Remote Senior Configuration Engineer: DevOps & Release Lead

Syms Strategic Group, LLC; Metairie (LA); Remote; USD 74,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Syms Strategic Group, LLC seeks a Senior Configuration Engineer to support VA applications and spearhead migration to the cloud. The role emphasizes software configuration management, release engineering, and DevOps within a regulated federal setting.

Remote work is allowed; US citizenship and a Public Trust clearance are required. A Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years of experience is expected, with expertise in CI/CD, IaC, and CM tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of relevant experience; education substitutions allowed.
• Experience in regulated federal environments and CM practices.

Responsibilities

• Support VA applications and migrate to the cloud.
• Develop and maintain CM tools for identification, control, reporting, and delivery of software products.
• Perform CM and release tasks ensuring documentation and compliant hardware configurations.
• Design, automate, and maintain tools to improve software modeling and development.
• Design and implement build procedures for software product development and use.
• Develop software configuration standards for company-wide use.
• Train software developers in CM tools and quality standards.
• Provide technical guidance and solutions to complex problems.
• Operate autonomously and meet deadlines across projects.
• Ensure repeatable build and deployment processes; collaborate with stakeholders.
• Lead and mentor junior analysts/engineers in CM best practices.

Skills

Configuration management

Release engineering

DevOps

Scripting

CI/CD

Git

Azure DevOps

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

GitHub

GitLab

Azure DevOps Repos

Subversion

Jenkins

Nexus

Artifactory

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

Syms Strategic Group, LLC seeks a Senior Configuration Engineer to support VA applications and spearhead migration to the cloud. The role emphasizes software configuration management, release engineering, and DevOps within a regulated federal setting.

Remote work is allowed; US citizenship and a Public Trust clearance are required. A Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years of experience is expected, with expertise in CI/CD, IaC, and CM tools.