DevOps Engineer- TS / SCI w / Polygraph

Job Description

Job Description

Salary : $190,000-$220,000

Location : Annapolis Junction, MD

Category : DevOps

Travel Required : No

Remote Type : No

Clearance : TS / SCI w / Polygraph

Support the development life cycle of platform architectural design, deployment and debugging

Building a release pipeline to enable fast, but safe delivery of critical business software to Production

Develop & Maintain sound version control best practices-based CM systems (GIT), including branching and merging strategies

Serve as a technical lead for an Agile team and actively participate in all Agile ceremonies. Participate in all team ceremonies including planning, grooming, product demonstration and team retrospectives.

Ability to automate release deployments across development, test, stag in g, Quality Assurance and production stacks using a combination of scripting languages and other automation toolkits

Set-up up new sites and applications via configuration management such as Puppet and Ansible

Maintain / upgrade / patch tracking and documentation software (Confluence / Jira)

Create, Assist, and Implement design and maintenance web service infrastructure and deployments

Analyze service stack and make recommendations for further improvements

Identify processes and capabilities that can be streamlined and automated

Communicate effectively to help bridge stakeholder and development requirements

Assist with support and operations where necessary

Maintain confidentiality with regard to information being processed, stored, or accessed

Leverage programming Languages such as Python, Ruby, Perl, and Java

Proficient with DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering methodologies.

Proficient automating network infrastructure configuration using Software Defined Networking

Ability to have a holistic view of service development and deployment architecture

Understanding of SLA requirements and role of high availability architectures, performance optimization, and monitoring techniques

Act in the capacity to support deployment and operations when necessary

Set up and configure a continuous integration environment by leveraging Configuration Management, containerization, serverless technologies, and Kubernetes.

Architect and develop best practices for software build tools (Gradle, Maven, ANT, Shell) and continuous integration tools (Jenkins, Bamboo), and infrastructure automation (Amazon Web Services, VMWare, Puppet, Chef, ansible, etc.)

Experience working cross functionally across multiple teams

Position Requirements Must be fluent with Git

Strong knowledge of Linux and Linux environments (RHEL 617 / 8, RHCSNRHCE CentOS)

Experience with Windows system administration, system monitoring, instrumentation, resiliency and performance.

10+ years working in an Agile dev environment (excludes education experience such as Bachelor's or Master degree in relevant field)

Experience integrating Jenkins / Bamboo Docker, and Kubernetes for automated deployment preferred

Experience with caching technologies (Memcache, Active MQ, Redis, APC, etc.)

Experience with MySQL (Clusters, Replication, and Tuning) and Elasticsearch (Kibana a plus). Knowledge of security practices, networking protocols, firewalls, PCI compliance etc.

10+ years of system architecture required with a demonstrated ability to read the code and understand the coding logic to assist in troubleshooting

10+ years' experience managing / monitoring AWS cloud and virtualized servers for optimal performance while working in a Platform as a Service (PaaS) environment

Familiarity with software development life cycle models, agile, and DevOps programming methodologies.

Fluent skills in object oriented programming and experience in at least one programming language such as Ruby, C, C++, GO, Python, or Java.

Experience acquiring in-depth understanding of large complex software systems to isolate defects, reproduce defects, assess risk, and understand varied customer deployments.

Ability to successfully work with customers, developers, testing, project management, and support staff

Excellent problem solving, analytical skills and technical troubleshooting skills

Clarity and precision in verbal and written communications

Basic Qualifications Bachelor's degree or higher is required in either Engineering (i. e. Computer, Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace, etc.) or Computer Science with a minimum of ten (10) years of related experience (excludes education experience such as Bachelor's or Master's degree in relevant field)