DevOps Engineer

US Citizenship is required

An active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph is required

DoD 8570 IAT2 certificate required, i.e. CompTIA Security+

DevOps Engineer

DPG is looking for a strong DevOps Engineer to join our team supporting a customer in a classified environment. This is a hands on role where you will be working alongside other infrastructure engineers to continuously improve systems and services across security, automation, and performance. You will play a key part in building and operating environments the right way, making sure everything aligns with solid architecture standards while delivering real impact for the mission.

Support transitioning a system that is tightly coupled to the underlying infrastructure

Assist with architecture, design, development, integration, and support of build, integration & test, and deployment pipelines, optimizing for performance and scalability across on-premises cloud computing environments

Leverage company and industry best practices and capabilities to improve scalability, consistency, infrastructure efficiency, reduce deployment time, and automate configuration management

Collaborate with software engineers, data scientists, and DevOps teams to design and implement development and mission solutions

Integrate security and compliance into the platform with services such as encryption and access management

Provide operational support for the platform

Administrative fluency with the following (or vendor equivalent): Red Hat Linux (v7+, 8+ preferred), Rancher

Experience troubleshooting applications & infrastructure services on Linux based OS Required Skills:

7-10 years of experience directly related to Linux System Administration and DevOps, including installation and maintenance of software and hardware.

Experience administering Red Hat Linux based systems with minimal support, to include kickstart, patching (satellite servers), creating RPM packages, performance tuning, networking, user management, and security.

Extensive experience with scripting, particularly in Bash and/or Python

Experienced using automation tools/frameworks such as Ansible, Chef, and Puppet.

Experience with recent versions of VMware (ESXi and vCenter) and/or AWS

Hands-on experience working with developer tools including Git, Arifactory, Bitbucket, CI/CD tools, and Jira

Experience with Rancher

NAS and SAN administration experience

Experience using Agile/Scrum development methodology (SAFe, Scrum, Khanban)

Must be able to lift up to 35 pounds in support of hardware installations.

Strong analytic and research skills - must be detail oriented

Must be able to support occasional after hour maintenance Desired Skills:

Experience developing, testing & delivering applications w/in a DevSecOps framework

Experience with programming/scripting languages (E.g. Python, Java, Bash, Perl, Ruby, C++

Experience with containerization

Installation and management of fiber channel switches

Demonstrated ability to work independently and troubleshoot problems with efficiency

Requires the ability to effectively interact with external personnel on significant technical matters often requiring coordination between organizations and vendors

Communication and diplomatic skills Overview of Benefits:

Company Funded 401k Profit Sharing Plan: 25% of base pay deposited every pay period - Vested day one of employment

All Health Care Benefits and Premiums paid by company and with company HSA contribution

Quarterly Equity Share Bonuses

250 hours of PTO with up to 40 hours available to be carried over

Biannual Company Sponsored Events for the employees and their families

Education Benefits - Cert reimbursement and tuition reimbursement