Dev Ops Engineer Architect

Position Summary:  Do you want to work for a collaborative, innovative company?  Our client is seeking a dynamic and hands-on DevOps/CI/CD Engineer, SME to push the boundaries of what is possible for the Federal Government on mission critical projects that enhance national security for all Americans. The successful candidate will be responsible for implementing all phase of Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD).

Responsibilities:

Create, manage and update continuous integration (CI) / continuous delivery (CD) pipelines using tools such as Gradle, Docker, GitHub, Chef, Nexus, Jenkins, JUnit, Tomcat, SonarQube, Selenium, Cucumber, etc.

Design, develop and operationalize new processes such as on demand environment provisioning

Mentoring the team on standard best practices around CI/CD function

Working with various cross -functional teams to deliver a robust CI/CD solution

Identify opportunities for refinement, tools consolidation, and continuous improvement

Stay abreast of new capabilities offered by open source tools and cloud services in order to proactively and regularly provide recommendations to incorporate them

Adhere to security regulations per NIST 800.53 rev 4 by delivering security architecture, artifacts, and reviewing scan results as needed

Work as communicator, and collaborator in a multi project, multi contractor environment

Required Skills and Experience:

IT Professional with a MS degree and/or 15 years of experience.

AWS certification preferred

Exceptional engineer who loves to learn and work with the cutting-edge technologies and tools

Linux experience including experience with shell scripting, networking, storage and release management

Familiarity with Serverless Framework

Experience with at least one development language such as Java, Python, Ruby, Java Script, etc.

Agile practitioner with 2 + years of experience working with Agile teams

Security Clearance:  US Citizenship is required along with the ability to obtain an Agency Suitability Clearance.