Space Ground System Solutions, a Parsons company, has an immediate full-time opening for a Software DevOps Engineer in Alexandria, VA. The position will be responsible for software integration and development of the Virtual Mission Operations Center (VMOC) software. This position requires a motivated individual who seeks to work in a team environment where creative solutions are encouraged, and technical challenges are the norm.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES- Automate configuration, monitoring, and hardening of development and production systems in physical, virtual, containerized, and cloud environments
- Complete research on new technologies or methodologies for the purpose of implementing complex workflows
- Develop tooling that streamlines internal development, DevOps and QA experiences
- Assist in day-to-day system administration tasks to keep infrastructure running smoothly
- Communicate effectively with customers, management, and other developers to aid and provide guidance in designing new features as well as determining defect fixes
- Ability to work in an Agile environment
REQUIRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS- Active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance required
- Must be a U.S. citizen
- Bachelor's Degree in relevant field (i.e., Computer Science, Software Engineer, Information Technology) or equivalent combination of military service, professional IT/cybersecurity certification, and program management experience, plus 15 years of related experience
- Minimum of ten (10) years' professional software development experience
- Experience in Linux (Redhat preferred)
- Experience in Object Oriented Development (Java EE)
- Experience with relational databases (PostGreSQL)
- Experience with development of software application program interfaces (APIs)
- Experience with cloud software and containerized development (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Experience deploying and troubleshooting containerized applications to CNCF Kubernetes platforms such as Kubernetes, Rancher, RKE, OKD/OpenShift, AKS, EKS, or GKE
- Experience using Helm package manager and working with Helm charts
- Experience with modern CI/CD concepts and tools such as pipelines, GitOps, GitLab, Jenkins, ArgoCD, etc.
- Understanding of microservice applications
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills
- Problem solving capabilities to diagnose and troubleshoot problems
PREFERRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS- Experience with Spring/Springboot application development
- Experience with Java EE application development
- Experience defining and deploying Kubernetes primitives (pods, services, deployments)
- Use of Atlassian Collaboration Tools (JIRA, Confluence, Gitlab)
- Web security technologies and best practices.
- GUI/UI/UX development experience
SGSS believes in taking care of their employees by offering:
- ALL benefits fully funded, for your entire family
- this includes Medical/Dental/Vision/Group Life/STD/LTD - no employee premiums
- SGSS funded HSA (Health Savings Account) provided
- with SGSS funding the maximum amount allowed by the IRS
- Retirement Savings Plan (RSP/401k) with a 20% annual company contribution - no employee contribution required
Applicants selected for this position will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information or applicants who are eligible for security clearances.
