DevOps Python Engineer

DevOps Python Engineer

The company is located in Reston, VA and will remain 100% remote.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Coordinate the work of both internal and external engineers, to build automation solutions.
• Work with multiple groups within the company to establish schedules, priorities, and staffing requirements necessary to develop automation.
• Analyze current technology and processes in use and recommend improvements.
• Provide oversight for automation projects and mentor other engineers in best practices.
• Document automation solutions with all details required for implementation.
• Produce documentation about automation solutions suitable for customer review and also for sales presentations.
• Develop tooling and improve processes to automate monitoring, metrics collection and analysis.
• Implementing self-service tooling to improve team operations and management of the infrastructure.
• Participate in team code reviews and design reviews.
• Handle multiple work streams across multiple engagements.
• Planning future phases of and supporting customer deployments and environments.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Active Secret clearance, or ability to obtain.
• Proficient with Python.
• Proficient with PKI/SSL concepts including public/private keys and certificate authorities.
• Proficient with web design, including HTML and CSS.
• Proficient with consuming REST services.
• Proficient with backend data storage technologies, including SQL and no-SQL databases.
• Experience with Linux shell scripting (Bash is preferred).
• Experience with basic in Linux/Unix troubleshooting and log file analysis.
• Hands-on experience with continuous integration and continuous deployment of technical solutions leveraging cloud services and features.
• Experience with Jira or similar tools.
• Experience with Git and with Git workflows including tagging, branching, and integration with other tools such as Jira.
• General experience with cloud environments such as AWS and Azure.
• Experience with AWS technologies like EC2, S3, and Lambda, Elastic Container Registry, Elastic Container Service, and CloudWatch.
• Experience with using an API to access cloud services (Boto3 preferred).
• Security and detail-oriented methodology.
• Demonstrable experience in Enterprise-level environments.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines.
• Ability to multitask with several customers, coworkers, and projects.
• Self-motivated and able to work under pressure to deliver high-quality deliverables.
• Contribute independently as well as in a team environment.
• Strong verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong analytical as well as organizational skills.

Desired Skills & Experience:

• Django, Flask, or other object relational mapping frameworks.
• Experience with container technologies like Docker or Podman.
• Testing frameworks like Pytest for Python or Junit for Java.
• AWS/Azure certifications.
• Ansible, Puppet, Chef, or another server/configuration management tools.
• Terraform.
• Knowledge of operating system security configuration and reporting tools such as SCAP and NessTenable.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis now and in the future.
This position doesn't provide sponsorship.