DevOps Engineer 3

Wyetechllc; Maryland; On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

SEP IRA 20%

200 hrs PTO

Medical plan options & Dental/Vision

Referral bonus $10k

Contract mobility across sites

Team events & clothing allowance

Job summary

Wyetech, LLC is seeking a senior platform engineer to drive architecture, deployment, and automation for federal contract programs. You will lead cross-functional Agile teams, build robust release pipelines, and implement scalable infrastructure using Git, Linux, AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes.

Required: TS/SCI clearance, 10+ years in a similar role, strong scripting and DevOps skills. Location in Maryland with opportunities across multiple contract sites; relocation and mobility encouraged.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering or Computer Science with a minimum of ten years related exp.
• Experience across cross-functional teams and Agile DevOps environments.
• Fluency with Git and Linux environments (RHEL/CentOS).
• Strong cloud & containerization skills: AWS, Kubernetes, Docker.

Responsibilities

• Support the development life cycle of platform architecture, deployment and debugging.
• Build release pipelines for fast, safe production delivery.
• Lead Agile team ceremonies and participate in planning, grooming, demos, and retrospectives.
• Automate deployments across dev, test, staging, QA and production stacks.

Skills

Python

Java

Go

Git

Linux

AWS

Kubernetes

DevOps

Docker

Ansible

Puppet

Jenkins

PostgreSQL

Elasticsearch

C++

TS/SCI clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Computer Science

Tools

Git

Confluence

Jira

Job description

Overview

At Wyetech, you’ll be at the center of an award-winning corporate culture, breaking technological barriers and solving real-world problems for our federal government customers. We are committed to hiring the best of the best, and in return, we offer a world-class, truly unique employee experience that is rare within our industry.

Due to federal contract requirements, United States Citizenship and position appropriate security clearance is required. (e.g. Active TS/SCI security clearance with agency appropriate polygraph).

Responsibilities

• Support the development life cycle of platform architectural design, deployment and debugging
• Building a release pipeline to enable fast, but safe delivery of critical business software to Production
• Develop & maintain sound version control best practices-based CM systems (GIT), including branching and merging strategies
• Serve as a technical lead for an Agile team and actively participate in all Agile ceremonies. Participate in all team ceremonies including planning, grooming, product demonstration and team retrospectives.
• Automate release deployments across development, test, staging, Quality Assurance and production stacks using scripting languages and automation toolkits
• Set up new sites and applications via configuration management such as Puppet and Ansible
• Maintain / upgrade / patch tracking and documentation software (Confluence / Jira)
• Create, assist, and implement design and maintenance web service infrastructure and deployments
• Analyze service stack and make recommendations for further improvements
• Identify processes and capabilities that can be streamlined and automated
• Communicate effectively to bridge stakeholder and development requirements
• Assist with support and operations where necessary
• Maintain confidentiality with regard to information being processed, stored, or accessed
• Leverage programming languages such as Python, Ruby, Perl, and Java
• Proficient with DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering methodologies
• Proficient automating network infrastructure configuration using Software Defined Networking
• Have a holistic view of service development and deployment architecture
• Understand SLA requirements and high availability architectures, performance optimization, and monitoring techniques
• Support deployment and operations when necessary
• Set up and configure a continuous integration environment leveraging Configuration Management, containerization, serverless technologies, and Kubernetes
• Architect and develop best practices for software build tools (Gradle, Maven, ANT, Shell) and continuous integration tools (Jenkins, Bamboo), and infrastructure automation (Amazon Web Services, VMWare, Puppet, Chef, ansible, etc.)

Qualifications

• Experience working cross functionally across multiple teams
• TS/SCI with agency appropriate poly
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering or Computer Science with a minimum of ten (10) years of related experience (excluding education experience such as Bachelor's or Master's degree)
• Must be fluent with Git
• Strong knowledge of Linux and Linux environments (RHEL 6/7/8, RHCS/RHCE, CentOS)
• Experience with Windows system administration, system monitoring, instrumentation, resiliency and performance
• 10+ years working in an Agile dev environment
• Experience integrating Jenkins/Bamboo Docker and Kubernetes for automated deployment preferred
• Experience with caching technologies (Memcache, Active MQ, Redis, APC, etc.)
• Experience with MySQL (Clusters, Replication, and Tuning) and Elasticsearch (Kibana a plus). Knowledge of security practices, networking protocols, firewalls, PCI compliance etc.
• 10+ years of system architecture required with demonstrated ability to read code and understand coding logic to assist in troubleshooting
• 10+ years’ experience managing/monitoring AWS cloud and virtualized servers for optimal performance in a Platform as a Service (PaaS) environment
• Familiarity with software development life cycle models, Agile, and DevOps programming methodologies
• Fluent in object oriented programming and experience in at least one programming language such as Ruby, C, C++, Go, Python, or Java
• Experience acquiring in-depth understanding of large complex software systems to isolate defects, reproduce defects, assess risk, and understand varied customer deployments
• Ability to work successfully with customers, developers, testing, project management, and support staff
• Excellent problem solving, analytical skills and technical troubleshooting skills
• Clarity and precision in verbal and written communications
• AWS (e.g., ECS, EKS) – hands on experience working with NSA’s specific implementation
• Kubernetes
• Infrastructure automation
• Kafka
• Java
• NiFi
• PostgreSQL

Benefits

• Retirement contributions: Wyetech automatically contributes 20% of each employee's gross compensation to a Simplified Employee Pension (SEP) IRA, fully vested from day one
• Generous PTO plan of up to 200 hours annually, aligned with applicable state leave regulations, with flexibility to adjust each calendar year
• Full-time employees can participate in voluntary benefit plans: choice of medical plan options (some with Health Savings Account), vision and dental, life and AD&D benefits, short and long-term disability, hospital indemnity, accident and critical illness insurances, optional identity theft and legal protection services
• Employee referral bonus eligibility up to $10,000
• Mobility among Wyetech-supported contracts
• Various contract and work locations throughout Maryland, Virginia, Colorado, Texas, Utah, Alaska, Hawaii and OCONUS
• Team-building events throughout the year such as monthly lunches, summer company picnic, and an annual holiday party
• Employees receive two complementary branded clothing orders annually

Wyetech, LLC 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.

Wyetech, LLC is committed to the principles of affirmative action in all hiring and employment for minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans.

Wyetech, LLC is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible hiring process. If you need any accommodations during the application or interview process, please contact Brittney Wood at 844‑WYETECH x727 or [e-mail]. We are happy to provide reasonable accommodations to ensure equal access to all candidates.