Dev Ops Engineer

DescriptionAltamira Technologies Corporation has a long and successful history providing innovative solutions throughout the U.S. National Security community. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Altamira serves the defense, intelligence and homeland security communities by focusing on creating innovative solutions leveraging common standards in architecture, data and security. Altamira believes that our people and the culture of our company differentiate us from other companies. We focus on recruiting talented, self-motivated employees that strive to find a way to get things done. Position OverviewCandidate would need exceptional experience in Python programming (Strong), configuration/management tools such as Gitlab, containerization tools such as Docker and deep expertise with microservices / container architectures (e.g. Docker, OpenShift, Kubernetes), orchestration and automation. Critical to possess experience with designing and implementing AWS Cloud-based hosting solutions, as well as Cloudbased backup and recovery, including failover zones. Familiar with best practices in billing and accounting with AWS to minimize oversubscription of services and the AWS cloud environment at NGA. Other skills to include: automated testing, automated deployments (CI/CD pipelines), and branching strategy and implementation.Required Skills:  5+ years of experience developing tools and processes to drive DevOps or DevSecOps maturity by automating builds, regression testing, monitoring, and pushing releases across environments5+ years of experience troubleshooting, triaging, and resolving issues for CI/CD pipeline failures or slownessExperience in Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Helm, Prometheus, Grafana, and Python or GolangExperience developing enterprise cloud-native solutionsExperience working with application development teams across the software development life cycle and creating solutions to complex problems within a collaborative team environmentExperience hosting applications on commercial cloud providers Experience with Jenkins, GitLab runners, GitHub actions, Terraform, Terragrunt, and PulumiTS/SCI clearance with a polygraph (willing to take CI Poly)Bachelor's degree in CS or Computer EngineeringDesired Skills: Experience managing and maintaining ElasticSearch and KibanaExperience creating and improving continuous automation across multiple technical stacksExperience creating and improving continuous deployment tools built on KubernetesExperience triaging and resolving issues related to both open-source and commercial tools in public cloud environmentsExperience bringing other organizations on board with DevOps, championing the adoption of DevOps processes, tools, and roles, and working with other development teams to recast workMaster's degree in CS, Computer Engineering, or a related fieldAltamira is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. We focus on recruiting talented, self-motivated employees that find a way to get things done. Join our team of experts as we engineer national security!