Sr DevOps Engineer

Do you have an eye for detail and a passion for developing innovation solutions? Join our team! As a Senior Dev Ops Engineer, you will be a strategic leader responsible for overseeing and optimizing the organization's Dev Ops processes. You will ensure the reliability, security, and scalability of our Continuous Integration/Continuous Development (CI/CD) pipelines and cloud infrastructure while mentoring the Dev Ops team and driving the adoption of industry best practices.

The Mission Solutions and Technologies (MST) business area provides affordable, turn-key command/control, communications, integrated ISR, force protection and security solutions worldwide. The MST team has a long legacy of supporting the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, commercial and international customers with years of experience in platform operations, engineering and full lifecycle management across domains - air, land, sea, space and cyber.

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines that support multiple deployment approaches across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management to ensure consistent, reliable environments throughout the delivery lifecycle.
• Optimize and standardize deployment workflows, enabling repeatable release processes that accommodate variations in product and customer requirements.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and improve system performance and reliability, applying advanced diagnostic skills across distributed systems and complex integrations.
• Collaborate with development, QA, and product teams to align deployment strategies with architectural goals, security requirements, and operational best practices.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives by evaluating new technologies, refining operational tooling, and establishing best-practice documentation for deployment and release operations.
• Works as part of a larger Agile software development team to rapidly provide operational capabilities to the field

Qualifications You Must Have:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in Dev Ops or related role.
• Higher level relevant degree may substitute for experience.
• Relevant experience can be considered as a substitute for the required educational qualifications. In the absence of a degree, a minimum of 12 years of related experience is required.
• Software development experience , with at least one object oriented language such as but not limited to Java, Python, C#, C++ or Go
• Demonstrated implementation of microservices, container, and cloud-native application development
• Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes and/or Openshift and related container platform ecosystems
• Experience working with multiple cloud vendors
• Experience with managed Kubernetes services, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
• Demonstrated experience with developer tools such as Git Hub and on-prem Azure Dev Ops
• Significant experience with Linux
• Strong understanding and experience of release engineering, CI and CD pipelines
• Strong Agile experience working in Scrum and/or Kanban models
• Proven track record of delivering high quality and consistent systems and environments for development teams
• Ability to rapidly work with minimal supervision on projects involving both small and large teams
• Ability to work in a highly collaborative, fast-paced environment
• Excellent organizational, communication and interpersonal skills

Qualifications We Prefer:

• Master's degree in a related field.
• Experience in the Aerospace and Defense industry.
• AWS Solutions Architect - Associate or Higher certification
• Azure Developer/Solutions Architect
• Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)
• Red Hat Certified Specialist in Containers and Kubernetes
• Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
• Advanced proficiency with Ansible, including developing and maintaining playbooks
• Experience coordinating release readiness activities
• Experience implementing and enforcing configuration control of development environments

Essential Functions:

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