Devops Engineer 3

DevOps Engineer 3

Location: Central Maryland

Security Clearance Required: Security Clearance with appropriate Polygraph

Job Brief

AWS, Kubernetes, Kafka, Java, NiFI, PostreSQL

Job Description

RealmOne was built on the principle that people matter first and foremost. We believe in providing a strong work/life balance by investing in our employees and encouraging professional and personal growth. We do this by offering exceptional benefits, flexible schedules, and the tools necessary to achieve success through paid training, mentoring, and the opportunity to work alongside top-notch industry professionals. We are searching for talented individuals who provide intelligence, engineering, and mission management expertise for the Government. This program will maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of our country's most important missions both at home and abroad. If you are ready to support a high-performing team that truly makes a difference, then come join us!

We are seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer / Site Reliability Engineer to support the full development lifecycle of critical business platforms, including architectural design, deployment, and debugging. In this role, you will be responsible for building and maintaining release pipelines that enable fast yet secure delivery of software to production, as well as developing and enforcing version control best practices using Git, including branching and merging strategies. You will serve as a technical lead within an Agile team, actively participating in all ceremonies such as planning, grooming, product demonstrations, and retrospectives. The role requires hands-on expertise in automating deployments across development, test, staging, QA, and production environments through scripting languages and automation toolkits, along with configuring infrastructure via tools such as Puppet and Ansible. Additional responsibilities include maintaining and upgrading documentation and tracking software such as Confluence and Jira, assisting with the design and maintenance of web service infrastructure, analyzing service stacks to recommend improvements, and identifying opportunities for process automation. You will be expected to communicate effectively with stakeholders to bridge business requirements and technical implementation, provide operational support as needed, and always ensure confidentiality of data. Success in this role will require strong programming skills in languages such as Python, Ruby, Perl, and Java, as well as practical experience applying DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering methodologies. A holistic understanding of service development and deployment architecture is essential, along with experience setting up and configuring continuous integration environments leveraging containerization, serverless technologies, and Kubernetes.

The Level 3 DevOps Engineer shall possess the following capabilities:

• Must be fluent with Git.
• Strong knowledge of Linux and Linux environments (RHEL 617/8, RHCSNRHCE CentOS).
• Experience with Windows system administration, system monitoring, instrumentation, resiliency and performance.
• Experience integrating Jenkins/Bamboo Docker, and Kubernetes for automated deployment preferred.
• Experience with caching technologies (Memcache, Active MQ, Redis, APC, etc.).
• Experience with MySQL (Clusters, Replication, and Tuning) and Elasticsearch (Kibana a plus). Knowledge of security practices, networking protocols, firewalls, PCI compliance etc.
• Familiarity with software development life cycle models, agile, and DevOps programming methodologies.
• Fluent skills in object oriented programming and experience in at least one programming language such as Ruby, C, C++, GO, Python, or Java.
• Experience acquiring in-depth understanding of large complex software systems to isolate defects, reproduce defects, assess risk, and understand varied customer deployments.
• Ability to successfully work with customers, developers, testing, project management, and support staff.
• Excellent problem solving, analytical skills and technical troubleshooting skills.
• Clarity and precision in verbal and written communications.
• Support the development life cycle of platform architectural design, deployment and debugging.
• Building a release pipeline to enable fast, but safe delivery of critical business software to Production.
• Develop & Maintain sound version control best practices-based CM systems (GIT), including branching and merging strategies.
• Serve as a technical lead for an Agile team and actively participate in all Agile ceremonies. Participate in all team ceremonies including planning, grooming, product demonstration and team retrospectives.
• Ability to automate release deployments across development, test, stag in g, Quality Assurance and production stacks using a combination of scripting languages and other automation toolkits.
• Set-up up new sites and applications via configuration management such as Puppet and Ansible.
• Maintain / upgrade/ patch tracking and documentation software (Confluence / Jira).
• Create, Assist, and Implement design and maintenance web service infrastructure and deployments.
• Analyze service stack and make recommendations for further improvements.
• Identify processes and capabilities that can be streamlined and automated.
• Communicate effectively to help bridge stakeholder and development requirements.
• Assist with support and operations where necessary.
• Maintain confidentiality with regard to information being processed, stored, or accessed.
• Leverage programming Languages such as Python, Ruby, Perl, and Java.
• Proficient with DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering methodologies.
• Proficient automating network infrastructure configuration using Software Defined Networking.
• Ability to have a holistic view of service development and deployment architecture.
• Understanding of SLA requirements and role of high availability architectures, performance optimization, and monitoring techniques.
• Act in the capacity to support deployment and operations when necessary.
• Set up and configure a continuous integration environment by leveraging Configuration Management, containerization, serverless technologies, and Kubernetes.
• Architect and develop best practices for software build tools (Gradle, Maven, ANT, Shell) and continuous integration tools (Jenkins, Bamboo), and infrastructure automation (Amazon Web Services, VMWare, Puppet, Chef, ansible, etc.).
• Experience working cross functionally across multiple teams.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or higher is required in either Engineering (i.e. Computer, Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace, etc.) or Computer Science with a minimum of five (5) years of related experience (excludes education experience such as Bachelor's or Master's degree in relevant field).
• 10+ years of system architecture required with a demonstrated ability to read the code and understand the coding logic to assist in troubleshooting.
• 10+ years' experience managing/monitoring AWS cloud and virtualized servers for optimal performance while working in a Platform as a Service (PaaS) environment.

Position requires active Security Clearance with appropriate Polygraph

Pay Range: 175,000-235,000

The RealmOne pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Our approach to crafting offers considers various factors to establish an equitable and competitive compensation package. These considerations include, but are not limited to, the extent and intricacy of the role's responsibilities, the candidate's educational background, their work experience, and the specific competencies crucial for success in the role.

RealmOne Benefits:

• Healthcare Coverage + Insurance: Medical: Three (3) rich healthcare options through CareFirst with 100% or majority company-paid premiums. Tax-advantaged health savings account available with generous employer contribution. Dental + Vision: 100% employer-paid for employees and family with buy-up option available.
• Retirement + Savings: 401K - 10% TOTAL CONTRIBUTION - 5% safe harbor - 5% annual profit share. Immediate vested, no match required!
• Paid Time Off + More: 4 weeks starting PTO - 11 federal holidays + 2 floating holidays - Paid hours for company-required training.
• Career Growth + Development: Access to FREE 24/7 learning via Udemy - Opportunities to participate in tech councils, industry initiatives, etc. - $7,500 annual Educational & Professional Development Assistance.
• MORE BENEFITS...FOR EVERY LIFESTYLE! - Paid parental leave - Adoption assistance - Annual swag drops - Flexible work schedules - -Generous referral bonus program - Employee appreciation + family-friendly corporate events...and much more.

About Us:

• RealmOne is a mid-sized science and technology company dedicated to solving our customers' toughest mission challenges.
• Headquartered in Columbia, MD., RealmOne supplies advanced cybersecurity, data science and software engineering services and products to customers in the Government and commercial sectors.
• RealmOne delivers encompassing mission assurance and critical systems support to government customers across various U.S. locations to include Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Texas, Utah, and Virginia.
• RealmOne has earned numerous awards, including being named a Top