DevOps Engineer

GRVTY; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plan

HSA with company contribution

PTO & holidays

401k with match

Training opportunities

Company events

Job summary

GRVTY is seeking a Sr. DevOps Engineer to deliver simple, scalable cloud solutions for our clients. Join a team focused on automation, security, and reliability in a fast-paced environment in St. Louis, MO or Springfield, VA.

You will own deployments, monitor systems, and drive improvements across on-prem and cloud infrastructure, with opportunities to work in SAFe and Scrum teams and provide on-call support.

Qualifications

• US citizenship with TS/SCI clearance and CI polygraph.
• 8+ years of relevant DevOps/engineering experience; degree offset allowed.
• Experience with container platforms: Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift.
• Solid understanding of DevOps processes and CI/CD tooling.
• Proficient with GitLab or similar CI tools.
• Knowledge of microservice design patterns and best practices.
• Scripting in Python, Bash and Shell for automation.
• Networking fundamentals and common infra components.
• Strong problem solving and communication skills.
• Ability to work unsupervised with excellent time management.
• Experience deploying on-prem infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Automate and optimize service deployments.
• Integrate with enterprise authentication services.
• Monitor systems and enforce security practices across environments.
• Architect and maintain on-prem and cloud infrastructure.
• Improve build and deployment processes with CI/CD tools.
• Manage logs and security incidents across environments.
• Support SAFe and Scrum teams; participate in ceremonies.
• Provide on-call support as needed.

Skills

Kubernetes

Docker

OpenShift

CI/CD

Microservices design

Python scripting

Shell scripting

Networking basics

Problem solving

Communication skills

Time management

On-call experience

On-Prem deployment

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

GitLab

Job description

Deliver simple solutions to complex problems as a DevOps Engineer. Here, you'll tailor cutting-edge solutions to the unique requirements of our clients. With a career in application development, you'll make an end user's experience your priority and we'll make your career grow ours. As a DevOps Engineer, Sr. you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a TS/SCI cleared DevOps Engineer joining our team to support our intelligence customer in St. Louis, MO or Springfield, VA.

In this role, you'll join the Common Operations Release Environment (CORE) team, providing high-quality, cost-effective cloud solutions to our clients. Be part of a dynamic environment where your expertise in cloud engineering will drive significant enhancements in the efficiency and effectiveness of our customers' operations. As a DevOps Engineer on our team, you will be responsible for distributed and managed services automating the installation, configuration and maintenance of platform services.

What You'll be Owning

• Automate and optimize service deployments
• Integrate with enterprise authentication services
• Establish and improve system monitoring while maintaining established security protocols within test, development, and production systems.
• Architect, build and maintain On-Prem and cloud infrastructure to support team and customer initiatives
• Maintain and improve existing infrastructure (build out autoscaling, support new services, optimize for cost efficiencies/authentication/search, etc.)
• Administer production, staging and development environments
• Manage and aggregate server logs and monitor for security and system related incidents
• Monitor and analyze system performance, such as server load and resource usage
• Maintain and improve existing build and deployment processes using CI/CD tools
• Apply configuration management disciplines to maintain software revisions, security patches, hardening, and documentation
• Enforce best practices for security and reliability, like access control and vulnerability testing
• Work with A&A Teams to maintain security requirements for operation of systems
• Maintain documentation of designs/configurations, ensuring team members have continuity of recurring tasks
• Follow up on engineering tasks for operational solutions, and validate completion
• Manage operational readiness board – present at weekly meetings and determine if development services are ready for automation based on best practices and maintainability
• Track and ensure routine operations maintenance tasks are completed in a timely manner
• Participant in SAFe and Scrum development teams and meetings
• On-call support will be required

What You Must Have

• US Citizenship and active TS/SCI with the ability to obtain a CI Polygraph
• Degree in a relevant area and 8+ years of relevant experience, additional years of experience can offset degree requirement.
• Experience working with container images and platforms (Kubernetes/Docker/OpenShift)
• Strong understanding of DevOps and software/application development processes
• Understanding of GitLab or other DevOps/Continuous Integration tools
• Understanding of microservice design and architectural pattern best practices
• Understanding of Python, Bash, and Shell scripting
• Knowledge of network technologies, common infrastructure components, load balancers, firewalls, virtual and physical infrastructure design
• Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Must possess excellent time management skills and the drive to work unsupervised
• Experience with deploying On-Prem infrastructure

What Would be Nice to Have

• Experience in building processes for deploying to a Kubernetes based environment using Gitlab and Helm
• Understanding of access management and security groups (i.e. IAM, S3 bucket, SSH, VPN, etc.)
• Ability to write and use unit and functional testing
• Experience using Jira and Confluence

Benefits

• Robust health plan including medical, dental, and vision
• Health Savings Account with company contribution
• Annual Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
• 401k with generous company match
• Training and Development Opportunities
• Variety of Company Sponsored Events

EEO Statement

GRVTY, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Anyone requiring reasonable accommodations should [e-mail] or call 703-544-7930 with requested details. A member of the HR team will respond to your request within 2 business days.