DevOps Engineer

Soft Tech Consulting; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401K

Short Term Disability

Long Term Disability

Life Insurance

PTO

Paid Holidays

Job summary

Soft Tech Consulting is seeking a highly motivated DevOps Engineer for a government client. The role is 100% onsite in Washington, DC, requiring an active Top Secret clearance and US citizenship.

The candidate will join a collaborative team, managing Kubernetes deployments, building deployment pipelines, and automating Linux/Windows administration while maintaining secure AWS environments. The ideal candidate has 2+ years in DevOps or SysAdmin roles, strong Kubernetes/AWS experience, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• Strong Kubernetes expertise is required.
• Experience with AWS and CI/CD tools (GitLab/GitHub/Jenkins).
• Familiarity with Linux and Windows administration and scripting.

Responsibilities

• Manage Kubernetes deployments and rollouts.
• Develop deployment pipelines to update containers, deploy infrastructure, and launch applications.
• Automate Linux and Windows Server administration tasks.
• Maintain AWS environments and security standards across multiple environments.

Skills

Kubernetes

AWS

CI/CD pipelines

Linux administration

Windows administration

Shell/PowerShell

Infrastructure as Code

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

GitLab

GitHub

Jenkins

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

UNITED STATES CITIZEN

MUST HAVE AN ACTIVE TOP SECRET CLEARANCE

100% ONSITE - WASHINGTON, DC

NO THIRD PARTY VENDORS

Salary is dependent upon the candidate's skills, experience, education and certifications.

• Soft Tech offers competitive BENEFITS in the areas of: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Life Insurance, PTO, and Paid Holidays

Soft Tech Consulting is seeking a highly motivated, self-directed individual to fill the role of a DevOps Engineer for one of our government clients. The designated candidate for this position will join a collaborative team environment, providing support and expertise necessary toward the successful delivery of the project deliverables, and provide effective communication to all levels of staff for reporting status/progress.

Responsibilities

• Manage Kubernetes Application deployments (strong Kubernetes experience is required)
• Develop Deployment Pipelines to update containers, deploy infrastructure, and launch applications
• Automate Linux and Windows Server Administration tasks
• Help Maintain AWS Environments
• Maintain security standards for multiple Environments including Linux and Windows Servers

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree.
• Strong knowledge of containers and container orchestration (e.g. Kubernetes)
• Strong Kubernetes experience (Required)
• Experience with AWS.
• Minimum 2+ YOE in a DevOps or SysAdmin Role and a desire to grow in the field.
• Experience with automation tools like Ansible, Chef, Puppet or Systems Manager.
• Experience with Linux Administration and Shell Scripting or Windows Administration and PowerShell.
• Experience with CI/CD Pipeline tools such as GitLab, Github, Jenkins
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as CloudFormation and Terraform
• Familiarity with the Agile Software Development Methodology (Preferred).
• Experience with Kubernetes (Advanced).
• Experience with AWS Administration (Advanced).
• Experience with Linux (Intermediate).
• Experience with Microsoft Windows Server Administration (Intermediate).
• Must be able to communicate effectively, both verbal and written.
• Must be able to work independently, with minimal oversight.

About Us

Soft Tech Consulting, Inc. is a woman and minority-owned business headquartered in Chantilly, VA. With contracts in both the public and private sectors in the DC metro area and across the country, Soft Tech is an organization made up of highly successful and talented Information Technology professionals offering enterprise class solutions for any size organization at great value. Soft Tech’s mission is to help government organizations design, implement, and maintain mission critical Information Technology solutions. By focusing jointly on our employees and our customers, we are able to achieve our mission by providing each and every one of our customers with continuous quality customer support.

Soft Tech Consulting, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.