DevOps Engineer

Talentify; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Retirement plan

On-the-job training

Tuition reimbursement

Networking opportunities

Performance bonus opportunities

Job summary

Prescient Edge is seeking a DevOps Engineer to support a Federal Government client. The position's availability is contingent upon contract award.

The role focuses on configuring Kubernetes environments with STIG hardening, managing secrets with FedRAMP tools, and integrating secure CI/CD pipelines across ArcGIS components and related services.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and optimizing CI/CD pipelines and automating infrastructure.
• Proficient in Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Ansible; Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Azure DevOps, or AWS CodePipeline.
• Strong understanding of AWS, Azure, GCP; security best practices; monitoring/logging with Prometheus, Grafana, ELK.
• Experience deploying and managing Kubernetes clusters with secure, high-availability CI/CD.
• Experience with microservices, service mesh (Istio, Linkerd), and observability tools.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain Kubernetes configuration packages with STIG hardening and RBAC enforcement per IL environment.
• Implement and manage secrets injection strategies using FedRAMP-compliant tools and CI/CD compatibility.
• Integrate CI/CD pipelines for secure, automated deployment and rollback of ArcGIS components.
• Coordinate with Kubernetes and Data Layer Engineers for version control, pipeline integrity, and testing.
• Provide estimated cloud resource usage profiles for Kubernetes deployments in IL2, IL4, IL5 environments.
• Support tagging, prepay or reservation planning with WO-009 for provisioning.
• Implement resource tagging to align with cloud governance and reconcile usage with WO-009.
• Support cost optimization by adjusting workloads and scaling strategies based on feedback.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

Kubernetes

Docker

Infrastructure as code

Terraform

Ansible

Jenkins

GitLab CI/CD

Azure DevOps

AWS

Security best practices

Monitoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT

Five years experience in DevOps

CKA

AWS DevOps Engineer Pro

Microsoft DevOps Expert

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK stack

AWS Secrets Manager

Azure Key Vault

Job description

Prescient Edge is seeking a DevOps Engineer to support a Federal Government client.

Please note that the availability of this position is contingent upon contract award.

Benefits:

At Prescient Edge, we believe that acting with integrity and serving our employees is the key to everyone's success. To that end, we provide employees with a best-in-class benefits package that includes:

• A competitive salary with performance bonus opportunities.
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits, including medical, vision, dental, and orthodontia coverage.
• A substantial retirement plan with no vesting schedule.
• Career development opportunities, including on-the-job training, tuition reimbursement, and networking.
• A positive work environment where employees are respected, supported, and engaged.

Description:

• Shall create and maintain environment-specific Kubernetes configuration packages (e.g., Helm values files, YAML manifests) that incorporate STIG-aligned hardening and RBAC policy enforcement per IL environment.
• Implement and manage secrets injection strategies using FedRAMP-compliant tools (e.g., AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault), ensuring compatibility with automated deployment pipelines.
• Integrate CI/CD pipelines to enable secure, automated deployment and rollback of ArcGIS components and related services, supporting ongoing agility and compliance across environments.
• Coordinate with Kubernetes and Data Layer Engineers to ensure version control, pipeline integrity, and integration testing for all containerized services deployed under WO-003.
• Coordinate with the WO-009 infrastructure team to provide estimated cloud resource usage profiles for Kubernetes-based deployments in IL2, IL4, and IL5 environments.
• Supply container and workload specifications to the WO-009 infrastructure team to support provisioning, tagging, and prepay or reservation planning
• Implement resource tagging in alignment with program-wide cloud governance policy and reconcile actual usage against estimates provided by WO-009.
• Support cost optimization efforts led by WO-009 by adjusting workloads and scaling strategies in response to performance and utilization feedback.

Experience:

• Possess the knowledge and capability to design, implement, and optimize CI/CD pipelines, automate infrastructure management, and ensure scalable deployments across cloud and on-premises environments.
• Proficient in container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker), infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible), and continuous integration tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Azure DevOps, or AWS CodePipeline).
• Strong understanding of cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP), security best practices, and monitoring/logging solutions (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack) is required.
• Experience in deploying and managing Kubernetes clusters, automating cloud infrastructure, and implementing secure, high-availability CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with microservices architecture, service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd), and observability tools is required.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or five (5) years of equivalent experience in DevOps engineering.
• Desirable but not required certifications include Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional, or Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert.

Security clearance:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen and able to obtain a clearance.

Location:

• Doral, Florida. (USSOUTHCOM Headquarters)