DevOps Engineer

Excelity; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work schedule

Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance

Generous paid vacation and holidays

401(k) Retirement Plan with employer matching

Reimbursement for professional development

Job summary

Excelity, located in Herndon, Virginia, is seeking a DevOps Engineer to develop and manage CI/CD pipelines. The ideal candidate will have significant experience with scripting and container technologies, specifically OpenShift. This role includes responsibilities such as troubleshooting deployment issues and integrating new microservices into the pipeline.

The position offers a competitive salary, flexible work schedules, and comprehensive health insurance including dental and vision coverage, alongside generous vacation time and a robust 401(k) plan.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 9 years or Master's with 7 years of experience required.
• Experience with CI/CD processes and DevOps integration.
• DoD IAT Level II Certification needed.

Responsibilities

• Develop CI/CD pipelines and write scripts for automation.
• Integrate microservices into the deployment pipeline.
• Monitor services and troubleshoot deployment issues.

Skills

Linux Environments

Bash

Python

Jenkins

Java

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Git

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

SonarQube

Fortify

Robot Framework

Selenium

Docker

Terraform

Job description

Job Responsibilities

• Development of CI/CD Build and Deployment Pipelines
  • Write/modify Jenkins-based groovy scripts
  • Write/update Terraform scripts
  • Troubleshoot pipeline issues across on-prem, OpenShift environments and AWS Environments
  • Document key features for developer use
  • Help write and maintain scripts for process improvements (ex: stage/unstage builds, branch tag automation, automating variance corrections across networks)
  • Work with Helm charts to deploy container based microservices
• Integrate tools into the pipeline
  • Work with the development teams to bring in new microservices into the pipeline. Helping troubleshoot as necessary.
  • Work through steps to automate installations of COTS products into the architecture
• Debugging integration issues
  • Help identify issues in the deployment (i.e. potentially intermittent connectivity issues from an API Server to the Database)
  • Monitor (and help develop scripts to monitor) services to ensure everything is functioning as necessary
• DevOps Tool Integration
  • Help integrate with various tools for the DevOps process (SonarQube, Fortify, Jenkins, Robot Framework/Selenium, Artifactory, etc.)

Required Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree and 9 years of relevant experience OR a Master’s degree with 7 years of relevant experience OR a PhD with 4 years of relevant experience; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of the degree requirement
• Experience with Linux Environments
• Experience with scripting languages, such as Bash and Python
• Basic understanding of an Object-Oriented Programming Language, such as Java
• Experience with OpenShift or similar container environment
• DoD IAT Level II Certification (Security + CE, CISSP, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

• Understanding of Kubernetes or OpenShift Container Platform
• Experience with Git for Source Control
• Experience developing, deploying, monitoring, and troubleshooting software solutions
• Experience integrating Jenkins and Docker for automated CI/CD pipelines

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Flexible work schedule
• 100% Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance plans with Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Long and Short-term disability coverage
• Generous paid vacation and holiday time
• Safe Harbor 401(k) Retirement Plan with 6% Employer matching contributions
• Reimbursement for professional and training development
• Company-paid memberships to professional organizations

Required Clearance

TS/SCI w/ CI Poly