DevOps Engineer

STEM Solutions & Consultants LLC

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Top Secret/SCI
Unspecified
CI Polygraph
Engineering - Systems
Springfield (On-Site/Office)

DevOps Engineer

Job Summary:

We are seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to support an IC customer/contract in Springfield, VA. This position requires a TS/SCI clearance and eligibility to obtain a CI polygraph.

In this role you will design and define the DevOps architecture for new or existing IT systems. You'll coordinate system development to include design, modeling, security, integration, and formal testing.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Automate and optimize service deployments
  • Integrate with enterprise authentication services
  • Establish and Improve system monitoring while maintaining established security protocols within development, test, and production systems.
  • Architect, build and maintain on premise and/or cloud infrastructure to support team and customer initiatives
  • Maintain and improve existing infrastructure (build out autoscaling, support new services, optimize for cost efficiencies/authentication/search, etc)
  • Administer production, staging and development environments
  • Manage and aggregate server logs and monitor for security and system related incidents
  • Monitor and analyze system performance, such as server load and resource usage
  • Maintain and improve existing build and deployment processes using CI/CD tools
  • Apply configuration management disciplines to maintain software revisions, security patches, hardening, and documentation
  • Enforce best practices for security and reliability, and drive security initiatives, like access control and vulnerability testing.

Required Skills and Experience:
  • Experience maintaining an operational environment and use of monitoring tools and dashboard interfaces (ie. Kibana, Grafana, Nagios)
  • Experience working with container and platforms (Kubernetes/Docker/OpenShift)
  • Strong understanding of DevOps and software/application development processes
  • Understanding of GitLab, Jenkins, ArgoCD, and other DevOps/Continuous Integration tools for Kubernetes
  • Understanding of microservice design and architectural pattern best practices
  • Understanding of Python, Bash, and Shell scripting
  • Knowledge of network technologies, common infrastructure components, load balancers, firewalls, virtual and physical infrastructure design
  • Experience with deploying to on prem/data center infrastructure
  • Experience using Jira and Confluence on a daily basis


Education/Experience:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Programming, Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience
  • 5+ years IT experience


Desired Certifications:
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
  • RedHat Certified OpenShift Administrator
  • Advanced Security certification
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STEM Solutions specializes in connecting security-cleared talent with federal contractors nationwide, and providing executive and management professionals to commercial companies throughout Northern Virginia, DC, and Maryland. Our dedicated team leverages deep industry insights and an extensive candidate network to serve organizations across various sectors. With our strategic focus and proven track record, we enable our clients to achieve cost efficiencies while accessing superior talent pools, meeting and often exceeding their talent acquisition goals.

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Top Secret/SCI