DevOps Engineer

Job Title: DevOps Engineer

Job Location: Springfield, VA

Compensation: $100,000 - $200,000

Eligibility/Clearance: Candidate must possess an active TS/SCI clearance

and be willing to obtain a CI Polygraph

Job Description:

Deliver simple solutions to complex problems as a DevOps Engineer. Here,

you’ll tailor cutting-edge solutions to the unique requirements of our

clients. With a career in application development, you’ll make the end

user’s experience your priority and we’ll make your career growth ours.

As a DevOps Engineer you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is

smarter. Our work depends on a TS/SCI cleared DevOps Engineer joining

our team to support our intelligence customer in St. Louis, MO or

Springfield, VA.

HOW A DEVOPS ENGINEER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

In this role, you'll join our Common Operations Release Environment

(CORE) team, providing high-quality, cost-effective cloud solutions to

our clients. Be part of a dynamic environment where your expertise in

cloud operations will drive significant enhancements in the efficiency

and effectiveness of our customers’ operations. As a DevOps Engineer on

our team, you will be responsible for distributed and managed services

automating the installation, configuration and maintenance of platform

services.

Key Responsibilities

• Automate and optimize service deployments
• Integrate with enterprise authentication services
• Establish and Improve system monitoring while maintaining established security protocols within development, test, and production systems.
• Architect, build and maintain On-Prem and cloud infrastructure to support team and customer initiatives
• Maintain and improve existing infrastructure (build out autoscaling, support new services, optimize for cost efficiencies/authentication/search, etc.)
• Administer production, staging and development environments
• Manage and aggregate server logs and monitor for security and system related incidents
• Monitor and analyze system performance, such as server load and resource usage
• Maintain and improve existing build and deployment processes using CI/CD tools
• Apply configuration management disciplines to maintain software revisions, security patches, hardening, and documentation
• Enforce best practices for security and reliability, and drive security initiatives, like access control and vulnerability testing
• Work with A&A Teams to maintain security requirements for operation of systems
• Maintain documentation of designs/configurations, ensuring team members have continuity of recurring tasks
• Follow up on engineering tasks for operational solutions, and validate completion
• Manage operational readiness board - present at weekly meetings and determine if development services are ready for automation based on best practices and maintainability
• Track and ensure routine operations maintenance tasks are completed in a timely manner
• Participant in SAFe and Scrum development teams and meetings
• On-call support will be required

Requirements:

• Experience working with container images and platforms (Kubernetes/Docker/OpenShift)
• Strong understanding of DevOps and software/application development processes
• Understanding of GitLab or other DevOps/Continuous Integration tools
• Understanding of microservice design and architectural pattern best practices
• Understanding of Python, Bash, and Shell scripting
• Knowledge of network technologies, common infrastructure components, load balancers, firewalls, virtual and physical infrastructure design
• Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Must possess excellent time management skills and the drive to work unsupervised
• Experience with deploying On-Prem infrastructure
• 2+ years of relevant experience

Preferred:

• Experience in building processes for deploying to a Kubernetes based environment using Gitlab and Helm
• Understanding of access management and security groups (i.e. IAM, S3 bucket, SSH, VPN, etc.)
• Ability to write and use unit and functional testing
• Experience using Jira and Confluence

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Engineering, Cybersecurity, or related technical field (or equivalent experience).

ATR is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) who will provide equal employment opportunity to employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, color, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, veteran status, ancestry, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family structure, genetic information, or mental or physical disability