Job Description

BT-70 – DevOps Engineer
Skill Level: Mid
Location: Herndon/Chantilly (fully on-site, no remote option)

 

**MUST HAVE A POLY CLEARANCE TO APPLY**

The DevOps Engineer supports software and data engineering with DevOps tools, culture, and process changes to enable rapid and stable delivery of applications and technologies. Identifies, prototypes, engineers, and deploys emerging software engineering and DevOps tools into existing baseline. Operates and supports a suite of enterprise DevOps services. Establishes, manages, automates, and enhances DevOps pipelines. Defines and promotes enterprise software engineering and DevOps standards, practices, and behaviors. Supports project teams as they integrate into the DevOps environment. May work in hybrid environments (multi-cloud, multi-domain, private/public). Writes and maintains infrastructure and configuration files, DevOps tool configuration scripts, and application run-time configuration scripts. Facilitates technical exchange meetings to identify, collect, and establish coordinated requirements with key stakeholders.
 
Key Responsibilities:

• Work with Chief Engineer and engineers to incorporate DevOps best practices and automation to improve program performance while reducing risk
• Develops Infrastructure as Code to control all aspects of software environments and version control releases
• Containerizes Java and Python code optimized for deployment in Kubernetes environment, ensuring high availability and parallel processing
• Leverages AWS best practices to reduce compute costs while incorporating autoscaling and scheduling of resources according to program demand
• Collaborate with development teams as part of software development lifecycle to design software while considering the production environment
• Automate and version control deployments while ensuring a controlled deployment process that enables zero down time
• Incorporates security scanning and other best practices to ensure new deployments comply with industry best practices
• Works with the ISSE implementing security tools in the build pipeline
• Document work in alignment with Agile Development practices
• Works well as part of a fast-paced team with a desire to innovate and improve a multi-faceted organization

Required Skills:
Minimum of 4-7 years’ demonstrated experience with:

• Kubernetes and Helm Charts
• Docker and/or Podman Containerization best practices
• AWS Services (EKS, Lambdas, EMR, ECR, VPC, etc.)
• Terraform Experience

Preferred Skills/Experience:

• Terraform and Packer with AWS (AMIs, Environment, Configuration Automation, etc.)
• Database ORM Tools (Flyway, etc.)
• CI/CD Pipeline Automation (Git, Jenkins, Automated Testing, etc.)
• Cloud environment and infrastructure engineering
• Implementing DevOps within a Secure Environment

Job Tags

Full time, Remote work,

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