Senior DevOps Software Engineer

The Senior DevOps Software Engineer will assist in the design, development, testing, deployment, troubleshooting, and incident/problem management for the Software Defined Networking (SDN) components.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant technical discipline, plus 8-12 years of prior relevant experience
• Strong working knowledge of Git and experience with development workflows in Bitbucket or an equivalent tool
• 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
• Knowledge of and ability to apply principles, theories, and concepts of Software Engineering
• DoD Secret clearance or ability to obtain interim Secret clearance prior to start date
• Security+ certification or equivalent DoD 8570 IAT II certification within 60 days of start date

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
• Assist with the deployment, configuration, testing, troubleshooting, maintenance, updates/upgrades 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

Technical Knowledge:

• 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)
• 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

Clearance/Citizenship:

• Secret
• Must be US Citizen

Travel Requirements:

This position will involve less than 10% travel

Location:

While this role is primarily remote, one must live within commuting distance to Scott AFB, IL, or Ft. Meade, MD, for on-site support.

Salary:

$81,000 - $93,000