DevOps Engineer-Advanced - Lockheed Martin

OpenTalent; Maryland; On-site; USD 167,000 - 310,000; Full time

Job summary

Lockheed Martin is seeking a DevOps Engineer in the United States (Maryland) to develop infrastructure as code, automate tasks, and provision managed services. You will patch and harden RHEL, install and optimize Kubernetes, Nifi, and logging/metrics tools, and manage CI/CD pipelines using GitLab runners and Argo CD.

Experience with AWS and strong collaboration skills are required. Ideal candidates have TS clearance with polygraph and extensive professional experience, supporting cyber

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• 14+ years of professional experience (or 12 years with related Master's)
• Active Top Secret clearance with polygraph

Responsibilities

• Developing Infrastructure As Code and scripting to automate tasks, provision managed services, and build tools.
• Patching, hardening, and maintaining compliance of RHEL.
• Install, configure, and tune Kubernetes, Docker Compose, Nifi, and cloud-native logging/metrics tools.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines with GitLab runners and Argo CD.
• Manage AWS cloud platforms (AWS).
• Collaborate with team members and stakeholders.

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related discipline

Tools

Python

Ansible

Terraform

AWS

Kubernetes

Docker Compose

Nifi

GitLab CI/CD

Argo CD

Job description

Standard Job Description

• Developing Infrastructure As Code and scripting to automate tasks, provision managed services, and build tools. Popular programming languages for DevOps engineers include Python, Ansible, and Terraform.
• Experience patching, hardening, and maintaining compliance of RHEL
• Install, configure, and provide performance tuning utilizing: Kubernetes, Docker Compose, Nifi, and cloud native logging and metrics collection tools.
• Managing CI/CD pipelines to automate building, testing, and deploying code utilizing GitLab runners and Argo CD.
• Managing commercial cloud computing platforms (AWS).
• Communication and collaboration: DevOps is a team-oriented discipline. Engineers need to be able to communicate and collaborate effectively with other team members, as well as with stakeholders.

Designs, develops, documents, tests, and maintains full spectrum cyber solutions. Develops and automates secure systems to support cyber offensive, defense and full spectrum cyber operations.Conducts vulnerability research, reverse engineering, penetration testing (red/blue teams), develops and integrates low-level firmware, and/or develops specialized cyber software solutions and tools based on mission requirements. Applies system knowledge of subject matter (hardware, software, networks, cloud, etc.) to conduct research to evaluate potential vulnerabilities and develop new capabilities to exploit and/or mitigate vulnerabilities.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors degree from an accredited college in a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education
• 14 years or more of professional experience; or 12 years of professional experience with a related Masters degree.
• An active Top Secret clearance with polygraph.

Desired Skills

• Design, build, and maintain AWS infrastructure including but not limited to EC2, Lambdas, S3, SNS, SQS, Event Router, Athena, and Step Functions using Terraform.
• Understanding of AWS networking principles to include VPCs, NATs, IP Gateway.
• Develop and manage Gitlab CI/CD pipelines to automate deployment processes.
• Collaborate with development teams to optimize application performance and reliability.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure issues and ensure system uptime.
• Kubernetes experience with a focus on EKS, ECS, and/or Fargate.

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $166900.00 - $309900.00

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