DevOps Engineer- CI Poly - $200K+

stanleyreid; Fairfax (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Our client, a small specialized company, seeks a DevOps Engineer to join a fast-paced, mission-focused team in Fairfax, VA. The role involves managing a large, distributed environment with Red Hat, CentOS, VMware, and a mix of cloud technologies.

You will work on CI/CD pipelines and container orchestration using Docker/Podman and Kubernetes.

Qualifications

• CI/CD experience is required.
• Experience with containerization using Podman or Docker and Kubernetes for orchestration.
• Proficiency with Linux distributions (Red Hat, Fedora, CentOS).
• Experience designing and administering virtualized environments with VMware and Red Hat packages.
• Strong understanding of TCP/IP and network protocols (CCNA-level knowledge).
• Experience with server and workstation security hardening.
• Familiarity with Puppet, Ansible, Cobbler for server automation.

Skills

CI/CD experience

Containerization concepts

Network fundamentals

Server/workstation security hardening

Automation/DevOps practices

Tools

Podman

Docker

Kubernetes

Puppet

Ansible

Cobbler

Job description

Our client is a small specialized company providing multi-faceted, high impact technology solutions to our nation's Intelligence Community. They have been in this industry for over 20 years and are well established in this space. They are seeking a DevOps Engineer to join a fast-paced, mission-focused, and passionate team. the tech stack here is large and complex: thousands of servers in a world-wide distributed environment, RedHat, CentOS, Juniper and CISCO networks. Virtualization, CephFS, IBM GPFS, SANS, HP and IBS storage, Gluster, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, Puppet, Chef, Bash, Csh, Perl, Python, Ruby and all sorts of Cloud technologies (not just AWS).

Ideal candidates for this role will have:

• Continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) experience
• Experience using Podman or Dockers for Containerization and Kubernetes for Orchestration
• Both domain and admin experience with Linux distributions: Red Hat, Fedora or CentOS
• Experience designing and administering virtualized environments with VMware and Red Hat packages
• Understanding. of TCP/IP stack and network protocols, near CCNA knowledge level
• Both server and workstation security. hardening
• Familiarity with Puppet, Ansible, Cobbler for server automation

This team is located in Fairfax, VA and work is 100% on-site. This role requires US citizenship and a current TS/SCI + CI Poly level clearance.