Senior DevOps Engineer

Senior DevOps Engineer

Alexandria, Virginia, United States

About The Job Senior DevOps Engineer

Design and develop automated build, test, and deployment systems across multiple codebases, build tools, application servers, and platforms.

Work with emerging and legacy project teams to develop easy-to-adopt automated solutions for their development pipelines and software development lifecycle.

Perform maintenance and troubleshooting of continuous integration systems including build and deployment used across multiple environments.

Design, maintain, and troubleshoot automated testing and tools to support multiple projects and SDLC methodologies (i.e. Agile, Waterfall)

Design and implement static code analysis standards and metrics, aggregate and track across project teams

Design and develop cloud architectures including configuring and spinning up virtual machines for application deployment, including Linux / Windows operating systems, cloud automation and configuration tools, understanding the need for scaling, templating and automation.

Proactively communicate and coordinate with multiple project teams

Independently seek opportunities to implement speed and efficiency improvements as technology and capabilities evolve

Seek out new DevOps related capabilities via open-source industry and marketplace research for potential implementation

Required Experience

• 8+ years of experience required and a Bachelors degree. Commensurate education for experience.
• 3+ years hands-on experience with complex build systems
• 5+ years hands-on experience with Linux (RedHat/CentOS)
• 5+ years hands-on experience with AWS (3+ years with AWS Solutions Arch or Developer certification)
• Experience with continuous integration tools (Jenkins, GitLab)
• Experience with unit, integration and functional testing tools (JUnit, Selenium)
• Experience with source control management (SCM) systems (Git, Subversion)
• Familiarity with configuration management tools (Cloud Formation, Ansible)
• Containerization (Docker)
• Familiarity with SCM branching strategies.
• Familiarity with build & dependency management (Maven, Nexus, AWS ECR)
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to multitask

Preferred Skills

• Experience with test-driven development and/or behavior-driven development
• Experience with Groovy
• Experience with web services (REST, SOAP)
• Hands-on J2EE application deployment experience
• Familiarity with static code analysis (SonarQube)
• Familiarity with application vulnerability scanners (i.e. Prisma/TwistLock, Tenable/Nessus)
• Systems development experience for federal clients
• Experience with J2EE application servers (i.e. Tomcat, WebLogic, Glassfish, JBoss)

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