SENIOR DEVOPS ENGINEER (TS/SCI Clearance required)

NorthHill Technology; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

NorthHill Technology is seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to support a Federal Program in Springfield, VA. The role requires TS/SCI clearance and offers direct-hire placement with sponsorship for CI Poly within the first year.

You will join the CORE team, automating deployments, building scalable On-Prem and cloud infrastructures, and enforcing security while improving reliability and cost-efficiency across development, test, and production environments.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant DevOps experience.
• Experience with cloud and on-prem infrastructure.
• CI/CD pipeline implementation using GitLab or similar.
• Strong scripting in Python, Bash, and Shell.
• Knowledge of network technologies and security practices.
• Ability to work unsupervised and manage time effectively.
• Experience with deploying On-Prem infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Automate and optimize service deployments.
• Integrate with enterprise authentication services.
• Monitor security and system reliability across environments.
• Architect and maintain On-Prem and cloud infrastructure.
• Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines and deployment processes.
• Lead security and access control initiatives.
• On-call support as needed.
• Collaborate with A&A teams on security requirements.

Skills

Kubernetes

Docker

OpenShift

DevOps principles

GitLab CI

Microservices design

Python scripting

Bash scripting

Network fundamentals

Troubleshooting

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

SENIOR DEVOPS ENGINEER (TS/SCI Clearance required)

• Springfield, VA

NorthHill Technology Resources has a need for a Senior DevOps Engineerto support a Federal Program in Springfield, VA.This is a direct-hire role with our client, a fast-growing Federal Integrator. An active TS/SCI Clearance is required, will sponsor for CI Polygraph within first year.Senior DevOps Engineer

In this role, you'll join our Common Operations Release Environment (CORE) team, providing high-quality, cost-effective cloud solutions to our clients. Be part of a dynamic environment where your expertise in cloud operations will drive significant enhancements in the efficiency and effectiveness of our customers’ operations. As a DevOps Engineer on our team, you will be responsible for distributed and managed services automating the installation, configuration and maintenance of platform services.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Automate and optimize service deployments
• Integrate with enterprise authentication services
• Establish and Improve system monitoring while maintaining established security protocols within development, test, and production systems.
• Architect, build and maintain On-Prem and cloud infrastructure to support team and customer initiatives
• Maintain and improve existing infrastructure (build out autoscaling, support new services, optimize for cost efficiencies/authentication/search, etc.)
• Administer production, staging and development environments
• Manage and aggregate server logs and monitor for security and system related incidents
• Monitor and analyze system performance, such as server load and resource usage
• Maintain and improve existing build and deployment processes using CI/CD tools
• Apply configuration management disciplines to maintain software revisions, security patches, hardening, and documentation
• Enforce best practices for security and reliability, and drive security initiatives, like access control and vulnerability testing
• Work with A&A Teams to maintain security requirements for operation of systems
• Maintain documentation of designs/configurations, ensuring team members have continuity of recurring tasks
• Follow up on engineering tasks for operational solutions, and validate completion
• Manage operational readiness board – present at weekly meetings and determine if development services are ready for automation based on best practices and maintainability
• Track and ensure routine operations maintenance tasks are completed in a timely manner
• Participant in SAFe and Scrum development teams and meetings
• On-call support will be required
• 8+ years of relevant experience

Required Skills:

• Experience working with container images and platforms (Kubernetes/Docker/OpenShift)
• Strong understanding of DevOps and software/application development processes
• Understanding of GitLab or other DevOps/Continuous Integration tools
• Understanding of microservice design and architectural pattern best practices
• Understanding of Python, Bash, and Shell scripting
• Knowledge of network technologies, common infrastructure components, load balancers, firewalls, virtual and physical infrastructure design
• Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Must possess excellent time management skills and the drive to work unsupervised
• Experience with deploying On-Prem infrastructure

Desired Skills:

• Experience in building processes for deploying to a Kubernetes based environment using Gitlab and Helm
• Understanding of access management and security groups (i.e. IAM, S3 bucket, SSH, VPN, etc.)
• Ability to write and use unit and functional testing
• Experience using Jira and Confluence

Location: On Customer Site

US Citizenship Required