DevOps Engineer II

About the role

We're looking for an experienced, early career DevOps ninja to help us build, ship, and secure world class, mission critical software deployed across a variety of platforms and environments. This is a dynamic role that will touch all aspects of the software development life cycle, from conception to end of life.

What you'll do

• Develop complex, mission critical software in a supportive, collaborative environment
• Perform design and code reviews for quality and security
• Manage container builds, provisioning, and deployment
• Develop test automation scripts
• Support functional and system level testing
• Troubleshoot and address bugs/issues arising from testing and integration
• Provide input for system documentation
• Work with the Project Management team to maintain successful release schedules
• Develop, build, and maintain the DevOps environment consisting of Jenkins and GitLab CI pipelines, SonarQube, Nexus, Ansible, Podman/Docker, RPM package management solutions, build tools, and code metrics
• Manage and develop cloud tooling, orchestration, and deployment, AWS and Azure
• Recommend emerging pipeline tooling to support efficiency, security, and quality goals
• Manage, maintain, and troubleshoot the development network and assets
• Develop, maintain, and enforce the Software Development Process across projects

Requirements

• B.S. in an engineering field (Computer, Software, Math, Physics, Electrical, etc.)
• 2-6 years of experience in DevOps
• 2+ years of hands on experience in a strongly typed language developing complex software systems, preferably C++
• Experience building, orchestrating, and deploying container applications at scale
• Hands-on experience with Python, Bash, CMake, and node.js/React
• Solid Linux OS knowledge: RHEL, Ubuntu, RPM
• Experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines, preferably in GitLab
• Experience integrating static application security testing and code metrics tooling
• Familiarity with agile development process
• Ability to obtain US Secret clearance
• US Citizen

Nice to have

• Experience in container hardening
• Familiarity with policy driven OS security, such as SELinux
• Understanding of dynamic application security testing and tooling
• Experience applying AI tools in CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with Ansible
• Experience with Kubernetes
• Experience with STIG compliance and security applications
• Experience with Virtual Machine Management - vCenter/vSphere/ESXi

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Employee coverage is fully funded; a portion of dependents' coverage is funded as well
• 11 paid Federal Holidays
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Date of hire through second year: 10 days/year (accrued)
• After two years: unlimited
• 40 hours of paid sick leave per year
• 401k with employer matching
• Annual bonuses
• Cell phone reimbursement: $100/month