The DevOps Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining DevOps processes and tools for the CI/CD efforts within the C2P Modernization program. They will play a supporting role in achieving the organization's goals by keeping operating systems up to date with the latest DISA STIGs, AWS EC2 instance administration, and developing automated pipelines for cloud and HWIL environments. This position will directly involve working with GovCloud AWS, Jenkins, Atlassian tool suite, GitLab, Coverity, Fortify, and Artifactory.
COREFUNCTIONS / JOB DUITES
Ability to perform the following independently, under minimum supervision:
Participate in designing and implementing scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure on project-specific cloud platforms under senior team guidance.
Set up and maintain software and network infrastructure environments that deploy physical and AWS EC2 virtual machines.
Support evaluation and implementation of hardware and network infrastructure changes, including deployment, integration, configuration, upgrades, and patching on physical and virtual systems using Jenkins.
Automate deployment processes for specific projects using Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) tools such as Jenkins with supervision.
Help automate manual processes related to the software development life cycle.
Assist in building and maintaining software build and test pipelines to support development and distribution of software artifacts.
Participate in implementing cloud development environments to support software development tools and continuous integration/continuous deployment pipelines.
Monitor system performance and resource utilization on AWS EC2 instances and report findings.
Learn and implement security guidelines such as Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) in cloud and HWIL systems with support from senior engineers.
Maintain build and test pipelines to support software development artifact distribution.
Collaborate with development teams to improve software delivery and deployment processes, taking directions from senior staff.
Support in testing and deploying changes to existing software under supervision.
Assist in defining tools needed for cloud-based data repositories and configuration management.
Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies by learning from peers and training to help improve DevOps practices.
SKILLS & ABILITIES
Possess a deep understanding of:
DevOps Methodologies
Agile Software Development
Operating systems (RHEL, Windows)
Programming or Scripting language (Bash, Python, Powershell, C++)
Version Control Tools (GIT)
CI/CD Tools (Jenkins, Artifactory)
Static Code Analysis tools (Coverity, Fortify)
Cloud Computing Concepts and Services (Amazon Web Services)
Atlassian Suite experience
Infrastructure as code, desired
Container Technologies, desired
Monitoring and logging stacks, desired
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
BS in STEM field Highly Recommended
CompTIA Security + Required
TYPICAL WORKING CONDITIONS
General office environment
Computer/Equipment lab
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
May be expected to lift up to 25 lbs
Frequent use of keyboard and typing
Frequent sitting and standing
WORK SCHEDULE
9/80
The ability to work non-standard work hours and schedules in support of project requirements.
PAY RANGE
$120,000.00 to $150,000.00 annually, DOE
U.S. Citizenship is Required
SECURITY CLEARANCE
Candidates must have an active clearance OR the ability to obtain a US Government security clearance and will be subject to a US security background investigation (i.e. favorable background investigation / credit score). Additional eligibility requirements for access to various levels of classified information may also be required. An active security clearance is highly desirable.
