DevOps Engineer New with Security Clearance

Hoplite Solutions LLC; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Hoplite Solutions LLC in Bethesda, MD is seeking a DevOps Engineer to join a mission-critical team. You will collaborate with software developers to deploy, monitor, and optimize enterprise systems within an Agile SAFe setting.

The role requires hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, cloud deployments (AWS), and container orchestration tools, plus a TS/SCI with poly security clearance. On-site work in Bethesda is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 4+ years of relevant work experience or a Master’s with 2+ years of relevant work experience.
• Active TS/SCI with polygraph security clearance is required to be considered.
• Experience setting up and supporting CI/CD pipelines and DevOps processes.
• Experience with cloud environments, preferably AWS, and container orchestration.
• Strong scripting and automation skills across build and deployment tools.

Responsibilities

• Supports software deployments and production availability of systems in an Agile SAFe environment.
• Manage, configure, and operate DevOps tools and the deployment pipeline.
• Automate tool deployment and maintenance tasks in the AWS cloud and other environments.
• Collaborate with software engineering teams to streamline release processes and improve reliability.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Team collaboration

CI/CD mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree +4y exp or Master's +2y exp

Tools

GitHub

Jira

Confluence

Jenkins

Katalon Studio

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Python

Job description

Job Description Hoplite Solutions is hiring DevOps Engineers at all experience levels to join our team in Bethesda, MD. In this mission-critical role, you will provide essential system support to our customer while collaborating closely with software development teams and other key technology stakeholders. You will help maintain, enhance, and support a range of IC enterprise products-both legacy systems and new solutions-within an Agile SAFe environment. As a DevOps Engineer, you will work hand-in-hand with software engineering teams to deploy and operate systems, automate and optimize processes, and build and maintain tools that support deployment, monitoring, and ongoing operations. You will also troubleshoot and resolve issues across development, test, and production environments, ensuring reliability, efficiency, and continuous improvement across the enterprise. Primary Responsibilities: * Supports software deployments, cloud infrastructure baselines, and operational availability of production systems.

• Managing, building, configuring, administering, operating and maintaining all components that comprise the DevOps environment.
• Defining enterprise Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment processes and best practices
• Codifying DevOps best practices across the enterprise
• Developing and maintaining scripts to automate tool deployment to an AWS cloud environment and other tasks.
• Scripting and maintaining build environments.
• Working with project teams to integrate their products into the DevOps environment. Required Skills Basic Qualifications * Demonstrated experience setting up one or more of the following tools: GitHub, Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, and Katalon Studio.
• Demonstrated experience troubleshooting issues with two or more of the following tools: GitHub, Jira, Confluence, Jenkins, and Katalon Studio.
• Demonstrated experience working within a software development team and supporting developers and developer activities.
• Bachelors degree with 4 or more years of prior relevant work experience or Masters with 2 or more years of prior relevant work experience. Will consider additional work experience in lieu of a degree.
• To be considered must have an active TS/SCI with polygraph security clearance Desired Skills (Optional) Preferred Qualifications * AWS Associate Certification (Developer, Solution Architect, or Sys Ops Administrator)
• AWS Professional Certification (DevOps Engineer or Solutions Architect)
• Demonstrated experience in container orchestration using Docker, Vagrant, Kubernetes, or AWS ECS/ECR
• Demonstrated experience with Languages including Java, Python, JavaScript, Ruby, PHP, and Unix shell Scripting
• Demonstrated experience with Ansible, or Puppet.