Senior DevOps Engineer

Amentum; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior DevOps Engineer, where you will play a crucial role in enhancing national security operations. This position involves maintaining AWS environments and developing CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployment processes. Collaborate with talented developers and leverage industry best practices in cloud solutions and automation. With opportunities to work on cutting-edge technologies and contribute to significant projects, this role offers a dynamic environment for professional growth. If you are passionate about DevOps and eager to make an impact, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in cloud systems implementation and troubleshooting.
• Strong background in CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Maintain AWS C2S environments for developer teams.
• Support CI/CD pipeline development and automated deployments.

Skills

AWS Cloud Solutions

CI/CD Principles

Infrastructure as Code

Python

Linux Shell Scripting

Java/SpringBoot

Education

Master's Degree in Relevant Field

Bachelor's Degree in Relevant Field

Associate's Degree in Relevant Field

Tools

Jenkins

OpenVPN

AWS CloudWatch

Elasticsearch

Apache NiFi

Job description

Your Impact:

As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will support an exciting National Security mission to position NGA to be the enterprise and community GEOINT data provider, improving the way analysts, customers, and end users access, discover, stage, link, produce, re-integrate, and deliver intelligence. You will work with talented developers and colleagues, gaining exposure to industry best practices such as AWS cloud solutions, continuous integration/delivery, infrastructure as code, and automation of testing of deployments.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain AWS C2S environments in support of teams of developers across various security domains.
• Support the development of CI/CD devops pipeline to include Jenkins agents and Auto Scaling Group.
• Support administration of OpenVPN and LDAP services for access to AWS console and CI/CD tools.
• Create and maintain automated microservice deployments to AWS environment using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) frameworks.
• Work with development teams to automate and accelerate build, test, and deployment of applications into a runtime environment across multiple domains/environments.
• Design, develop and implement processes for DevOps operations; utilizing CI/CD principals and patterns, employing CI/CD tools, to achieve successful continuous integration and delivery solutions for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and software applications.
• Build and maintain Cloud infrastructure
• Troubleshoot issues and coordinate with development team to streamline code deployment
• Design and develop using common languages/scripting languages, such as Python, Linux Shell (Bash/Bourne/etc), and Java/SpringBoot

Requirements:

• Provide support for implementation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of cloud systems
• Isolate and resolve problems involving the applications, operating system, hardware, communications, other infrastructure, or any combination as needed
• Prepare problem reports to appropriate leads like Amazon/C2S, NGA-ESC, etc.
• Provide support for the escalation and communication of status to agency management and internal customers
• Installs/loads operating system and application software
• Isolate and resolve hardware and software problems involving the applications, operating system, hardware, communications infrastructure, or any combination of these
• Troubleshoot, maintain integrity and configure network components along with implementing operating systems enhancements to improve reliability and performance
• Integrate new technologies into new and existing systems including the transition and migration of corporate systems
• Monitor and report on system health using various dashboarding tolls such as Elasticsearch Kibana, AWS Cloudwatch, etc.
• TS/SCI level security clearance
• The ability to report and work on-site daily (this role is not remote).

Clearance Required:

• TS/SCI

Minimum Education:

• Master’s degree plus 2 years experience, Bachelor’s degree plus 4 years experience, Associates degree plus 10 years experience, or a minimum of 12 years experience, in relevant field

Minimum Years of Experience:

• Master’s degree plus 2 years experience, Bachelor’s degree plus 4 years experience, Associates degree plus 10 years experience, or a minimum of 12 years experience, in relevant field

Preferred:

• AWS CDK
• Apache NiFi experience
• ElasticSearch experience
• AWS Server Less, SQS/SNS, Lambda, ECS, EC2
• NGA imagery and Data Repositories

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