Site Reliability Engineer, Mid

Navstar Inc.; Aurora, Northern (CO, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care premiums

Flexible Spending Accounts

PTO and holidays

STD/LTD

Life Insurance

401K match

Referral programs

Professional Development

Job summary

Navstar Inc. is seeking a highly skilled Systems Engineer to sustain and enhance our development, testing, and production environments for mission-critical IT programs supporting national security.

You will deploy automation, manage CI/CD pipelines, apply industry best practices for configuration management and security, and collaborate with teams to maintain resilient, scalable back-end systems leveraging Kubernetes, Git, and open-source tools.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
• Bachelor's degree or higher in CS, information systems or related field; 4+ years with bachelor or 2+ years with masters.
• Experience with Kubernetes for container orchestration.
• Experience with Grafana for metrics dashboards.
• Understanding of system administration and security controls within a system.
• Strong configuration management tooling knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Maintain development, testing, and production environments.
• Builds and deploys automation, monitoring, and analysis solutions.
• Manages CI/CD pipeline to maximize efficiency.
• Implements industry best practices for system hardening and configuration management.
• Develops and maintains solutions for operational administration, system/data backup, disaster recovery, and security/performance monitoring.
• Tests system integrity and deployments; makes improvements as needed.
• Works with open-source technologies and with Git/SVN for source control.
• Stays current with industry trends and sources new ways to improve the business.

Skills

Kubernetes

Grafana

Security controls

OS administration

Configuration management

Documentation

SDLC practices

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

Git

SVN

Jenkins

Puppet

Job description

Would you like to perform rewarding work while contributing to the success of an established, growing company? Navstar is an award-winning organization that has a proven track record of successfully providing IT services and solutions both as a prime and sub-contractor on mission-focused IT programs. Our employees are integral players in support of mission-critical programs focused on our National Security.

Role Description:

• Under general direction, this position is responsible for maintaining development, testing, and production environments.
• Builds and deploys automation, monitoring, and analysis solutions.
• Manages continuous integration and delivery pipeline to maximize efficiency.
• Implements industry best practices for system hardening and configuration management.
• Develops and maintains solutions for operational administration, system/data backup, disaster recovery, and security/performance monitoring.
• Continuously evaluates existing systems with industry standards, and makes recommendations for improvement.
• Builds and maintains tools, solutions and microservices associated with deployment and our operations platform, ensuring that all meet our customer service standards and reduce errors.
• Tests system integrity, implemented designs, application developments and other processes related to infrastructure, making improvements as needed.
• Manages code deployments, fixes, updates and related processes.
• Works with open-source technologies as needed.
• Works with CI/ CD tools, and source control such as GIT and SVN.
• Offers technical support where needed, developing software for our back-end systems.
• Stays current with industry trends and source new ways for our business to improve.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• To be eligible for this position you must hold an active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
• MID (CO): Typically requires a bachelors degree, masters degree or PhD in computer science, information systems or a related discipline and progressive software development experience as follows; four or more years of experience with a bachelors degree or two or more years of experience with a masters degree. May substitute equivalent experience in lieu of education.
• Experience with deployment technologies, such as Kubernetes (K8s) for container orchestration.
• Experience with metrics monitoring and dashboards (Grafana).
• Understanding of user access practices and security controls within a system.
• Understanding of system administration in various OS environments.
• Strong knowledge of configuration management tools.
• Strong communication and documentation skills.
• Understanding of software development lifecycle best practices.
• Must be able to work both independently and in a team environment.
• Able to work extended hours as required.

Desired Skills and Qualifications:

• Understanding of AWS services and cloud management.
• Experience executing against database technologies.
• Experience with configuration management tools (Puppet).
• Continuous integration processes and tools such as Jenkins.
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and collaboration tools.
• System monitoring and analysis.
• Familiarity with Intelligence Community and DoD mission sets.
• CompTIA Security+ certification or willingness to get certified.

Pay Rate:

In compliance with Colorado's Equal Pay for Equal Work law, the annual base salary range for this position is $150,000 - $200,000. This range represents the base pay for this role and is provided in accordance with Maryland's requirements to disclose compensation in job postings. Please note that actual compensation may vary based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the role, the candidate's qualifications, experience, education, skills, internal equity, and market conditions. In addition to base salary, candidates hired into this position may be eligible for a hiring bonus of $10,000.00, subject to applicable contingencies and Navstar policy.

About Navstar

For 20 years Navstar has provided high-quality Innovative Technology Services and Solutions throughout the Intelligence Community. We would not have achieved the success we have without the best AllStar team; this is not just a place to work, Navstar is a community. At Navstar everything we do revolves around listening to both our customers and employees, delivering the results they expect, and being a trusted partner as both a prime and subcontractor. We have a proven track record of successfully providing innovative technology services and solutions on highly mission-focused programs; all while enjoying what we do at the same time. Security is our priority; together, we will make the nation a safer place.

Benefits at Navstar

• Highly Competitive Health Care Premiums, including 100% employer paid for employee
• Flexible Spending Accounts for Medical and Dependent Care
• Generous PTO and Federal Holiday Paid Leave
• Employer Paid STD/LTD
• Employer Paid Life Insurance
• 401K plan and Employer Match
• Referral and Opportunity Referral Programs
• Professional Development Assistance

EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled

Navstar, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religious beliefs, national origin, disability, U.S. veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics under federal, state or local law.