DevOps Engineer

Job title: DevOps Engineer Location: Sterling, VA (Hybrid) Customer: USCIS Work Authorization: US citizenship is required in order to obtain a DHS Public Trust clearance Responsibilities: Design & Development Maintain CI/CD software delivery pipelines & tools for an enterprise scale system with a large developer base Maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) code artifacts Maintain container-based application solutions Write and run ad-hoc scripts (using Bash, Python etc.) to automate DevOps processes Work with development teams to troubleshoot specific issues by recreating tests, validating configuration, etc. Provide deployment support by deploying applications and microservices in cloud environments. Operations Maintain, monitor, and help improve the performance and availability of the 24x7 production environment including networks, servers, databases, etc. Administer network monitoring system, alerting, log management, and other IT systems Participate in on-call rotation and provide hands-on support during emergencies, outages, and service transitions Manage operational maintenance such as OS patches, security vulnerabilities etc. to ensure healthy status of various prod and non-prod environments Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, especially with Jenkins using Groovy Hands-on experience with container-based technologies, especially Kubernetes, Docker, AWS EKS, OpenShift Hands-on experience with AWS managed services (VPC, EC2, EKS, RDS), including monitoring and analytics tools such as AWS CloudWatch, NewRelic Familiarity with configuration management using Chef, Puppet or equivalent Proficient scripting skills (Bash, Perl, Python) Solid understanding of microservice concepts Experience with code management systems (Git, Subversion) Experience maintaining Java/Node web applications (Spring Boot, React) Keen communication and teamwork abilities