Cloud DevOps Engineer (Hybrid) - TS/SCI Required

Phoenix Operations Group

• $120K — $170K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2+ years in a DevOps or CI/CD environment
  • 2+ years scripting, preferred languages Python, Java, or BASH
  • 1+ years in Linux environments (e.g., Red Hat, CentOS)
  • 1+ years supporting AWS services (S3, SQS, EC2, IAM)
  • Experience with automation tools like Puppet, Ansible, Jenkins, or GitLab Pipelines
  • Ability to work independently in dynamic settings
  • Strong team player with effective communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Oversee builds, deployments, packaging, integration, and releases
  • Evaluate monitoring and performance of the environment
  • Provide standards for Infrastructure as Code
  • Streamline automated processes for builds and deployments
  • Participate in technology and architecture discussions
  • Develop architecture and automation templates for infrastructure management
  • Provide level-2 support for production environments

Benefits

  • 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums
  • 100% company-paid short-term and long-term disability and life insurance
  • Automatic 10% company contribution to 401k
  • 4 weeks of PTO per year
  • 11 paid holidays
  • Paid time off for birthdays
  • Referral bonuses both upfront and annually recurring
  • Bonuses for contributions to open source projects
  • Financial support for professional development and certifications
Full Job Description
TS/SCI Clearance Required
General Duties:
Leverage AWS and CI/CD technologies to streamline and maintain a DevSecOps pipeline for mission critical-software applications. Since most of the work is conducted remotely (from home), this highly motivated engineering team uses Agile (Scrum) processes and online collaboration tools to coordinate activities. The objective is to fully automate the software processes that build, test, harden, package, and deploy applications across multiple cloud platforms (AWS GovCloud, SC2S, C2S). The result is an enterprise-wide DevOps pipeline that delivers mission functionality to operational environments. This hybrid, highly motivated engineering team uses Agile (Scrum) processes and online collaboration tools to coordinate activities. Work will include researching new technologies, implementing new solutions, and providing recommendations to reduce program risk / cost. The specific technologies and activities are described below but heavy emphasis will be placed on Infrastructure-as-Code (Ansible, Terraform), AWS platforms and services, and CI/CD technologies (GitLab, Jenkins).
Recurring responsibilities include:
  • Overseeing builds, deployments, packaging, integration, automation and releases
  • Continuously evaluating the Monitoring and Performance of the environment
  • Providing standards and practices around Infrastructure as Code
  • Ensuring automated processes for builds and deployments are streamlined
  • Participating in technology, architecture, and design discussions
  • Developing the architecture and automation templates for infrastructure provisioning, and configuration / change management
  • Building and optimizing an architecture for supporting production applications
  • Level-2 support for a production environment

Required Experience:
  • 2+ years working within a DevOps or CI/CD environment
  • 2+ years scripting (preferred languages Python, Java, or BASH)
  • 1+ years working within Linux (e.g., Red Hat, CentOS) environments
  • 1+ years supporting AWS environments and native services (S3, SQS, EC2, IAM)
  • Experience with automation technologies such as Puppet, Ansible, Chef, Jenkins or Gitlab Pipelines
  • Must possess ability to work independently in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
  • Must be a team player who understands the importance of teamwork, collaboration, and open communication, including a willingness to occasionally work in a pair-programming environment
  • Must possess strong analytical and technical documentation skills
  • Must possess ability to effectively present information and respond to questions
  • Must have hands-on experience with design and development best practices

Desired Skills:
  • Experience working with containers (i.e. Docker) and orchestration (i.e. Kubernetes)
  • Familiarity with the DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF)
  • Familiarity with industry standard commodity hardware for information systems (servers, storage, network devices)
  • Familiarity with industry standard software products (operating systems, hypervisors, databases, and web servers)

Education/Experience Level:
  • Bachelor's Degree in computer science, related field, or equivalent work experience
  • Certifications Required: None, but AWS certifications are highly desirable
  • Must have an active security clearance (TS/SCI) for this position

Clearance:
  • TS/SCI security clearance and willingness to pursue a Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph

Benefits Offered:

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance - 100% Company Paid Premiums

STD, LTD, and Life Insurance - 100% Company paid

401K - Automatic 10% company contribution; no matching required

PTO - 4 weeks/year

Holidays - 11 paid/year

Birthdays off with pay

Referral Bonuses - Upfront AND Annually Recurring

Open Source Bonuses - Contribute to our Github projects

Professional Development - Paid training, Certifications, and Enrichment

Salary Description

$120,000 - $170,000

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