DEVOPS/KUBERNETES ENGINEER (TOP SECRET with SCI ELIGIBILITY REQUIRED)

NorthHill Technology; Fairfax (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

NorthHill Technology Resources LLC seeks a DevOps/Kubernetes Engineer to join our Fairfax, VA team at the headquarters. A Top Secret with SCI eligibility is required, with a CI Poly preferred.

You will migrate and deploy applications in both on-prem and cloud infrastructures, onboard tenants, and help developers deploy services efficiently. Responsibilities include building scalable CI/CD pipelines, managing Kubernetes landscapes, and enforcing security hardening across systems.

Qualifications

• Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility required.
• CI Poly preferred (would sit for a CI Poly if not possessed).
• Migration and deployment of applications in on-prem and cloud environments.
• Support onboarding of new tenants and architect deployments.

Responsibilities

• Assist in migrating and deploying applications across on-prem and cloud.
• Stand up common services and optimize hardware resource use.
• Collaborate with developers to implement scalable CI/CD pipelines.
• Ensure security requirements and system hardening across environments.

Skills

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

CI/CD

Linux

AWS

Azure

VMware

Python

Bash

Security

Hardening

GitLab

Jenkins

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenEBS

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS/CE/EE

Master's Degree preferred

Tools

GitLab

Jenkins

VMware

Kubernetes tools

Job description

DEVOPS/KUBERNETES ENGINEER (TOP SECRET with SCI ELIGIBILITY REQUIRED)

• Information Technology

One of our key clients has an immediate full-time need for DevOps Engineers to work at their Fairfax, VA headquarters. Must have a minimum of a Top Secret with SCI Eligibility Required, CI Poly preferred (would sit for a CI Poly while you work if not currently possessed).

Work in a fast-paced environment to assist in migration and deployment of applications in both on-Prem and cloud infrastructures. Support onboarding of new tenants andassist application developers creating deployments, standing up common services and recommendingsolutions for maximizing efficient use of hardware resources.

Technical Requirements:

• Experience with either/or cloud platforms (Amazon/Azure) and/or hardware/virtualization (HPE,VMWare)
• Experience successful navigating the Kubernetes landscape and familiarity with the Cloud NativeComputing Foundation (CNCF) tools and software
• Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform, Terragrunt, etc.)
• Experience with configuration management automation (Ansible, Puppet, etc.)
• Experience with application deployment using CI/CD and Git workflow (Pipelines utilizing GitLab,Jenkins, etc.)
• Experience with monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, etc.)
• Experience with Linux (RHEL 9, RPM-based)
• Experience/exposure with metrics (Elastic, etc.)
• Experience working within a program of record supporting security requirements and systemhardening
• Scripting (Python, Bash, Etc.)

Desired Skills:

• Experience with storage provisioning (OpenEBS, S3, etc.) along with data backup andrestore
• Microservices architecture and design
• Experience working in a collaborative, agile environment that supports rapidly changingrequirements

Educational Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related. Master’s Degree preferred