Description
Position requires a Top Secret (TS/SCI) Clearance with a Polygraph.
Position Details
Labor Category: Software Engineer
Position Title: DevOps Engineer
Position Level: Level 3 – Senior
Salary: Up to $200,000.00 per year
Core Hours: 9am to 4pm
Location: Bethesda, MD
Team Overview
The DevOps Systems Team supports the development lifecycle of platform architectural design, deployment, and debugging. The role builds a release pipeline to enable fast but safe delivery of critical software to production using a tailored Agile DevSecOps process. Responsibilities include design, development, automated testing, and automated deployment of software modules via DevSecOps Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD). The role also utilizes software tools and scripting languages for designing, developing, and maintaining on‑premises and cloud infrastructure and platforms. Duties involve software requirements analysis, risk identification, risk mitigation, and cross‑team collaboration. The engineer is responsible for identifying software and hardware dependencies and capacities.
Mandatory Requirements
- Developmental (0‑2 years’ experience)
- Full Performance (3‑5 years’ experience)
- Senior (6‑10 years’ experience)
- Expert (11‑15 years’ experience)
- SME (16+ years’ experience)
Primary Responsibilities
- Support software deployments, cloud infrastructure baselines, and operational availability of production systems.
- Manage, build, configure, administer, operate, and maintain all components of the DevOps environment.
- Define enterprise Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment processes and best practices.
- Codify DevOps best practices across the enterprise.
- Develop and maintain scripts to automate tool deployment to an AWS cloud environment and other tasks.
- Script and maintain build environments.
- Work with project teams to integrate their products into the DevOps environment.
Basic Qualifications
- Demonstrated experience setting up one or more of the following tools: GitHub, Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, and Katalon Studio.
- Demonstrated experience troubleshooting issues with two or more of the following tools: GitHub, Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, and Katalon Studio.
- Demonstrated experience working within a software development team and supporting developers and developer activities.
- Candidate must have an HS diploma and at least 8 years of relevant experience; or a BS degree and at least 4 years of relevant experience; or a Master’s degree and at least 2 years of relevant experience.
Optional Requirements
- AWS Associate Certification (Developer, Solution Architect, or Sys Ops Administrator)
- AWS Professional Certification (DevOps Engineer or Solutions Architect)
- Demonstrated experience with container orchestration using Docker, Vagrant, Kubernetes, or AWS ECS/ECR.
- Demonstrated experience with languages including Java, Python, JavaScript, Ruby, PHP, and Unix shell scripting.
- Demonstrated experience with Ansible or Puppet.
Benefits
Competitive salary up to $200,000 per year.
Retirement
- Full Vanguard 401(k) Plan – 100% employer matched contribution up to 6% of salary. Employees can max out 401(k) savings up to $57,000 (or $63,500 if over 50).
- Employees receive B4Corp phantom stock each year (2‑year vesting period).
Insurance
- Medical – United Health Care (UHC) with multiple plan options.
- Dental – United Concordia (UC) Flex Plan.
- Vision – Vision Service Plan Insurance Co (VSP) Signature Plans.
- Mutual of Omaha short‑term disability (60% of salary up to $2,000 per week).
- Mutual of Omaha long‑term disability (60% of salary up to $10,000 per month).
- Mutual of Omaha life insurance ($200,000).
Paid Time Off
- Seven weeks of leave per year, including ten federal holidays.
- Flexible work schedule with compensatory time (with customer approval).
Employee Referral Bonus
- Refer a friend or coworker and receive $3,000 per year for each year the person works for B4Corp.
B4Corp is an equal opportunity and E‑Verify employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or national origin.