Lead DevSecOps Engineer
About The Position
STR’s Analytics Division develops novel solutions to the most challenging national security problems through advanced analytics and software. Our teams consist of motivated individuals with degrees in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, and data science. We have experienced managers who have led large, complex teams in delivering solutions to some of the Defense Department’s greatest challenges and have extensive knowledge of the various combat domains. We use our expertise and creativity to take innovative ideas from conception to everyday use by our customers. The Mission Applications (MA) Group in the Analytics Division develops and deploys software-intensive mission capabilities to defense and intelligence customers, leveraging technologies from STR research and development (R&D) groups, while matrixing in significant numbers of engineering staff from those groups. Staff organic to the Mission Applications Group will have skills specifically targeting transition of technology to operational use, including program management, integration engineering at customer sites, and DevSecOps. The Role: As a Lead DevOps Engineer, you will work as part of tightly knit Agile software teams to design and implement Continuous Integration/ Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines utilizing GitLab or other CI/CD systems. This includes: Supporting Amazon Web Services (AWS) toolsets in an unclassified environment; Maintaining multiple CI/CD environments at multiple classification levels where AWS is not available; Configuring CI/CD environments for application performance, security monitoring, and alerting; Acting as a point person with the corporate IT organization to ensure that infrastructure toolsets are configured, maintained, reliable, and in compliance with Department of Defense standards; and Advocating for and educating engineers on DevOps fundamentals while helping to implement solid software development processes. This role will take advantage of STR’s flexible, hybrid environment – when the work does not require use of STR’s facilities, you are welcome to work remotely. Who You Are: This position requires an active Top Secret (TS) clearance, for which U.S. citizenship is needed by U.S. Government
Requirements
- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related technical field
- Minimum of 5-7+ years relevant experience depending on degree
- Experience with all relevant technologies including: CI/CD tools (Gitlab) and pipeline automation cloud platforms (such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud), and automated provisioning tools (such as Ansible, Chef, TerraForm)
- containerization technologies such as Docker and Podman
- Kubernetes management solutions such as EKS and Rancher
- Experience deploying, and monitoring Kubernetes clusters and pod configurations
- Basic knowledge of Linux System Administration
- Knowledge of Python and Linux Shell
- Knowledge of Cyber Security fundamentals
- Organized, detail-oriented, and with an ability to work both independently and collaboratively
- Demonstrated experience as an effective communicator to both technical and non-technical audiences
- This position requires an active Top Secret (TS) clearance, for which U.S. citizenship is needed by U.S. Government
Nice To Haves
- Advanced Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related technical field
- Experience in: full web-service stack, including databases, logging, and monitoring project tracking tools such as Jira designing, deploying, and monitoring Kafka clusters deploying and maintaining artifact repositories (such as Nexus, Artifactory) deploying and configuring static and dynamic code analysis tools (such as SonarQube, Coverity).
- leading teams in an Agile/SCRUM software development process
- Current Security+ Certification
Responsibilities
- design and implement Continuous Integration/ Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines utilizing GitLab or other CI/CD systems
- Supporting Amazon Web Services (AWS) toolsets in an unclassified environment
- Maintaining multiple CI/CD environments at multiple classification levels where AWS is not available
- Configuring CI/CD environments for application performance, security monitoring, and alerting
- Acting as a point person with the corporate IT organization to ensure that infrastructure toolsets are configured, maintained, reliable, and in compliance with Department of Defense standards
- Advocating for and educating engineers on DevOps fundamentals while helping to implement solid software development processes
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
251-500 employees
