Devops Engineer

Job Description

Description:

Knight Federal Solutions is a trusted provider to industry leading prime contractors, the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community. We have established a company culture that supports our employees, their families and the communities in which they live and work. When you join our team you belong to a group of people that work hard, strive for greatness and care about people.

Our hard work is evident in everything we do. Whether it be supporting large government programs in the areas of Simulation and Training, Information Technology, Intelligence or Engineering we always strive to be the best. It is for this reason that we have been recognized as a World Class Team Supplier by Northrop Grumman and were also named one of Florida’s fastest growing companies by Inc. Magazine.

As Knight Federal Solutions continues to grow, we look forward to hiring the best and the brightest to join us in our success!

Role Responsibilities:

Production environment hands-on experience with core AWS technologies (EC2, VPC, EBS, ALB, RDS, S3, EKS, ECR etc) or similar cloud technologies

Previous experience and full understanding of all of the phases of the Software Development Life Cycle. This includes planning and defining concepts to full production deployment

Deploy, configure, and operationalize resilient, highly available production grade k8s clusters

Develop IaC for cluster orchestration and application deployment using a variety of tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Packer, Helm, Kustomize, GitLab, etc

Work with a variety of cloud native tools to add capabilities and secure the platform

Troubleshoot complex technical issues across all layers of the technology stack

Strong communication skills in both written and oral formatRequirements:

3 + years of experience with RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) or CentOS administration

3+ years of experience with AWS cloud technologies and CLI

Have a strong understanding and experience with automation tools

Worked with Kubernetes and/or other containerization

Experience troubleshooting DNS, VPN, HTTPS, and networking configurations

Fluency with Bash, Ansible and other scripting and automation technologies

Possession or ability to obtain 8570 IAT Level II Compliant Certification

Must hold an active DoD Top Secret Security clearance with SCI eligibility. Must be willing to undergo a polygraph examination

Preferred Requirements:

Bachelor's in computer science or similar field

Experience with DevSecOps tools and concepts such as Static Code Analysis, image scanning, GitLab/Jenkins, Nexus, ArgoCD

RedHat and / or AWS Certifications

Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and other container technologies

Familiarity with AWS capabilities and offerings

Experience with National Security systems and Air Gapped Environments

Knight Federal Solutions provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, genetic information or any other protected classification.

Full-time