Enterprise Engineering Applications Specialist

Location

US-TX-MCKINNEY-513PW ~ 2501 W University Dr ~ PW BLDG

• McKinney, TX
• Richardson, TX
• Tewksbury, MA
• Andover, MA
• Marlborough, MA
• Tucson, AZ

United States of America

Onsite

DoD Clearance:
Secret – Active and existing security clearance required after day 1.

U.S. citizenship is required for a security clearance.

We are seeking an experienced enterprise applications specialist to join our agile team! In this role you will deploy, administer, and support new and existing enterprise-wide COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) software engineering applications, leveraging containerized solutions (where possible) to optimize deployments and administration across our classified and unclassified environments. You will join a regionally distributed team supporting a range of software configuration management (SWCM) and software build capabilities such as Atlassian Jira/Bitbucket, GITLAB, Azure Dev Ops Server, and Jenkins.

You will also participate in software modernization and cloud adoption efforts, partnering with engineering to migrate off old legacy technologies to new container-based, cloud-hosted GIT‑based solutions.

• Leverage company best practices and Dev Sec Ops  principles to deploy, sustain, and support enterprise‑wide shared software engineering applications in on‑premise and cloud‑based environments. Applications such as GITLAB, Jira, Jenkins, Azure Devops Server, etc.
• Develop and implement enterprise‑based solution architectures.
• Configure and maintain the cybersecurity and compliance posture of our hosted solutions.
• Engage with programs and stakeholder groups to plan and support application deployments.
• Identify, document, and champion best practices and process improvements to optimize operations.
• Work with engineering stakeholders to plan and execute migrations off legacy Software Engineering applications.
• Develop and maintain software application deployment automation and container orchestration scripts and templates using bash, python, and/or other well‑supported languages.
• Implement and maintain service monitoring scripts and tools to streamline operations and maximize application performance and uptime.
• Assist engineering teams with support of software build/test pipelines and integrations.
• Perform technical troubleshooting and resolve service incidents for applications you support, working with helpdesk teams to develop knowledge‑base articles for known/common issues.
• Participate in agile/scrum practices for planning and execution of development work.
• Create presentations and demonstrations of our solution architectures, application performance metrics, etc. for team members and leadership.

• Typical requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience unless prohibited by local laws/regulations.
• Experience deploying and supporting server‑based hosted COTS applications and associated databases in an enterprise environment. Applications such as GITLAB, Jira, Azure Devops Server, Jenkins, etc.
• Linux system administration experience.
• Experience with troubleshooting commercial server‑based application installs, associated databases, networking issues, and Web/HTTP concepts (SSL, certificates, proxy, REST) to resolve application configuration issues.

• Experience deploying and/or administering Jira, GITLAB, and/or Azure Devops Server.
• Experience with containers and orchestration technology (Podman, Docker, Kubernetes, Open Shift, Rancher, Tanzu, etc).
• Experience deploying and/or managing applications in cloud tenants (AWS, Azure).
• Cybersecurity controls and concepts such as FIPS compliance, SSL/TLS protocols, SELinux.
• Experience with vulnerability remediation, disaster recovery, and data spill remediation.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.

Relocation will not be provided for this position.

This position requires a security clearance. DCSA Consolidated Adjudication Services (DCSA CAS), an agency of the Department of Defense, handles and adjudicates the…