812267 Systems Engineer $280,000.00
About the role
Lead DevOps Engineer on a 200+ FTE technical development program responsible for delivering modern Identity Access Credential Management (ICAM) solutions. Build strong systems and software utilizing cloud capabilities to support a complex program. Participate in and/or direct major deliverables throughout all aspects of the software development lifecycle including scope and work estimation, architecture and design, coding and unit testing. This role requires supporting an on-call rotation to ensure mission critical services remain operational 24/7/365 (typically 1 full calendar week every 2 months). Position requires a Top Secret (TS/SCI) Clearance with a Polygraph.
Responsibilities
- Create and publish standard operating procedures for developers, database administrators, and customer support personnel.
- Perform full lifecycle management of CI/CD pipelines, including modifications to pipeline stages, dependency management, etc.
- Act on POA&Ms and CVEs reported by the ISSE by patching dependencies in the SBOM.
- Provide technical guidance, training, and leadership for current / new operations and engineering personnel.
- Harden operating systems with STIG or other ISSM guidance.
- Automate currently manual deployment procedures on legacy systems.
- Provide Tier III & IV technical support and leadership in a complex mission environment.
Requirements
- BA/BS Degree with 11–15 years of relevant experience (Expert level).
- Expert in Linux operating system usage.
- Expert in using DevOps tools such as Jenkins, GitHub, Terraform.
- Expert in the software development lifecycle, with experience delivering within DevOps toolsets/practices.
- Direct experience utilizing software testing performance tools, such as JUnit.
- Experience working in an Agile development environment and tempo.
- Experience scripting and using AWS services including CloudFormation, EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, etc.
- Experience with Nexus administration.
- Experience establishing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
- Well versed with using version control systems such as Git.
- Experience with JIRA, Confluence and Agile development methods.
Qualifications
- Experience with Ansible.
- Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes, including container orchestration, deployment, and scaling in a production environment.
- Proficiency in building, managing, and optimizing containerized applications using CI/CD pipelines, along with knowledge of container registries and security best practices.
- Experience working in the Sponsor’s cloud environments.
- Experience with Nexus administration and maintenance.
Benefits
- Outstanding Salaries
- Retirement: Full Vanguard 401k Plan – 100% employer matched contribution up to 6% of employee’s salary; ability to max out 401k savings $57k ($63.5k if over 50).
- Employees receive B4Corp phantom stock each year (2-year vesting period).
- Insurance: Medical – United Health Care (multiple plan options); Dental – United Concordia Flex Plan; Vision – Vision Service Plan Signature Plans.
- Mutual of Omaha short-term disability (60% of salary up to $2,000/week).
- Mutual of Omaha long-term disability (60% of salary up to $10,000/month).
- Mutual of Omaha life insurance ($200,000).
- Employee Referral Bonus: $3,000 per year for every year the referred person works for B4Corp.
- Paid Time Off: Seven weeks of leave per year (including ten federal holidays).
- Flexible work schedule with comp time (with customer approval).
Pay
Up to $280,000.00 per year.
Schedule
Core hours: 9am to 4pm. On-call rotation: 1 full calendar week every 2 months.