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$120,000 - $150,000
CI Polygraph
IT - Software
San Diego, CA (On-Site/Office)
The DevOps Systems Engineer plays a critical role in supporting Do D contracts and Joint Mission Integration and Experimentation (JMIE) initiatives by providing expert leadership in the design, development, and lifecycle management of mission critical hardware and software solutions; partnering directly with customers and stakeholders, the engineer defines requirements, creates system architectures, and produces comprehensive engineering artifacts (drawings, specifications, test plans) while implementing solutions that meet Do D security, IA, and best in class DevSecOps standards, overseeing automated testing, container orchestration, distributed databases, and infrastructure as code tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, and Python, and ensuring rigorous documentation, configuration management, and continuous monitoring to maintain robust, compliant, high performance systems that enable successful JMIE experiments and sustain long term operational effectiveness.
CORE FUNCTIONS / JOB DUITES
Ability to perform the following independently, under minimum supervision:
Lead the design and development of systems, create all engineering artifacts.
Implement and promote systems engineering principles to ensure program success
Contribute technical content and tutorials to product documentation
Prepare detailed reports and presentations on findings and share insights with stakeholders.
Provide Software Sustainment guidance and leadership, specifically leveraging Software Configuration Management controls and processes.
Participate in designing and implementing scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure on project-specific cloud platforms under senior team guidance.
Set up and maintain software and network infrastructure environments that deploy physical and virtual machines.
Support evaluation and implementation of hardware and network infrastructure changes, including deployment, integration, configuration, upgrades, and patching on physical and virtual systems.
Automate deployment processes for specific projects using Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) tools with supervision.
Help automate manual processes related to the software development life cycle.
Assist in building and maintaining software build and test pipelines to support development and distribution of software artifacts.
Participate in implementing cloud development environments to support software development tools and continuous integration/continuous deployment pipelines.
Manage configuration technologies for assigned projects with guidance.
Monitor system performance and resource utilization on virtual machines and report findings.
Learn and implement security guidelines such as Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) in cloud and HWIL systems with support from senior engineers.
Research virtual hosting service options to support the software development program's needs.
Maintain build and test pipelines to support software development artifact distribution.
Collaborate with development teams to improve software delivery and deployment processes, taking direction from senior staff.
Support in testing, deploying, and implementation changes to existing software with stakeholders.
Assist in defining tools needed for cloud-based data repositories and configuration management.
Stay current with industry trends, and advancements in automated testing, distributed databases, software defined networking, container orchestration, and DevSecOps.
SKILLS & ABILITIES
More than three (3) years of experience and possess a deep understanding of:
DevOps Methodologies
Agile Software Development
Version Control Tools
CI/CD Tools
Cloud Computing Concepts and Services
Infrastructure as code
Container Technologies
Monitoring and logging stacks
Distributed systems (e.g. Hadoop, HBase/Accumulo, Spark and Kafka)
A variety of development tools (Puppet, Ansible, Terraform, Bash, Powershell, Python, Docker, Kubernetes)
Software code development to automate run-time environment tools
Maintaining, configuring, operating and troubleshooting complex electronic computer interface systems and network equipment
Security concepts, best practices and how to apply them, such as Secure Shell, public key encryption, access credentials, certificates, TLS, and data encryption to include Department of Defense and Intelligence Community security policies/processes
Leadership Skills - Highly motivated, excellent interpersonal skills, ability to dynamically prioritize tasks, organized with attention to detail and accuracy, and ability to represent successful completion of work in Agile Management systems (e.g. Jira, Confluence, GitLab)
Operates standard computer-based business tools (including but not limited to Microsoft Word and Excel) effectively with a high degree of competency
Generating engineering artifacts using Visio, CAD, or similar
Five (5) or more years' experience with implementation and understanding of Systems Engineer principles and fielded system lifecycles, in a professional environment
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
BS STEM Degree Required
IAT Level 1 Required
IT Operating System Certification Required
TYPICAL WORKING CONDITIONS
General office environment
Computer/Equipment lab
100% On-Site
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
May be expected to lift up to 25 lbs
Frequent use of keyboard and typing
Frequent sitting and standing
WORK SCHEDULE
9/80
The ability to work non-standard work hours and schedules in support of project requirements.
PAY RANGE
$120,000.00 to $150,000.00 annually, DOE
U.S. Citizenship is Required
SECURITY CLEARANCE
Candidates must have an active TS/SCI clearance and CI Polygraph within last 5yr, or ability to pass CI polygraph within 6mo of hire. Additional eligibility requirements for access to various levels of classified information may also be required. Candidates will be subject to a US security background investigation (i.e. favorable background investigation / credit score). Additional eligibility requirements for access to various levels of classified information may also be required. An active security clearance is highly desirable.
Tactical Engineering & Analysis, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Minority/Female/Disability/Protected Veteran Employer
CORE FUNCTIONS / JOB DUITES
Ability to perform the following independently, under minimum supervision:
Lead the design and development of systems, create all engineering artifacts.
Implement and promote systems engineering principles to ensure program success
Contribute technical content and tutorials to product documentation
Prepare detailed reports and presentations on findings and share insights with stakeholders.
Provide Software Sustainment guidance and leadership, specifically leveraging Software Configuration Management controls and processes.
Participate in designing and implementing scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure on project-specific cloud platforms under senior team guidance.
Set up and maintain software and network infrastructure environments that deploy physical and virtual machines.
Support evaluation and implementation of hardware and network infrastructure changes, including deployment, integration, configuration, upgrades, and patching on physical and virtual systems.
Automate deployment processes for specific projects using Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) tools with supervision.
Help automate manual processes related to the software development life cycle.
Assist in building and maintaining software build and test pipelines to support development and distribution of software artifacts.
Participate in implementing cloud development environments to support software development tools and continuous integration/continuous deployment pipelines.
Manage configuration technologies for assigned projects with guidance.
Monitor system performance and resource utilization on virtual machines and report findings.
Learn and implement security guidelines such as Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) in cloud and HWIL systems with support from senior engineers.
Research virtual hosting service options to support the software development program's needs.
Maintain build and test pipelines to support software development artifact distribution.
Collaborate with development teams to improve software delivery and deployment processes, taking direction from senior staff.
Support in testing, deploying, and implementation changes to existing software with stakeholders.
Assist in defining tools needed for cloud-based data repositories and configuration management.
Stay current with industry trends, and advancements in automated testing, distributed databases, software defined networking, container orchestration, and DevSecOps.
SKILLS & ABILITIES
More than three (3) years of experience and possess a deep understanding of:
DevOps Methodologies
Agile Software Development
Version Control Tools
CI/CD Tools
Cloud Computing Concepts and Services
Infrastructure as code
Container Technologies
Monitoring and logging stacks
Distributed systems (e.g. Hadoop, HBase/Accumulo, Spark and Kafka)
A variety of development tools (Puppet, Ansible, Terraform, Bash, Powershell, Python, Docker, Kubernetes)
Software code development to automate run-time environment tools
Maintaining, configuring, operating and troubleshooting complex electronic computer interface systems and network equipment
Security concepts, best practices and how to apply them, such as Secure Shell, public key encryption, access credentials, certificates, TLS, and data encryption to include Department of Defense and Intelligence Community security policies/processes
Leadership Skills - Highly motivated, excellent interpersonal skills, ability to dynamically prioritize tasks, organized with attention to detail and accuracy, and ability to represent successful completion of work in Agile Management systems (e.g. Jira, Confluence, GitLab)
Operates standard computer-based business tools (including but not limited to Microsoft Word and Excel) effectively with a high degree of competency
Generating engineering artifacts using Visio, CAD, or similar
Five (5) or more years' experience with implementation and understanding of Systems Engineer principles and fielded system lifecycles, in a professional environment
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
BS STEM Degree Required
IAT Level 1 Required
IT Operating System Certification Required
TYPICAL WORKING CONDITIONS
General office environment
Computer/Equipment lab
100% On-Site
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
May be expected to lift up to 25 lbs
Frequent use of keyboard and typing
Frequent sitting and standing
WORK SCHEDULE
9/80
The ability to work non-standard work hours and schedules in support of project requirements.
PAY RANGE
$120,000.00 to $150,000.00 annually, DOE
U.S. Citizenship is Required
SECURITY CLEARANCE
Candidates must have an active TS/SCI clearance and CI Polygraph within last 5yr, or ability to pass CI polygraph within 6mo of hire. Additional eligibility requirements for access to various levels of classified information may also be required. Candidates will be subject to a US security background investigation (i.e. favorable background investigation / credit score). Additional eligibility requirements for access to various levels of classified information may also be required. An active security clearance is highly desirable.
Tactical Engineering & Analysis, Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Minority/Female/Disability/Protected Veteran Employer
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