DevOps Engineer - Mid Security Clearance

Position: DevOps Engineer - Mid with Security Clearance
Join the Nalley Consulting team at Southcom HQ. Position:
Dev Ops Engineer
LCAT:
Mid

Location:

SOUTHCOM HQ, Doral, FL / Off-site
Office: U.S. SOUTHERN Command J2 Required clearance:
No Required education:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or five (5) years of equivalent experience in Dev Ops engineering.

Description:

* Create and maintain environment-specific Kubernetes configuration packages (e.g., Helm values files, YAML manifests) that incorporate STIG-aligned hardening and RBAC policy enforcement per IL environment.
* Implement and manage secrets injection strategies using FedRAMP-compliant tools (e.g., AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault), ensuring compatibility with automated deployment pipelines.
* Integrate CI/CD pipelines to enable secure, automated deployment and rollback of ArcGIS components and related services, supporting ongoing agility and compliance across environments.
* Coordinate with Kubernetes and Data Layer Engineers to ensure version control, pipeline integrity, and integration testing for all containerized services.
* Coordinate with the infrastructure team to provide estimated cloud resource usage profiles for Kubernetes-based deployments in IL2, IL4, and IL5 environments.
* Supply container and workload specifications to the Cloud infrastructure team to support provisioning, tagging, and prepay or reservation planning
* Implement resource tagging in alignment with program-wide cloud governance policy and reconcile actual usage against estimates provided by Cloud Instances and Accreditation team.
* Support cost optimization efforts led by Cloud Instances and Accreditation team by adjusting workloads and scaling strategies in response to performance and utilization feedback.

Required Experience:

* Possess the knowledge and capability to design, implement, and optimize CI/CD pipelines, automate infrastructure management, and ensure scalable deployments across cloud and on-premises environments.
* Must be proficient in container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker), infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible), and continuous integration tools (Jenkins, Git Lab CI/CD, Azure Dev Ops, or AWS Code Pipeline).
* Strong understanding of cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP), security best practices, and monitoring/logging solutions (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack) is required.
* Must have demonstrated experience in deploying and managing Kubernetes clusters, automating cloud infrastructure, and implementing secure, high-availability CI/CD pipelines.
* Experience with microservices architecture, service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd), and observability tools is required. Desired

Qualifications:

* Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), AWS Certified Dev Ops Engineer - Professional, or Microsoft Certified:
Dev Ops Engineer Expert. ABOUT NALLEY CONSULTING Nalley Consulting is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business working with prime partners to staff Department of Defense and Intelligence Community positions. Created by a U.S. Navy intelligence veteran, Nalley Consulting has grown to include multiple IDIQ vehicles in several states. Nalley Consulting fringe benefits include:
* Excellent medical, dental, and vision benefits
* PTO
* 11 paid federal holidays
* Tuition assistance
* Paid military-reserve leave
* Paid parental leave for birth or adoption
* 401k matching up to 5 percent of the base salary
* Flex time
* Company-paid short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance.