Principal DevOps Engineer

Space Ground System Solutions

• $130K — $155K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance required
  • U.S. citizenship mandatory
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience
  • Minimum of 10 years in professional software development
  • Proficient in Linux (Redhat preferred)
  • Experience with Object Oriented Development (Java EE)
  • Familiarity with relational databases (PostGreSQL)
  • Skilled in cloud and containerized development (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Knowledge of CI/CD tools and concepts

Responsibilities

  • Automate configuration and monitoring of systems across various environments
  • Research new technologies to implement complex workflows
  • Develop tools to enhance internal development and QA processes
  • Assist with daily system administration tasks
  • Communicate effectively with stakeholders to design features and resolve defects
  • Work collaboratively in an Agile environment

Benefits

  • All benefits fully funded for the entire family, including Medical/Dental/Vision/Group Life/STD/LTD with no employee premiums
  • Fully funded Health Savings Account (HSA)
  • Retirement Savings Plan (RSP/401k) with a 20% annual company contribution, no employee contribution required
Full Job Description
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.

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