Technical Project Manager (DevOps)

Shield Consulting Solutions, Inc.; Maryland; On-site; USD 180,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO 25 days

11 paid holidays

Healthcare for employees and dependets

401(k) 8% employer match

Job summary

Shield Consulting Solutions, Inc. in Maryland seeks a senior DevOps/System Engineer with active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph for a full-time role. The position demands extensive system engineering experience and a strong DevOps focus.

You will manage infrastructure across multiple environments, engage with customers and developers to capture requirements, and help drive ongoing improvements in deployment, automation, and monitoring.

Qualifications

• 14 years of experience as a system engineer.
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline.
• 5 additional years of experience as a system engineer may be substituted for a degree.
• Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph clearance required.

Responsibilities

• Learn, build, and expand DevOps skills while managing infrastructure across environments.
• Coordinate with customers and developers to capture requirements.
• Lead sprint planning and retrospectives with the DevOps team.
• Communicate status and priorities to management and customers.
• Ensure Jira tasks are updated and aligned with project milestones.

Skills

DevOps

Systems engineering

Jira/Confluence

Stakeholder communication

Sprint planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Tools

Kubernetes

Rancher

Helm

Elasticsearch

Kibana

Grafana

Job description

Active TS/SCI w/Polygraph REQUIRED** Please do not apply if you do not currently possess this level of clearance.

Active TS/SCI w/Polygraph REQUIRED** Please do not apply if you do not currently possess this level of clearance.

Telework: None

Basic Requirements

• 14 years’ experience as a system engineer
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical discipline
• 5 additional years of experience as a system engineer may be substituted for a degree

Job Description

• Learn, build, and expand your DevOps skills while managing and expanding the infrastructure across multiple environments supporting important mission for various parties.

Required Experience

• Experience using Confluence and JIRA
• Requirements gathering, documentation
• Engauge with customer/developer regarding
• Manage sprint planning and retrospective
• Facilitate internal customer and team meetings
• Work with customer management to communicate status, clearly identify priorities and milestones, and ensure customer requirements are met.
• Work with DevOps team to ensure tasking is captured in JIRA and updated as appropriate

Desired Experience

• Understanding of or experience with Kubernetes, Rancher, Helm
• Understanding of or experience with Elasticsearch and Kibana dashboards
• Understanding of or experience with Grafana dashboards

Salary: $180,000 - $190,000 annually

Excellent benefits package including 25 days PTO, 11 paid holidays, 100% employer-paid healthcare for employees and dependents – available day 1, 8% 401(k) employer match – immediate vesting.

Disclaimer: The salary range provided is an estimate based on current market conditions and may be adjusted based on factors such as experience, skills, and qualifications. The final salary offer will be determined after a thorough review of the candidate’s background and alignment with the role. Please note that this range is subject to change and should be considered as a guideline rather than a definitive figure.

Shield Consulting Solutions is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

This is a full time position