DevOps Engineer Security Clearance

Position: DevOps Engineer with Security Clearance
Required Clearance:

• TS/SCI with Full Scope Poly

Position Requirements
• Support the development life cycle of platform architectural design, deployment and debugging

• Building a release pipeline to enable fast, but safe delivery of critical business software to Production

• Develop & maintain sound version control best practices-based CM systems (GIT), including branching and merging strategies

• Serve as a technical lead for an Agile team and actively participate in all Agile ceremonies. Participate in all team ceremonies including planning, grooming, product demonstration and team retrospectives.

• Ability to automate release deployments across development, test, stag in g, Quality Assurance and production stacks using a combination of scripting languages and other automation toolkits

• Set-up up new sites and applications via configuration management such as Puppet and Ansible

• Maintain / upgrade/ patch tracking and documentation software (Confluence / Jira)

• Create, Assist, and Implement design and maintenance web service infrastructure and deployments

• Analyze service stack and make recommendations for further improvements

• Identify processes and capabilities that can be streamlined and automated

• Communicate effectively to help bridge stakeholder and development requirements

• Assist with support and operations where necessary

• Maintain confidentiality with regard to information being processed, stored, or accessed

• Leverage programming Languages such as Python, Ruby, Perl, and Java

• Proficient with Dev Ops or Site Reliability Engineering methodologies.

• Proficient automating network infrastructure configuration using Software Defined Networking

• Ability to have a holistic view of service development and deployment architecture

• Understanding of SLA requirements and role of high availability architectures, performance optimization, and monitoring techniques

• Act in the capacity to support deployment and operations when necessary

• Set up and configure a continuous integration environment by leveraging Configuration Management, containerization, serverless technologies, and Kubernetes.

• Architect and develop best practices for software build tools (Gradle, Maven, ANT, Shell) and continuous integration tools (Jenkins, Bamboo), and infrastructure automation (Amazon Web Services, VMWare, Puppet, Chef, ansible, etc.)

• Experience working cross functionally across multiple teams

Position Responsibilities:

• Must be fluent with Git

• Strong knowledge of Linux and Linux environments (RHEL 617/8, RHCSNRHCE CentOS)

• Experience with Windows system administration, system monitoring, instrumentation, resiliency and performance.

• 10+ years working in an Agile dev environment (excludes education experience such as Bachelor's or Master degree in relevant field)

• Experience integrating Jenkins/Bamboo Docker, and Kubernetes for automated deployment preferred

• Experience with caching technologies (Memcache, Active MQ, Redis, APC, etc.)

• Experience with MySQL (Clusters, Replication, and Tuning) and Elasticsearch (Kibana a plus). Knowledge of security practices, networking protocols, firewalls, PCI compliance etc.

• 10+ years of system architecture required with a demonstrated ability to read the code and understand the coding logic to assist in troubleshooting

• 10+ years' experience managing/monitoring AWS cloud and virtualized servers for optimal performance while working in a Platform as a Service (PaaS) environment

• Familiarity with software development life cycle models, agile, and Dev Ops programming methodologies.

• Fluent skills in object-oriented programming and experience in at least one programming language such as Ruby, C, C++, GO, Python, or Java.

• Experience acquiring in-depth understanding of large complex software systems to isolate defects, reproduce defects, assess risk, and understand varied customer deployments.

• Ability to successfully work with customers, developers, testing, project management, and support staff

• Excellent problem solving, analytical skills and technical troubleshooting skills

• Clarity and precision in verbal and written communications

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or higher is required in either Engineering (i. e. Computer, Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace, etc.) or Computer Science with a minimum of ten (10) years of related experience (excludes education experience such as Bachelor's or Master's degree in relevant field)

Preferred Qualifications:

• VMWARE (Hands on experience deploying and managing workloads in customer environments)

• Kubernetes

• Rancher Kubernetes Engine (RKE2) - Hands on experience deploying and installing cluster architectures and software components in accordance with customer security and compliance requirements

• Kafka

• Docker

• Java

• Ni Fi

• PostgreSQL

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux - Hands on experience

• Data flow and lifecycle management experience