About the position
DevOps is an agile development practice and mindset that uses agile principles (collaboration, communication, utilizing the right tools) to streamline software building, testing, and release. Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) is a DevOps methodology for streamlining software development and deployment, focusing on automating processes and enabling faster, more reliable releases. The selected individual will support DevOps activities as a member of an agile development team for a large complex enterprise system. The position requires a dedicated software engineer who will work on a variety of DevOps tasking. She/he must have a willingness to learn and use new technologies and methodologies, with a focus on automating processes and ensuring efficient software delivery. She/he must consider the organization's entire IT infrastructure when making changes and improvements.
Responsibilities
- Managing tools for development, deployment, and integrated testing.
- Integrating project functions and resources across the entire product life cycle.
- Identifying manual processes that can be automated.
- Selecting and deploying appropriate CI/CD tools.
- Implementing various development, testing, and automation tools, optimizing IT infrastructure.
- Ensuring that system improvements do not jeopardize system security.
- Striving for improvement, and building continuous integration, development, and deployment pipelines (CI/CD).
- Persevering when facing challenges, with a strong commitment to the goals.
- Collaborating with and assisting team members across the program as needed.
Requirements
- Must have a solid understanding of DevOps.
- Must have at least 5 years of experience managing tools for development, deployment, and integrated test.
- Must have at least 5 years of experience working with CI/CD frameworks.
- Must have meaningful System Administration experience (mostly Windows but also Linux).
- Must have experience with several of the following: Java, Groovy, Python, PowerShell, Batch, and Bash scripting, JavaScript, AngularJS.
- Must have experience with IDEs (Integrated Development Environments) such as Eclipse, Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, Rhapsody, WebStorm.
- Must have experience with software source control and configuration management tools.
- Must have experience working in a virtualized environment (managing VMs).
- Must have experience with container-based platforms for automated deployment of applications.
- Must be motivated, flexible and willing to learn new techniques, technologies and adhere to best practices in test automation.
- Must have a strong understanding of sound software development principles and practices.
- Must be able to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
- Must be an independent thinker, capable of performing high quality work, both independently and with a team in a fast-moving environment.
- If not located at the MD location, some short-duration travel may be required to support quarterly PI Planning sessions in MD.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with databases such as Oracle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, SQL Server.
- Experience with Web Application User Interface Development, knowledge of databases and structures, Spring Framework, and/or experience working with AngularJS, JSON, HTML, XML, XSLT.
- Experience with the Scrum, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodology, SAFe Agilest Certification, or experience as a member of an Agile team.
- Must be able to plan and prioritize tasks that support the team sprint goals.
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision insurance.
- Health savings accounts.
- 401(k) savings plan.
- Disability coverage.
- Life and accident insurance.
- Employee assistance program.
- Legal plan.
- Discounts on home, auto, and pet insurance.
- Paid time off.
- Paid holidays.
- Paid parental leave.
- Paid military leave.
- Paid bereavement leave.
- Federal and state sick leave.
- Company recognition program.
