Senior DevOps Engineer — Remote, SAFe & Cloud

Nationwide IT Services, Inc.; Fairfax (VA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Nationwide IT Services is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to help teams refactor monolithic applications into microservices and deploy in hardened containers across on‑premises and cloud environments. You will guide application teams in using DevSecOps CI/CD pipelines and support a microservices factory with COTS and open‑source tools.

This role leads SAFe Agile practices for large‑scale client environments, implements TDD, and drives an automated software development lifecycle toolchain.

Qualifications

• At least five years of Agile experience.
• Experience leading DevOps methodologies and defining SAFe Agile for large-scale clients.
• Experience driving CI/CD and monitoring strategy across technologies.
• Experience implementing TDD methodologies and driving an automated software development lifecycle toolchain.
• Experience deploying solutions in both on-premises and cloud environments and engineering complex implementations in a product-centric setting.
• Experience with DevOps services using cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, GCE, or RackSpace/OpenStack.
• Scripting or basic programming to solve technical problems.
• Experience with configuration management tools: TFS, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Salt, or LVM.
• Familiarity with containerization: LXC, Docker, Rocket, or OpenShift.
• CSP certification, such as AWS DevOps Engineer or Azure SA.
• DoD 8570 certification, such as Security+.

Responsibilities

• Guide application development teams as they refactor existing applications or create solutions that use DevSecOps CI/CD pipelines and tools.
• Define and oversee the strategy and architecture for continuous integration, deployment, and monitoring across technologies.
• Deploy and sustain a microservices factory using COTS and open-source tools and hardened containers.
• Lead DevOps practices and support the use of SAFe Agile methods for large-scale client environments.
• Implement test-driven development (TDD) practices and drive an automated software development lifecycle toolchain.
• Engineer complex technology implementations in a product-centric environment, including deployments on-premises and in the cloud.
• Use scripting or basic programming to automate work and solve technical problems.
• Apply configuration management and containerization tools appropriate to the project environment.

Skills

Agile experience

SAFe

CI/CD

TDD

DevSecOps

Scripting

Containerization

Kubernetes/OpenShift

Cloud platforms

DoD 8570 security+

Education

BA or BS degree

Tools

TFS

Puppet

Chef

Ansible

Salt

LVM

Docker

OpenShift

Job description

Nationwide IT Services is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to help teams refactor monolithic applications into microservices and deploy in hardened containers across on‑premises and cloud environments. You will guide application teams in using DevSecOps CI/CD pipelines and support a microservices factory with COTS and open‑source tools.

This role leads SAFe Agile practices for large‑scale client environments, implements TDD, and drives an automated software development lifecycle toolchain.