Role Description:- Under general direction, finds deficiencies with our product delivery lifecycle and architecture and implement industry best practices to improve them.
- Oversees and offers input over hiring of a small DevOps team to assist the operation and maintenance of our products.
- Inspects, patches, and upgrades our existing product(s) so that they can more reliably deliver to customer environments.
- Maintains development, testing, and production environments.
- Manages continuous integration and delivery pipelines to maximize efficiency.
- Implements industry best practices for system hardening and configuration management.
- Develops and maintains solutions for operational administration, system/data backup, disaster recovery, and security/performance monitoring.
- Tests system integrity, implemented designs, application developments and other processes related to infrastructure, making improvements as needed.
- Manages code deployments, fixes, updates and related processes.
- Works with CI/CD tools, and source control (git)
- Offers technical support where needed, developing software for our back-end systems.
- Stays current with industry trends and source new ways for our business to improve.
Required Skills and Qualifications:- To be eligible for this position you must hold an active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
- Experience with deployment technologies, such as Kubernetes (K8s) for container orchestration.
- Experience with metrics monitoring and dashboards (Grafana).
- Understanding of user access practices and security controls within a system.
- Understanding of system administration in various OS environments.
- Strong knowledge of configuration management tools.
- Strong communication and documentation skills.
- Understanding of software development lifecycle best practices.
- Must be able to work both independently and in a team environment.
- Able to work on-call hours as required.
Desired Skills and Qualifications:- Understanding of AWS services and cloud management.
- Experience maintaining existing production kubernetes installations.
- Experience with kubernetes configuration management systems such as helm and GitOps.
- Continuous integration processes and tools such as GitLab CI.
- Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and collaboration tools.
- System monitoring and analysis.
- Familiarity with Intelligence Community and DoD mission sets.
- CompTIA Security+ certification or willingness to get certified.
Pay Rate:In compliance with Virginia's Equal Pay for Equal Work law, the annual base salary range for this position is $100,000 - $275,000. This range represents the base pay for this role and is provided in accordance with Maryland's requirements to disclose compensation in job postings. Please note that actual compensation may vary based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the role, the candidate's qualifications, experience, education, skills, internal equity, and market conditions. In addition to base salary, candidates hired into this position may be eligible for a hiring bonus of $10,000.00, subject to applicable contingencies and Navstar policy.
Benefits at Navstar- Highly Competitive Health Care Premiums, including 100% employer paid for employee
- Flexible Spending Accounts for Medical and Dependent Care
- Generous PTO and Federal Holiday Paid Leave
- Employer Paid STD/LTD
- Employer Paid Life Insurance
- 401K plan and Employer Match
- Referral and Opportunity Referral Programs
- Professional Development Assistance
