DevOps Engineer, Sr

Springfield, VA - Salary Range $100k-185k (TS/SCI)

Job Brief

We are looking for highly energetic, TS-SCI cleared, IT professionals who are interested in joining our seasoned team of technologists in Springfield, VA. We are focused on driving significant enhancements in the efficiency and effectiveness of enterprise-wide IT operations and performing routine O&M for an IC agency.

Responsibilities

The program itself supports a broad range of IT enterprise services for end-users around the globe, with smaller project teams that focus on particular areas (i.e. Platform as a Service, Application Services, Cloud Computing, High Performance Computing, API Management, etc.). We are looking for hands-on professionals, team players, and engaged individuals who enjoy keeping up with the latest tech stacks and technology trends. We have positions open at all levels and in multiple geographies.

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
• Build, test, and maintain custom Helm Charts using GitLab and ArgoCD
• Build, test, and maintain custom OpenShift Operators
• Maintain and improve existing build and deployment processes using GitLab CI/CD pipelines to create complex ci-templates and custom runners
• Apply configuration management disciplines to maintain Container software revisions, security patches, hardening, and documentation
• Create FIPS compliant and hardened custom container images using UBI9-minimal and UBI9-micro base images
• Maintain up to date documentation of designs/configurations, ensuring team members have continuity of recurring tasks
• Create and determine required metrics for dashboards and service health
• Follow up on engineering tasks for operational solutions, and validate completion

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in a relevant field
• 3+ years of Kubernetes experience, preferably with OpenShift
• 3+ years of experience building custom container images and platforms
• Strong understanding of DevOps and software/application development processes
• 3+ years of experience building GitLab CI/CD pipelines to build, scan, and deploy custom container images
• 3+ years of experience using Helm and GitOps tools such as ArgoCD or Flux to manage application deployment and state within Kubernetes from GitLab
• Understanding of Python, Bash, or other scripting languages to automate builds
• Knowledge of the Operator Framework and how operators are deployed
• 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 to on-prem/data center infrastructure
• Experience using Jira and Confluence on a daily basis
• Active TS/SCI clearance required and eligibility to obtain a CI poly
• • On Company Site
  • US Citizenship Required

Desired Skills

• Experience in building custom operators with the operator-sdk
• Experience developing Kubernetes Custom Resource Definitions (CRD) or APIs
• Go programming language experience

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