Sr. DevOps Engineer / Programmer Analyst (HYBRID)

This is a contract role with our client "State of Virginia"

*ON SITE: If selected, 2-3 days a week ON SITE will be required at some point (possibly within the next 2-3 months). Candidates must agree to this arrangement when manager requires the change to on site. If selected, laptop equipment must be picked up in person.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are seeking highly creative and intellectually curious DevOps Engineers to be instrumental in accelerating our agency's transformation to DevOps and Cloud. As part of an internal engineering consulting and coaching team, you will specialize in helping agency's Tech Application teams drive efficiency and reliability into their entire Development to Operations lifecycle. While embedding with teams, you will strategize, consult, and prototype alongside other engineers to implement best practices and solutions for applications utilizing CI/CD and the Cloud. You will evangelize Distributed Version Control and Trunk-Based Development practices, ATDD and TDD, Pipelines, Infrastructure and Release Automation, and cloud Solutions.

Responsibilities & Expectations:
Ability to plan and lead an engagement with an application team adopting DevOps and Cloud solutions
Documenting Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and perform knowledge transfer to others
Engineer, consult and upskill other engineers on DevOps and Cloud solutions to include distributed version control and trunk-based development practices, infrastructure automation, automated CI/CD pipelines, monitoring and operations, and a well-architected cloud infrastructure
Generating innovative ideas, developing proof-of-concepts and rapid prototypes alongside other engineers utilizing pair programming and mobbing techniques
Understand software engineering practices and the impact they have on efficient and effective use of DevOps and Cloud solutions
Ability to clearly articulate and explain complex concepts and technologies to a non-technical audience
Strong analytical, interpersonal and verbal communication skills are necessary due to the dynamic nature of collaborations with engineering teams and solving complex system problems together
Building, maintaining and controlling stage and production environments
Establishing proactive monitoring and alerting capabilities exist for all components of the platform
Demonstrating fluency in at least two development languages such as Java, .Net, or Python
Managing Azure, AWS or distributed VM environments
Demonstrating knowledge of one container technology such as Docker, and at least two database technologies such as. Oracle, MS-SQL, or Postgresql
Working experience with version control tool such as Github / TFS
Working experience with CI/CD pipeline tooling and deployments
Working experience with Continuous Integration tools: Jenkins, Maven, Nexus/ Artifactory
Development and promotion of new DevOps tools to simplify build process and entire continuous delivery pipeline
Employ innovative and secure solutions to ease developer and testing experience.
Demonstrating experience in configuration management across a multi-platform estate such as Ansible, Puppet or Salt.
Responsible for the day to day operations of all in-house developed, open source, and commercial DevOps tooling owned by the team (Ensuring system availability, performance, capacity, and monitoring through proper response to incidents, events and problems)

Required Skills
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred)
Public Cloud (Azure/AWS)
PowerShell
Linux
Experienced Java/ .net development
Agile Backlog Management
Source Code Management
Build Orchestration
Artifact Repository Management
Code Scanning
Compliance Automation
Configuration Management
Containers
Deployment Strategies and Patterns including Blue/Green and Canary Deploys