DevOps Engineer Herndon, Virginia • In office

Excelity; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible work schedule

100% Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan with employer matching

Job summary

Excelity is looking for a DevOps Engineer based in Herndon, Virginia to contribute to the development of next-generation integration systems. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in CI/CD pipeline development and a solid background in Linux environments, scripting languages, and DevOps tool integration.

The position offers competitive benefits, including comprehensive insurance plans, flexible work schedules, and professional development reimbursements. Join Excelity and help deliver innovative solutions for critical government missions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 9 years of relevant experience, or a Master's with 7 years, or a PhD with 4 years of experience.
• Experience with Linux environments and scripting languages.
• Basic understanding of an object-oriented programming language.

Responsibilities

• Develop CI/CD build and deployment pipelines.
• Integrate tools into the DevOps pipeline.
• Debug integration issues and monitor services.
• Work with development teams to troubleshoot and automate installations.

Skills

CI/CD pipeline development

Scripting (Bash, Python)

Linux environments

Understanding of OOP (Java)

Experience with OpenShift

DevOps tools integration

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in relevant field

Tools

Jenkins

Terraform

SonarQube

Docker

Job description

At Excelity, we're passionate about delivering innovative technology solutions that help businesses thrive. Whether you're looking to streamline your operations, improve efficiency, or enhance customer engagement, our team of experienced professionals is here to help. So why wait? Visit excelity.io today to learn more about how we can help you achieve your goals and take your business to the next level.

Excelity is seeking a DevOps Engineer for a project responsible for building the next generation Mission Integration System for an exciting Government customer with a very critical mission. The candidate will work with the engineering team and customer to ensure successful development of high profile, complex, technical deliverables that are core to the continued success of our award-winning projects. The candidate will develop CI/CD build and deploy pipelines; integrate tools into the pipeline and manage debugging integration issues. In addition, candidate will help integrate with various tools for the DevOps process.

Required Clearance: TS/SCI w/ CI Poly

Job Responsibilities:

• Development of CI/CD Build and Deployment Pipelines
  • Write/modify Jenkins-based groovy scripts
  • Write/update Terraform scripts
  • Troubleshoot pipeline issues across on-prem, OpenShift environments and AWS Environments
  • Document key features for developer use
  • Help write and maintain scripts for process improvements (ex: stage/unstage builds, branch tag automation, automating variance corrections across networks)
  • Work with Helm charts to deploy container based microservices
• Integrate tools into the pipeline
  • Work with the development teams to bring in new microservices into the pipeline. Helping troubleshoot as necessary.
  • Work through steps to automate installations of COTS products into the architecture
• Debugging integration issues
  • Help identify issues in the deployment (i.e. potentially intermittent connectivity issues from an API Server to the Database)
  • Monitor (and help develop scripts to monitor) services to ensure everything is functioning as necessary
• DevOps Tool Integration
  • Help integrate with various tools for the DevOps process (SonarQube, Fortify, Jenkins, Robot Framework/Selenium, Artifactory, etc…)

Required Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree and 9 years of relevant experience OR a Master’s degree with 7 years of relevant experience OR a PhD with 4 years of relevant experience; an additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of the degree requirement
• Experience with Linux Environments
• Experience with scripting languages, such as Bash and Python
• Basic understanding of an Object-Oriented Programming Language, such as Java
• Experience with OpenShift or similar container environment
• DoD IAT Level II Certification (Security + CE, CISSP, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Understanding of Kubernetes or OpenShift Container Platform
• Experience with Git for Source Control
• Experience developing, deploying, monitoring, and troubleshooting software solutions

• Experience integrating Jenkins and Docker for automated CI/CD pipelines

Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Flexible work schedule
• 100% Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance plans with Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Long and Short-term disability coverage
• Generous paid vacation and holiday time
• Safe Harbor 401(k) Retirement Plan with 6% Employer matching contributions
• Reimbursement for professional and training development
• Company-paid memberships to professional organizations

Excelity is an Equal Opportunity Employer