Junior DevOps Engineer

Overview

ACTIVE TS/SCI SECURITY CLEARANCE REQUIRED. Deliver simple solutions to complex problems as a Dev Ops Engineer at D2 Tech Services. You’ll tailor cutting-edge solutions to the unique requirements of our clients. With a career in application development, you’ll make the end user’s experience your priority and we’ll make your career growth ours.

As a Dev Ops Engineer you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a TS/SCI cleared Dev Ops Engineer joining our team to support our intelligence customer in St. Louis, MO or Springfield, VA.

• Join the Common Operations Release Environment (CORE) team, providing high-quality, cost-effective cloud solutions to clients.
• 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.
• Architect, build, and maintain on-prem and cloud infrastructure to support team and customer initiatives.
• Maintain and improve existing infrastructure (autoscaling, new services, cost optimization, authentication, search, etc.).
• Administer production, staging and development environments.
• Manage and aggregate server logs and monitor security and system-related incidents.
• Monitor and analyze system performance (e.g., server load and resource usage).
• Maintain and improve build and deployment processes using CI/CD tools.
• Apply configuration management disciplines to maintain software revisions, security patches, hardening, and documentation.
• Enforce best practices for security and reliability; drive security initiatives such as access control and vulnerability testing.
• Work with A&A Teams to maintain security requirements for operation of systems.
• Maintain documentation of designs/configurations to ensure continuity of recurring tasks.
• Follow up on engineering tasks for operational solutions and validate completion.
• Manage operational readiness board; present at weekly meetings and determine if development services are ready for automation based on best practices and maintainability.
• Track and ensure routine operations maintenance tasks are completed in a timely manner.
• Participate in SAFe and Scrum development teams and meetings.
• On-call support will be required.

• 2+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience with container images and platforms (Kubernetes/Docker/Open Shift).
• Strong understanding of Dev Ops and software/application development processes.
• Understanding of Git Lab or other Dev Ops/CI tools.
• Understanding of microservice design and architectural pattern best practices.
• Understanding of Python, Bash, and Shell scripting.
• Knowledge of network technologies, common infrastructure components, load balancers, firewalls, and virtual/physical infrastructure design.
• Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent time management skills; ability to work unsupervised.
• Experience with deploying on-prem infrastructure.

• Experience building processes for deploying to a Kubernetes-based environment using Git Lab and Helm.
• Understanding of access management and security groups (IAM, S3 bucket, SSH, VPN, etc.).
• Ability to write and use unit and functional testing.
• Experience using Jira and Confluence.

• All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
• Compensation is unique to each candidate and relative to skills and experience; the salary range is typically $100-$110k and may fall outside the stated range based on education, experience, certifications, and other requirements.
• Benefits include Health/Dental/Vision, 401(k) match, accrued PTO, STD/LTD/Life Insurance, referral bonuses, professional development reimbursement, and more.