DevOps Engineer

US Citizenship is required

An active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph is required

DoD 8570 IAT2 certificate required, i.e. CompTIA Security+

DevOps Engineer

DPG is looking for a strong DevOps Engineer to join our team supporting a customer in a classified environment. This is a hands on role where you will be working alongside other infrastructure engineers to continuously improve systems and services across security, automation, and performance. You will play a key part in building and operating environments the right way, making sure everything aligns with solid architecture standards while delivering real impact for the mission.

• Support transitioning a system that is tightly coupled to the underlying infrastructure
• Assist with architecture, design, development, integration, and support of build, integration & test, and deployment pipelines, optimizing for performance and scalability across on-premises cloud computing environments
• Leverage company and industry best practices and capabilities to improve scalability, consistency, infrastructure efficiency, reduce deployment time, and automate configuration management
• Collaborate with software engineers, data scientists, and DevOps teams to design and implement development and mission solutions
• Integrate security and compliance into the platform with services such as encryption and access management
• Provide operational support for the platform
• Administrative fluency with the following (or vendor equivalent): Red Hat Linux (v7+, 8+ preferred), Rancher
• Experience troubleshooting applications & infrastructure services on Linux based OS

Required Skills:

• 7-10 years of experience directly related to Linux System Administration and DevOps, including installation and maintenance of software and hardware.
• Experience administering Red Hat Linux based systems with minimal support, to include kickstart, patching (satellite servers), creating RPM packages, performance tuning, networking, user management, and security.
• Extensive experience with scripting, particularly in Bash and/or Python
• Experienced using automation tools/frameworks such as Ansible, Chef, and Puppet.
• Experience with recent versions of VMware (ESXi and vCenter) and/or AWS
• Hands-on experience working with developer tools including Git, Arifactory, Bitbucket, CI/CD tools, and Jira
• Experience with Rancher
• NAS and SAN administration experience
• Experience using Agile/Scrum development methodology (SAFe, Scrum, Khanban)
• Must be able to lift up to 35 pounds in support of hardware installations.
• Strong analytic and research skills - must be detail oriented
• Must be able to support occasional after hour maintenance

Desired Skills:

• Experience developing, testing & delivering applications w/in a DevSecOps framework
• Experience with programming/scripting languages (E.g. Python, Java, Bash, Perl, Ruby, C++
• Experience with containerization
• Installation and management of fiber channel switches
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and troubleshoot problems with efficiency
• Requires the ability to effectively interact with external personnel on significant technical matters often requiring coordination between organizations and vendors
• Communication and diplomatic skills

Overview of Benefits:

• Company Funded 401k Profit Sharing Plan: 25% of base pay deposited every pay period - Vested day one of employment
• All Health Care Benefits and Premiums paid by company and with company HSA contribution
• Annual Performance Bonus
• 250 hours of PTO with up to 40 hours available to be carried over
• Biannual Company Sponsored Events for the employees and their families
• Education Benefits - Cert reimbursement and tuition reimbursement