Senior Principal Cyber Systems Engineer (DevOps Engineer)
Candidate will develop CI/CD build and deploy pipelines; integrate tools into the pipeline and manage debugging integration issues. In addition, candidate will help integrate with various tools for the DevOps process.
Job Duties include:
• Development of CI/CD Build and Deployment Pipelines
o Write/modify Jenkins-based groovy scripts
o Write/update CloudFormation scripts
o Troubleshoot pipeline issues across Jenkins and AWS Environments (Linux EC2, RDS, Cloudformation, Elasticsearch Service, etc…)
o Document key features for developer use
o Help write and maintain scripts for process improvements (ex: stage/unstage builds, branch tag automation, automating variance corrections across networks)
o Help with automate the transition from our release 1 ‘installation’ mindset to the release n+1 upgrade mindset
• Integrate tools into the pipeline
o Work with the development teams to bring in new microservices into the pipeline. Helping troubleshoot as necessary.
o Work through steps to automate installations of COTS products into the Architecture
• Debugging integration issues
o Helping identify issues in the deployment (i.e. potentially intermittent connectivity issues from an API Server to the Database)
o Monitor (and help develop scripts to monitor) the AWS services to ensure everything is functioning as necessary
• DevOps Tool Integration
o Help integrate with various tools for the DevOps process (SonarQube, Fortify, Jenkins, Robot Framework/Selenium, Artifactory, etc…)
Required
• A Bachelor’s degree and 9 years of relevant experience OR a Master’s degree with 7 years of relevant experience OR a PhD with 4 years of relevant experience; An additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of the degree requirement
• Experience working with Linux environments
• Knowledge of scripting languages, such as Bash and Python
• Experience with Git for Source Control
• Understanding and willingness to work in a DevSecOps-oriented environment with an Infrastructure as Code mindset
• Experience using Active Directory, LDAP
• Willing to be on-site at least 50%
• Security +
• Ability to serve as PUA
• TS/ SCI Clearance, CI poly preferred
Desired
• Basic understanding of an Object-Oriented Programming Language, preferably Java
• Experience with developing, deploying, monitoring, and troubleshooting cloud-based software solutions
• Experience with Chef, Ansible, or Terraform for automation and configuration
• Experience integrating Jenkins and Docker for automated CI/CD pipelines
• Basic understanding of Kubernetes or OpenShift Container Platform
• AWS Solutions Architect Associate
• AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate