Senior CI/CD Software Engineer

Associates Systems LLC; Aurora (CO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

PTO

Holidays

Job summary

Associates Systems LLC in Aurora, CO is seeking a senior DevOps Engineer to design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Groovy, and to build containerized applications with Docker and Helm.

You will collaborate with development, infrastructure, and security teams to optimize performance, ensure security, and maintain observability, uptime, and disaster recovery readiness in local and hybrid cloud environments. An active TS/SCI clearance is required prior to start.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant DevOps/IT experience.
• Groovy-based CI/CD pipeline experience.
• Degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM).
• Active TS/SCI clearance required prior to start date.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Groovy.
• Build and deploy containerized apps with Docker and Helm; troubleshoot Kubernetes at app level.
• Monitor and improve performance, uptime, observability, and disaster recovery in local and hybrid cloud.
• Collaborate with development, infrastructure and IA teams to optimize secure workflows.
• Participate in incident response and root cause analysis for CI/CD issues.
• Evaluate and integrate new tools for automation, vulnerability scanning and secure builds.
• Help establish DevSecOps best practices and IaC standards across the program.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

Jenkins

Groovy

Docker

Helm

Kubernetes

Observability

Disaster recovery

Security

IaC

Automation

Education

STEM degree

Tools

Artifactory/Nexus

Maven

YUM

Job description

All qualified candidates will be responded to within 24 hours or less.

Active TS/SCI is a must - this effort is on-sitein Aurora, CO

Employment type: Full Time w-2 or Contract

Rate: open to Negotiation

Benefits: including Health, Dental Vision, PTO, Holiday etc...

• Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines to support frequent, reliable software deployments using Jenkins and Groovy.
• Build and deploy containerized applications using Docker and Helm; troubleshoot issues in Kubernetes at the application level.
• Monitor and improve system performance, uptime, observability, and disaster recovery readiness in both local and hybrid cloud environments.
• Collaborate with development, infrastructure, and IA teams to optimize performance and standardize secure DevOps workflows.
• Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and resolution for CI/CD and deployment pipeline issues.
• Evaluate and integrate new tools and technologies to support automation, vulnerability scanning, and secure build practices.
• Help establish DevSecOps best practices and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) standards across the program.
• Typically requires a degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) and a minimum of 8 years of prior relevant experience.
• Experience writing and maintaining Groovy-based CI/CD pipelines.
• An active and transferable U.S. government issued TS/SCI security clearance is required prior to start date.

Pluses

• Experience using Jenkins.
• Experience developing and integrating Java-based applications.
• Experience building, deploying, and maintaining containerized applications using Docker or Helm.
• Experience debugging Kubernetes at application-level (e.g., troubleshooting pods, services, and Helm deployments).
• Experience managing package repositories such as Artifactory or Nexus, including the use of Maven, Helm, Docker, or YUM for custom package creation and mirroring in air-gapped or restricted environments.
• Scripting skills in Bash, Python, or Go.
• Experience with Agile principles, to include Agile systems engineering practices and understanding of Agile roles.