Senior DevOps Engineer (TS/SCI Clearance required)

NorthHill Technology

$120K — $150K *
Technical Services
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Active TS/SCI Clearance required; CI Polygraph sponsorship available within first year.
  • 8+ years of relevant experience in DevOps and cloud operations.
  • Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker, and OpenShift.
  • Solid understanding of CI/CD tools like GitLab, and experience in microservice architecture.
  • Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, and Shell.
  • Knowledge of network infrastructure, including firewalls and load balancers.

Responsibilities

  • Automate and enhance service deployments for optimized efficiency.
  • Architect and maintain on-prem and cloud infrastructures for operational support.
  • Manage and monitor system performance, including server load and resource utilization.
  • Integrate enterprise authentication services into existing systems.
  • Administer production, staging, and development environments effectively.
  • Ensure the application of security best practices in operations and development processes.
  • Participate in SAFe and Scrum teams, contributing to agile project management.

Benefits

  • On-site position at a Federal Integrator in Springfield, VA.
  • Direct-hire role, providing job security and career advancement opportunities.
  • Opportunity for professional development through sponsorship for additional security clearances.
Full Job Description
NorthHill Technology Resources has a need for a Senior DevOps Engineer to support a Federal Program in Springfield, VA.This is a direct-hire role with our client, a fast-growing Federal Integrator.An active TS/SCI Clearance is required, will sponsor for CI Polygraph within first year.

Senior DevOps Engineer
In this role, you'll join our Common Operations Release Environment (CORE) team, providing high-quality, cost-effective cloud solutions to our clients. Be part of a dynamic environment where your expertise in cloud operations will drive significant enhancements in the efficiency and effectiveness of our customers' operations. As a DevOps Engineer on our team, you will be responsible for distributed and managed services automating the installation, configuration and maintenance of platform services.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Automate and optimize service deployments
  • Integrate with enterprise authentication services
  • Establish and Improve system monitoring while maintaining established security protocols within development, test, and production systems.
  • Architect, build and maintain On-Prem and cloud infrastructure to support team and customer initiatives
  • Maintain and improve existing infrastructure (build out autoscaling, support new services, optimize for cost efficiencies/authentication/search, etc.)
  • Administer production, staging and development environments
  • Manage and aggregate server logs and monitor for security and system related incidents
  • Monitor and analyze system performance, such as server load and resource usage
  • Maintain and improve existing build and deployment processes using CI/CD tools
  • Apply configuration management disciplines to maintain software revisions, security patches, hardening, and documentation
  • Enforce best practices for security and reliability, and drive security initiatives, like access control and vulnerability testing
  • Work with A&A Teams to maintain security requirements for operation of systems
  • Maintain documentation of designs/configurations, ensuring team members have continuity of recurring tasks
  • Follow up on engineering tasks for operational solutions, and validate completion
  • Manage operational readiness board - present at weekly meetings and determine if development services are ready for automation based on best practices and maintainability
  • Track and ensure routine operations maintenance tasks are completed in a timely manner
  • Participant in SAFe and Scrum development teams and meetings
  • On-call support will be required
  • 8+ years of relevant experience

Required Skills:
  • Experience working with container images and platforms (Kubernetes/Docker/OpenShift)
  • Strong understanding of DevOps and software/application development processes
  • Understanding of GitLab or other DevOps/Continuous Integration tools
  • Understanding of microservice design and architectural pattern best practices
  • Understanding of Python, Bash, and Shell scripting
  • Knowledge of network technologies, common infrastructure components, load balancers, firewalls, virtual and physical infrastructure design
  • Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills
  • Must possess excellent time management skills and the drive to work unsupervised
  • Experience with deploying On-Prem infrastructure

Desired Skills:
  • Experience in building processes for deploying to a Kubernetes based environment using Gitlab and Helm
  • Understanding of access management and security groups (i.e. IAM, S3 bucket, SSH, VPN, etc.)
  • Ability to write and use unit and functional testing
  • Experience using Jira and Confluence

Location: On Customer Site

US Citizenship Required

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