812267 Systems Engineer $280,000.00

B4Corp; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 252,000 - 308,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Seven weeks PTO per year

401k with employer match

Job summary

B4Corp in Chantilly, VA seeks a Sr. DevOps Engineer to lead modern ICAM-related DevOps on a TS/SCI program. You will build robust pipelines, automate deployments, and guide operations across the SDLC while supporting an on-call rotation to ensure 24/7 mission readiness.

Ideal candidates hold a BA/BS with extensive DevOps experience, strong Linux skills, and proficiency with Jenkins, GitHub, Terraform, and AWS services. Excellent communication and collaboration are required.

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree with 11–15 years of relevant experience.
• Expert in Linux operating system usage.
• Experience with DevOps tools such as Jenkins, GitHub, Terraform.
• Experience delivering software in the DevOps lifecycle.
• Experience using testing tools like JUnit and Agile development.

Responsibilities

• Create and publish standard operating procedures for developers, DBAs and support staff.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines and modify pipeline stages and dependencies.
• Patch dependencies in the SBOM using PO&AMs and CVEs reported by ISSE.
• Provide technical guidance and leadership for operations and engineering staff.
• Harden operating systems with STIG or ISSM guidance.
• Automate deployment procedures on legacy systems.
• Provide Tier III/IV support in a complex mission environment.

Skills

DevOps

CI/CD

Linux

AWS

Terraform

Jenkins

GitHub

Ansible

Kubernetes

Nexus

Education

BA/BS Degree with 11-15 years of relevant experience

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub

Terraform

Job description

Description

Position Requires a Top Secret (TS/SCI) Clearance with a Polygraph.

Labor Category: Systems Engineer

Position Title: DevOps Engineer

Position Level: Level 2 – Expert

Salary: Up to $280,000.00 per year

Core Hours: 9am to 4pm

Location: Chantilly VA

Description

Position Requires a Top Secret (TS/SCI) Clearance with a Polygraph.

Lead DevOps Engineer on a 200+ FTE technical development program responsible for delivering modern Identity Access Credential Management (ICAM) solutions. As a DevOps Engineer on this program, you will have the opportunity to build strong systems and software utilizing cloud capabilities to support a complex program.

Based in DevOps framework, you will participate in and/or direct major deliverables throughout all aspects of the software development lifecycle including scope and work estimation, architecture and design, coding and unit testing. This role requires supporting an on-call rotation to ensure mission critical services remain operational 24/7/365. Rotation is typically to be on-call 1 full calendar week every 2 months.

Primary Responsibilities

• Create and publish standard operating procedures for developers, database administrators, and customer support personnel.
• Perform full lifecycle management of CI/CD pipelines, including modifications to pipeline stages, dependency management, etc
• Act on PO&AMs and CVEs reported by the ISSE by patching dependencies in the SBOM
• Provide technical guidance, training, and leadership for current / new operations and engineering personnel.
• Harden operating systems with STIG or other ISSM guidance
• Automate currently manual deployment procedures on legacy systems
• Provide Tier III & IV technical support and leadership in a complex mission environment

Details

Labor Category: Systems Engineer

Position Title: DevOps Engineer

Position Level: Level 2 – Expert

Salary: Up to $280,000.00 per year

Core Hours: 9am to 4pm

Location: Chantilly VA

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)
• BA/BS Degree with 11-15 years of relevant experience
• Expert in Linux operating system usage
• Expert in using DevOps tools such as Jenkins, GitHub, Terraform
• Expert in the software development lifecycle, with experience delivering within DevOps toolsets/practices
• Direct experience utilizing software testing performance tools, such as J-unit
• Experience working in an Agile development environment and tempo
• Experience scripting and using AWS services including Cloudformation, EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, etc
• Experience with Nexus administration
• Experience establishing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• Well versed with using version control systems such as Git
• Experience with JIRA, Confluence and Agile development methods

Optional Requirements

• Experience with Ansible
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes, including container orchestration, deployment, and scaling in a production environment
• Proficiency in building, managing, and optimizing containerized applications using CI/CD pipelines, along with knowledge of container registries and security best practices
• Experience working in the Sponsor’s cloud environments
• Experience with Nexus administration and maintenance

B4CORP Company Information

B4Corp is a small defense contracting company that focuses on providing an optimum environment for mission-focused, highly skilled consultants to support the United States of America’s intelligence community and other defense organizations. B4Corp provides a low overhead, highly efficient, high salary environment that allows employees to excel at meeting the client’s needs. B4Corp is looking for information technology professionals that have a high sense of personal responsibility, self-motivation, and mission drive.

B4Corp’s dedication and care for its employees is reflected in our outstanding compensation and benefits package. B4Corp’s benefits reflect the company’s policy of putting the employees first. B4Corp’s maximum flexibility comp / makeup time policy, along with the company’s cafeteria-style benefit plan that allows employees to maximize their Benefit Dollars, reflects B4Corp’s commitment to its employees.

Compensation

• Outstanding Salaries

Retirement

• Full Vanguard 401k Plan – Featuring a full scope of investment options – 100% employer matched contribution up to 6% of employee’s salary – Ability to max out 401k savings $57k ($63.5k if over 50)
• Employees receive B4Corp phantom stock each year (2-year vesting period)

Insurance

• Medical – United Health Care (UHC) (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 $2,000.00/week)
• Mutual of Omaha long-term disability (60% of salary up to $10,000.00/month)
• Mutual of Omaha life insurance ($200,000.00)

Employee Referral Bonus

• Refer a friend or a coworker and receive $3,000 per year for every year the person works for B4CORP

Paid Time Off (PTO)

• Seven weeks of leave per year (including ten federal holidays)
• Flexible work schedule with comp time (with customer approval)

B4Corp is an EEO and e-Verify employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or national origin. Please take the time to review and complete these three voluntary identification forms if you choose to do so and email them to [e-mail].