Senior DevOps Engineer II

Senior Dev Ops Engineer II

Based at our Optical Systems site in Chantilly, VA, you will support Tranche 3 of the U.S. Space Development Agency’s (SDA) Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) by automating CI/CD pipelines and deploying applications for advanced Electro‑Optical (EO/IR) technology.

• Support AWS development, test, and production environments
• Collaborate with project leads and team members
• Align with Security and IT for policy assurance
• Develop and support pipelines that include automation and configurations for containers, data management, and release/deployment solutions for programs
• Automate software deployments into varied and complex environments using virtual machines, container technologies, Kubernetes, Cloud environments, and bare metal servers
• Support engagements related to assessing, refactoring and identifying opportunities for existing applications to leverage modern application architectures (e.g., containers)
• Participate in Agile sprints and associated activities
• Support onsite work, as well as travel or offsite work, as needed
• Perform other duties as assigned

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or equivalent discipline with 8+ years of experience
• Experience in Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud‑based development and operations environments
• Active TS/SCI security clearance

• Master’s degree in computer science, engineering, or other technical field
• Experience with architecting solutions in AWS Cloud environments
• Experience in key AWS services (such as EC2, ELB, RDS, Route
  53, Cloud Watch, S3, etc.)
• Experience in supporting Dev Ops tools and pipeline environments, such as Jira, SharePoint, Bitbucket, Jenkins, Sonar Qube, and Artifactory
• Experience working with Container technologies (such as Kubernetes, Docker, etc.)
• Proficiency in Linux system administration
• Ability to design, enable, and deliver scalable and automated strategies through Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, such as Ansible and Terraform
• Experience supporting cloud network resources such as VPC, URL proxies, private link, DNS, ACLs, Security groups, routing tables, etc.
• Background in scripting and/or coding, such as Java, Python, Terraform, and/or Bash
• CompTIA Security+ certification (or in pursuit of)
• Experience with on‑premises to cloud migrations or IT transformations
• Experience in database administration; one or more of MySQL, MariaDB, and PostgreSQL
• Experience in AWS Elasti Cache for Redis
• Expertise in the Git version control system command line
• Familiarity with Information Security frameworks/standards (e.g., CIS, NIST, RFC
  2196, etc.)
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate or Professional
• Excellent oral, written, and verbal communication skills

This position may require prolonged periods of sitting, standing, walking, computer work, and occasional exposure to moderate levels of noise, dust, and fumes in production areas.

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