DevOps Engineer

Arena Technical Resources, LLC (ATR); Dayton (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technical resources firm seeks a DevOps Engineer to support advanced intelligence capabilities for the Department of Defense. Ideal candidates will have a TS/SCI clearance and substantial experience in AWS and Python, along with a solid foundation in microservices and container architectures. Join a collaborative team focused on innovative solutions in a high-visibility role.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with microservices/container architectures.
• Strong Python scripting/programming skills required.
• TS/SCI clearance with CI polygraph mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Designing and implementing AWS Cloud-based hosting solutions.
• Executing AWS billing and accounting best practices.
• Troubleshooting CI/CD pipeline failures.

Skills

Python

Microservices

AWS

Docker

OpenShift

Kubernetes

GitLab

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Pulumi

ElasticSearch

Kibana

Grafana

Job description

Job Title: DevOps Engineer

Location: Dayton, OH

Eligibility: Candidate must possess an active TS/SCI clearance

Job Description:

We are seeking an experienced TS/SCI cleared DevOps
Engineer that has exceptional experience in Python and AWS to support a
large R&D program that is focused on providing advanced intelligence
capabilities for the benefit of the DoD and IC communities. The right
candidate will have deep hands-on expertise with microservices /
container architectures (e.g. Docker, OpenShift, Kubernetes), and should
have experience with configuration/management tools such as Gitlab. You
will support a very high visibility project and be part of a mid-sized
team where you will work with application development teams across the
software development life cycle, creating solutions to complex problems
within a collaborative team environment.

Responsibilities:

- Designing and implementing AWS Cloud-based hosting solutions, as
well as Cloudbased backup and recovery, including failover zones.

- Executing AWS billing and accounting best practices to minimize
oversubscription of AWS cloud environment services

- Troubleshooting, triaging, and resolving issues for CI/CD pipeline
failures or slowness

- Developing tools and processes to drive DevOps or DevSecOps maturity
by automating builds, regression testing, monitoring, and pushing
releases across environments

- Performing automated testing, automated deployments (CI/CD
pipelines), and branching strategy and implementation.

Required Must Have Skills:

- Hands-on experience with microservices / container architectures
(e.g. Docker, OpenShift, Kubernetes) orchestration and automation

- Kubernetes skills required: ArgoCD, Helm, Prometheus

- Experience with configuration/management tools such as Gitlab

- Strong python scripting/programming skills

- Experience developing enterprise AWS cloud-native solutions

- Experience hosting applications on commercial cloud providers

- Experience with Jenkins, GitLab runners, GitHub actions, Terraform,
Terragrunt, and Pulumi

- TS/SCI clearance with a CI polygraph

- Bachelor's degree in CS or Computer Engineering

Desired/Bonus Skills:

- Experience managing and maintaining ElasticSearch and Kibana

- Grafana experience

- Golang experience

- Experience creating and improving continuous automation across
multiple technical stacks

- Experience creating and improving continuous deployment tools built
on Kubernetes

- Experience triaging and resolving issues related to both open-source
and commercial tools in public cloud environments

- Experience bringing other organizations on board with DevOps,
championing the adoption of DevOps processes, tools, and roles, and
working with other development teams to recast work

- Master's degree in CS, Computer Engineering, or a related field

- NGA or IC Domain Experience

Qualifications (education/experience substitutions are allowed):

- Mid-level candidates must have a B.A./B.S. and 4 years of experience

- Senior level candidates must have a B.A./B.S. and 10 years of
experience

- SME level candidates must have a M.A./M.S. and 18 years of
experience