Senior DevOps​/Cloud Engineer

Title:

K  is seeking a Senior Dev Ops/Cloud Engineer to support government customers in the Washington Metropolitan Area. The Dev Ops / Cloud Engineer provides software development and technical expertise to support and enable the customer’s goals for modernization of test and evaluation processes. This individual will work closely with the scientists and engineers to identify manual and analytic tasks for automation.

Task automation services will include code and script generation, code testing, support to code security accreditation, and documenting. In support of the Dev Ops environment, the Dev Ops/Cloud Engineer will support decomposing existing business process and test tool capabilities into micro-services capable of deployment through a Dev Ops infrastructure. Additionally, this role will provide the expertise to effectively analyze the output of Dev Ops tools and assist the customer in incorporating the results into overall assessments.

Responsibilities:

• Implement a broad range of Dev Ops activities such as test and deployment automation strategies, release and configuration management and the utilization of cloud-based technologies for the creation of immutable environments.
• Lead the assessment of legacy processes and the re-engineering of new methodologies and processes, with strong emphasis on cloud capabilities and Platform as a Service / Infrastructure as a Service (PaaS/IaaS)
• Coordinate all aspects of a release lifecycle including development and test activities and releases/deployment of code through different environments (Development, Test, Staging, UAT, Production).
• Lead a team creating self-service capabilities for developers to write and manage microservices.

Required Education, Experience, &

Skills:

• Must have proven track record assessing and reviewing existing application architecture and providing assessment results, recommendations, and insights.
• 12+ years' experience
• Extensive experience in Cloud/Data Center administration, especially with a public cloud provider (e.g., AWS).
• Hands-on experience with the function, configuration, outputs, and limitations of common cloud and Dev Ops environments and tools, including one or more of the following:
  • Configuration/project management (e.g., Red Mine, Jira, etc.)
  • Source Control (like Git, Bitbucket, Svn, etc.)
  • Continuous Integration (like Jenkins, Bamboo, etc.)
  • Test Automation (like selenium, soap
    
    UI, Jmeter, etc.)
  • Infrastructure Automation (like Puppet, Chef, Ansible, etc.)
  • Deployment Automation & Orchestration (like Jenkins, Octopus Deploy, etc.)
  • Cloud (like AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Openstack, etc.)

• Experience implementing Dev Ops processes such as Green/Blue deployments and Canary releases, and with Dev Ops Architecture best practices such as Microservices, and Infrastructure as Code.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Environment management, technical troubleshooting and problem-solving.
• Demonstrated scripting and deployment automation skills/experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge of best practices and IT operations in an always-up, always-available service.
• Experience developing code in at least one high-level programming language.
• Knowledge of ICD 503 requirements and their application to secure information systems.

Security Clearance Requirements: Active TS/SCI (CI Poly)

Belong, Connect and Grow at K

At K , we are passionate about our people and our Zero Harm culture. These inform all that we do and are at the heart of our commitment to, and ongoing journey toward being a People First company. That commitment is central to our team of team’s philosophy and fosters an environment where everyone can Belong, Connect and Grow. We Deliver – Together.

K  is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, union status and/or beliefs, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.