About this 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. If this sounds like a fit for your career ambitions, we want to meet you!

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 
• Manage and maintain repos 
• Oversee on-prem Jira and Gitlab servers
• Develop, maintain, and enforce the Software Development Process across projects 

We are looking for:  

• 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
• Experience with policy driven OS security, such as SELinux
• Familiarity with dynamic application security testing and tooling
• Understanding of Linux networking and network troubleshooting
• 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 
• Active US Secret clearance