Senior DevOps Software Engineer with Security Clearance
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Senior DevOps Software Engineer * Clearance: DoD Secret * Certification: Comptia Security + * Location: The position is at the DISA HQ facility, Ft. Meade, MD, with an opportunity for situational telework. * Candidates must be within commuting distance to Ft. Meade, MD, for on-site support. Primary Responsibilities: * Develop automated CI/CD build/deployment pipelines using Cloudbees/Jenkins, Artifactory, OpenShift/Kubernetes, Docker, Ansible and Bitbucket. * Lead software configuration management (SCM) release planning and version control, providing SCM support throughout a software product's life cycle (initial software development through promotion to Test, QA and Production Environments). * Plan and manage parallel software development and release cycles as well as provide SCM for a large distributed development network with remote partners, ensuring the consistency and reliability of software builds. * Provide technical direction, leadership, guidance and training on CM processes to a team of software engineers, ensuring congruence of the various infrastructure, software, configurations and interfaces maintained under configuration control * Develop automated tests using Ansible, Selenium, JMeter, Junit and/or other applicable tools. * Design, develop, document, test and deploy software written in Python, JavaScript, Java and SQL. * Deploy, configure, test, troubleshoot, maintain, update/upgrade of Kafka and Elastic clusters and environments. * Work with an Agile team, attend daily scrums and demonstrate working software while collaborating with a geographically distributed (remote) team, communicating and collaborating frequently with teammates to ensure successful completion of project objectives. * Troubleshoot and resolve installation, infrastructure and system issues. * Proactively and independently identify, report, monitor, and mitigate technical risks. Must Haves * This is a software engineering position (it is more 'Dev' than 'Ops') and requires a software engineering background. * Application Configuration and Deployment Automation Experience * Experience automating application configuration and deployment on a Linux platform using Ansible and RHEL with strong Linux command line experience. * Experience automating application configuration and deployment in the AWS Cloud * Experience automating and containerizing application deployments using technologies such Jenkins (CloudBees), Artifactory, Kubernetes, Docker, Ansible * Experience developing system integrations using JSON REST, SOAP, SQL, Java, JavaScript and other integration technologies/languages. * Working knowledge of Git and experience with development workflows in GitHub, Bitbucket or an equivalent tool * At least 7 years of experience is required Basic Qualifications: * Bachelor's degree from an accredited college in a related discipline and 12+ years of prior relevant experience. * Must hold an active DoD Secret clearance. * Must Obtain Security+ certification or equivalent DoD 8570 IAT II certification within 14 days of start date * Strategic mindset who can further develop and refine our advanced DevOps architecture and processes while providing master level technical leadership to the team. * Master level DevOps experience - knowledge and ability to train, guide and mentor the team on DevOps principles, bringing new expertise to the team. * Master level experience with and ability to develop DevOps designs, architectures, processes and procedures. * Master level experience in software configuration management (Bitbucket, GIT), including the ability to design software configuration, branch, merge and release processes * Significant experience designing, developing and implementing CI/CD pipelines in a containerized (Kubernetes) environment * Significant experience designing and implementing automation capabilities in Ansible or another equivalent tool. * Experience enforcing project DevOps processes to ensure consistency of deployments * Experience designing, building and deploying DevOps pipelines with Bitbucket, Git, Jenkins, Artifactory and Ansible (or equivalent tools). * Experience designing and implementing application deployment pipelines and developing software in a containerized environment with Kubernetes and Docker (OpenShift experience is a plus). * Full software lifecycle automation experience (design, development, test, deployment), including deployment to a production environment. * Experience designing and building automated software testing pipelines using Ansible, Selenium, JMeter, Junit and/or other applicable tools. * Previous SCM experience, including release planning, managing software baselines, merging branches, and producing software builds * Experience designing, developing and deploying software in a cloud environment (AWS is a plus). * Strong experience working on a UNIX command line platform. * Strong communication skills that enable proactive and effective collaboration with a virtual team, including the ability to clearly articulate status and present to both customers and program leadership. Preferred Qualifications * Experience developing and deploying software in a DoD environment (DISA experience is a plus), including experience building and deploying software applications that meet DoD security standards and updating applications and code to meet security scans and security implementation guidelines (e.g. STIGs). * Experience with Atlassian tools, including Bitbucket integrations with JIRA and Confluence. * Experience integrating code review systems into the SCM process. * Experience with static code analysis, particularly security scans. * Experience working remotely with a geographically dispersed team. * Experience working as part of an Agile software development team. * Ability to commute to a DISA site (Scott or Meade) as needed. For more information please Contact Us Or send an email to