established and foster a corporate culture where we:
•Treat employees with fairness and respect regardless of their position, sexual identity, race, or tenure.
•Communicate the importance of our mission and our employees’ contributions to it, ensuring they understand how their job role contributes to the greater good.
•Openly promote and communicate our ideas for change and adaptability.
•Strive to achieve results as an organization.
•Hold employees accountable to their commitments and provide incentives that encourage positive and productive behaviors.
•Value the talents and contributions of our employees as the key factor for our success.
•Create an environment where people can engage at all levels.
•Encourage people to take risks and allow them to make mistakes.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.
RefID: D01x
Top Skills
AWS
Ci/Cd
Code Quality Tools
Git
Java
Jenkins
Kubernetes
Monitoring Tools
Security Tools
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