DevOps Engineer, Jr
Company: General Dynamics Information Technology
Location: Springfield
Posted on: May 4, 2024
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Job Description:
Req ID: RQ173976
Type of Requisition: Regular
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: Top Secret SCI +
Polygraph
Job Family: Systems Engineering
Skills:
Kubernetes,Shell Scripting,Systems Programming
Experience:
2 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
Yes
Job Description:
Deliver simple solutions to complex problems as a DevOps, Jr. at
GDIT. Here, you'll tailor cutting-edge solutions to the unique
requirements of our clients. With a career in application
development, you'll make the end user's experience your priority
and we'll make your career growth ours.
At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a DevOps Engineer, Jr.
you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our
work depends on a TS/SCI cleared DevOps Engineer, Jr. joining our
team to support our intelligence customer in St. Louis, MO or
Springfield, VA.
HOW A DEVOPS ENGINEER, JR WILL MAKE AN IMPACT
This position supports the Geospatial Services & Solutions business
area to provide high-quality, cost-effective solutions to the
customer. As part of the GSS Team the DevOps Engineer's expertise
is needed to support a sophisticated enterprise environment.
The Engineer is an active participant in SAFe and Scrum development
teams and meetings.
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
---Work with A&A Teams to maintain security requirements for
operation of systems
---Maintain up to date documentation of designs/configurations,
ensuring team members have continuity of recurring tasks
---Maintain status of operations at all times: perform after
actions reporting on all outages and work with engineering teams to
determine solution and root cause analysis. Present findings to
management for prioritization and tasking
---Create and determine required metrics for dashboards and service
health
---Follow up on engineering tasks for operational solutions, and
validate completion
---Manage operational readiness board - present at weekly meetings
and determine if development services are ready for automation
based on best practices and maintainability
---Track and ensure routine operations maintenance tasks are
completed in a timely manner
---Aligns to the customer's strategies
---Utilizes the customer's enterprise DevSecOps pipeline
---Work with other service providers to support areas of common
interest
---On-call support may be required
WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:
Required Skills:
---2+ years and 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
---2+ years of related systems programming experience
---Experience maintaining an operational environment and use of
monitoring tools and dashboard interfaces (ie. Kibana, Grafana,
Nagios)
---Experience working with container images 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
---Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills
---Strong communication and interpersonal skills
---Must possess excellent time management skills and the drive to
work unsupervised
---Experience with deploying to on prem/data center
infrastructure
---Experience using Jira and Confluence on a daily basis
---Active TS/SCI clearance required and eligibility to obtain a CI
poly
Desired
---Experience in building processes for deploying to a Kubernetes
based environment using Gitlab and Helm
---Understanding of access management and security groups (i.e.
IAM, S3 bucket, SSH, VPN, etc.)
---Ability to write and use unit and functional testing
--- Location: On Customer Site
---US Citizenship Required
GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:
--- 401K with company match
--- Comprehensive health and wellness packages
--- Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your
career
--- Professional growth opportunities including paid education and
certifications
--- Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
--- Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays
#RoverGSS
We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company
that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every
major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence
community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to
create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of
innovation. We operate across 30 countries worldwide, offering
leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber
and application development. Together with our clients, we strive
to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep
expertise and advanced technology.
We connect people with the most impactful client missions, creating
an unparalleled work experience that allows them to see their
impact every day. We create opportunities for our people to lead
and learn simultaneously. From securing our nation's most sensitive
systems, to enabling digital transformation and cloud adoption, our
people are the ones who make change real.
GDIT is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All
qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment
without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation,
gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or
any other protected class.
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