Overview:
VTG is looking for a Lead DevOps Engineer on a 200+ FTE technical development program responsible for delivering modern Identity Access Credential Management (ICAM) solutions. As a DevOps Engineer on this program, you will have the opportunity to build strong systems and software utilizing cloud capabilities to support a complex program. Based in DevOps framework, you will participate in and/or direct major deliverables throughout all aspects of the software development lifecycle including scope and work estimation, architecture and design, coding and unit testing. This role requires supporting an on-call rotation to ensure mission critical services remain operational 24/7/365. Rotation is typically to be on-call 1 full calendar week every 2 months.
Responsibilities:
- Create and publish standard operating procedures for developers, database administrators, and customer support personnel
- Perform full lifecycle management of CI/CD pipelines, including modifications to pipeline stages, dependency management, etc
- Act on PO&AMs and CVEs reported by the ISSE by patching dependencies in the SBOM
- Provide technical guidance, training, and leadership for current / new operations and engineering personnel
- Harden operating systems with STIG or other ISSM guidance
- Automate currently manual deployment procedures on legacy systems
- Provide Tier III & IV technical support and leadership in a complex mission environment
Qualifications:
Required Qualifications:
- Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
- BA/BS Degree with 11-15 years of relevant experience
- Expert in Linux operating system usage
- Expert in using DevOps tools such as Jenkins, GitHub, Terraform
- Expert in the software development lifecycle, with experience delivering within DevOps toolsets/practices
- Direct experience utilizing software testing performance tools, such as J-unit
- Experience working in an Agile development environment and tempo
- Experience scripting and using AWS services including Cloudformation, EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, etc
- Experience with Nexus administration
- Experience establishing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
- Well versed with using version control systems such as Git
- Experience with JIRA, Confluence and Agile development methods
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience with Ansible
- Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes, including container orchestration, deployment, and scaling in a production environment
- Proficiency in building, managing, and optimizing containerized applications using CI/CD pipelines, along with knowledge of container registries and security best practices
- Experience working in the Sponsor’s cloud environments
- Experience with Nexus administration and maintenance