Senior DevOps Engineer

VT Group (VTG); Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

VT Group (VTG) seeks a Senior DevOps Engineer to advance cloud-based systems and automated deployments across the software lifecycle. You will design, develop, and deploy automation solutions, model complex architectures, and drive CI/CD practices leveraging GitHub and Jenkins.

The role requires strong communication, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and hands-on experience with commercial cloud platforms, automation scripting, and performance testing.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph.
• BS degree with 11–15 years of relevant experience, or MS with 8–10 years of relevant experience; doctorate possible.
• Expert in the software development lifecycle and DevOps toolchains, with CI/CD experience.
• Experience with development in Commercial Cloud Platforms (AWS, Oracle Cloud, Google Cloud, Azure).
• Experience with cloud data services (e.g., AWS S3, OpenSearch, EFS).
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
• Proficient with Git and issue tracking systems.
• Familiar with Agile practices in service-oriented environments.

Responsibilities

• Participate in software programming initiatives to support innovation and enhancement.
• Design, develop, troubleshoot, and debug automation solutions for development, test and production environments.
• Break high-level requirements into smaller tasks for implementation.
• Develop, prototype and deploy solutions on Commercial Cloud Platforms.
• Coordinate with Product Owners and Scrum Masters to ensure User Story alignment.
• Analyze performance and end-to-end testing to meet customer mission needs.
• Use DevOps tools like GitHub and Jenkins; document deployment processes.

Skills

DevOps practices

CI/CD

Automation scripting

Independent problem solving

Agile methodologies

Education

BS degree or higher

MS degree optional

Tools

GitHub

Jenkins

Unix Bash

JMeter

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

OverviewAs a Senior DevOps Engineer on this program, you will have the opportunity to build strong systems and software utilizing cloud capabilities to support a complex program. Based in DevOps framework, you will participate in and/or direct major deliverables throughout all aspects of the software development lifecycle including scope and work estimation, architecture and design, coding and unit testing.

OverviewAs a Senior DevOps Engineer on this program, you will have the opportunity to build strong systems and software utilizing cloud capabilities to support a complex program. Based in DevOps framework, you will participate in and/or direct major deliverables throughout all aspects of the software development lifecycle including scope and work estimation, architecture and design, coding and unit testing.

What will you do?

• Participate in software programming initiatives to support innovation and enhancement,
• Solving higher level and larger scope technical problems
• Design, develop, troubleshoot, and debug automation solutions for development, test and production environments.
• Ability to take high level requirements from senior engineers and program management and break the work down into smaller tasks for implementation.
• Makes process, program and automation recommendations to the project or program.
• Develop, prototype and deploy solutions within Commercial Cloud Solutions leveraging Infrastructure platform services
• Coordinate closely with team members, Product Owners and Scrum Masters to ensure User Story alignment and implementation to customer use cases
• Analyze (through proof of concept, performance, and end-to-end testing) and effectively coordinate Infrastructure needs driven by developed software to meet customer mission needs
• Use industry leading DevOps tools like GitHub, Jenkins, Unix bash scripting
• Document and perform systems software development, including deployment of build artifacts across different environments
• Communicate key project data to team members and build team cohesion and effectiveness.
• Leverage Atlassian tool suite like JIRA and Confluence to track activities and document procedures
• Apply and identify best practices and standard operating procedures
• Create innovative solutions to meet the technical needs of customers.

Do you have what it takes?

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
• Candidate must have BS degree and 11-15 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 8-10 years of prior relevant experience. May possess a Doctorate in technical domain. Will consider work experience in lieu of degree.
• Expert in the software development lifecycle, with experience delivering within DevOps toolsets/practices and continuous integration / continuous development
• Direct experience utilizing software testing performance tools, such as J-Meter
• Experience with development in Commercial Cloud Platforms (ex, AWS, Oracle Cloud, Google Cloud, Azure)
• Experience with development leveraging cloud data services (ex: AWS S3, OpenSearch, EFS, etc.)
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
• Well versed with using version control systems such as git
• Well versed with using issue/problem tracking systems
• Proficient with common Agile practices and environment, service-orientated environments, and development practices
• Must be able to work independently to develop solutions to technical problems.
• Interested and eager to learn