DevOps Systems Engineer

Location: Herndon, VA

Experience level: Mid-senior

Experience required: 10 Years

Education level: Bachelor's degree

Job function: Information Technology

Industry: Information Technology and Services

Total position: 1

Relocation assistance: Yes

Visa sponsorship eligibility: No

Security Clearance: Active TS/SCI CI Poly is required at the time of hire.

DevOps Systems Engineer (All LCATs considered)

Candidate will develop CI/CD build and deploy pipelines; integrate tools into the pipeline and manage debugging integration issues. In addition, candidate will help integrate with various tools for the DevOps process.

Job Duties include:

Development of CI/CD Build and Deployment Pipelines

o Write/modify Jenkins-based groovy scripts

o Write/update CloudFormation scripts

o Troubleshoot pipeline issues across Jenkins and AWS Environments (Linux EC2, RDS, CloudFormation, Elasticsearch, etc )

o Document key features for developer use

o Help write and maintain scripts for process improvements (ex: stage/unstage builds, branch tag automation, automating variance corrections across networks)

Integrate tools into the pipeline

o Work with the development teams to bring in new microservices into the pipeline. Helping troubleshoot as necessary.

o Work through steps to automate installations of COTS products into the architecture

Debugging integration issues

o Help identify issues in the deployment (i.e. potentially intermittent connectivity issues from an API Server to the Database)

o Monitor (and help develop scripts to monitor) the AWS services to ensure everything is functioning as necessary

DevOps Tool Integration

o Help integrate with various tools for the DevOps process (SonarQube, Fortify, Jenkins, Robot Framework/Selenium, Artifactory, etc )

Required

A Bachelor's degree and 9+ years of relevant experience OR a Master's degree with 7 years of relevant experience OR a PhD with 4 years of relevant experience; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of the degree requirement

Experience with Linux Environments

Experience with scripting languages, such as Bash and Python

Strong problem solving, analytical, and technical troubleshooting skills

Experience with Git for Source Control

Understanding and willingness to work in a DevSecOps oriented environment with an Infrastructure as Code mindset

Active CompTIA Security+ CE Certification (or equivalent DoD IAT Level 2 cert)

Position is 100% onsite. NO EXCEPTIONS

TS/ SCI CI Poly

Desired

Experience with CloudFormation, Elasticsearch

Basic understanding of an Object-Oriented Programming Language, preferably Java or Python

Experience integrating Jenkins and Docker for automated CI/CD pipelines

Basic understanding of Kubernetes or OpenShift Container Platform

Position is 100% onsite - NO EXCEPTIONS. Must be indoc'd before starting.