DevOps Engineer - TS/SCI - St. Louis, MO

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$140K — $165K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in DevOps emphasizing OpenShift or similar platforms
  • Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or a related field, preferred
  • Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Security+ Certification required
  • Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
  • Familiar with GitOps workflows for automated deployments
  • Knowledge of Linux system administration, particularly in container environments

Responsibilities

  • Troubleshoot and resolve system and operational incidents
  • Analyze system performance and implement corrective measures
  • Collaborate with teams to integrate and deploy applications in OpenShift
  • Manage and automate OpenShift environments for application scalability
  • Monitor system health and ensure the high availability of the platform
  • Develop documentation for system configurations and processes
  • Participate in after-hours support for operational issues

Benefits

  • 100% individual coverage for health and dental insurance paid by the company
  • 401k with company match and immediate vesting
  • Paid vacation and 9 paid holidays plus 2 floating holidays
  • Parental leave
  • Professional development reimbursement and tuition assistance programs
  • Employee bonuses
Full Job Description
Location: Onsite - St. Louis, MO

As an Onsite DevOps Engineer, you will work with an O&M and Development teams to securely maintain and deploy updates to the existing web-based knowledge repository that is built upon AWS Cloud and OpenShift technologies to all client domains. You are comfortable working side by side with other engineers, product managers, designers, and clients, making decisions together to quickly deliver valuable working software to clients and their users. You have a passion to maintain secure high-quality, reliable, and available software solutions and are a fast learner.

Program:

The project you will be working on uses advanced web-based technology to provide Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) and related GEOINT services and tools to our client's internal and external customers. The project team will provide support for engineering, technical assessment, development, and other required activities that leverage COTS, GOTS, open source, and other technology needed to advance mission-related efforts.

Requirements...
  • Troubleshoot and resolve system/operational incidents
  • Perform root cause analysis for operational incidents
  • Analyze system performance and take corrective actions as needed
  • Assist Tier 2 with resolving complex system and end user problems
  • Manage, configure, and automate OpenShift environments to support scalable application development and deployment.
  • Network and coordinate with other mission partners, applications, and other external entities in troubleshooting incidents and integration problems
  • Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Self-starter with an ability to work in a team environment and independently
  • Strong problem solving and decision-making skills
  • Collaborate with development teams to integrate and deploy applications within the OpenShift environment.
  • Implement and maintain continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
  • Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues and ensure high availability of the OpenShift platform.
  • Optimize and scale OpenShift clusters to enhance performance and efficiency.
  • Develop and maintain documentation related to system configurations and processes.
  • System Security Coordination
  • Monitoring system health, report and resolving hardware and software issues
  • Will require occasional after hours and/or weekend work to support operational issue resolution and maintenance windows
  • Other duties as assigned.
  • Knowledge of application deployment and data migration on AWS and OpenShift
  • Ability to design and operate high availability applications across availability zones and availability regions
  • Comprehension of computer technology and ability to quickly learn related concepts and new software products.
  • Security+ Certification

Desired Skills:
  • Experience with Service+
  • OpenShift certification or similar certification
  • Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud.
  • Experience configuring and deploying containerized applications on OpenShift using Kubernetes best practices.
  • Familiar with implementing GitOps workflows for automated, declarative deployments.
  • Strong working knowledge of Linux system administration in support of containerized environments.
  • Knowledge of monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana or ELK stack.
  • Deep understanding of Agile, DevOps and continuous improvement methodologies.
  • Good oral and written communications skills with experience in delivering to a Government customer
  • Experience serving in an • on-call• role supporting emergency response to application or system issues on occasion

Years of Experience: 3-5 years• experience in DevOps, with a focus on OpenShift or another container orchestration platform.

Education: • Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or related technical degree preferred

Location: Onsite in Springfield, VA or St. Louis, MO

Clearance: Must have TS/SCI and be willing to submit to a government CI polygraph

Salary: $140,000 - $165,000

Our organization offers a comprehensive employee benefits package, continuous professional development, with a best in class company culture that is enjoyable to work in and supports the growth of each of our professionals.

Our benefits include:
  • Health & Dental Insurance with 100% of individual coverage paid for by the company
  • Vision Insurance
  • Life & Short Term Disability Insurance
  • 401k with company match (employees are immediately vested)
  • Paid Vacation
  • 9 Paid Holidays per year (plus 2 paid floating holidays)
  • Parental Leave
  • Employee Bonuses
  • Professional Development Reimbursement Program
  • Tuition Assistance Program


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