Overview
On Site
Hybrid
$50+
Full Time
Skills
DevOps
Kubernetes
AWS
Azure
CI/CD
Jenkins
Maven
Docker
EC2
Job Details
Job title: Mid-level DevOps Engineer
Location: Washington, DC / Hybrid
Duration: Longterm
Visa: Citizenship with the ability to obtain Secret clearance
Customer: USCIS
Responsibilities:
Design & Development:
- Maintain CI/CD software delivery pipelines & tools for an enterprise-scale system with a large developer base
- Maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) code artifacts
- Maintain container-based application solutions
- Write and run ad-hoc scripts (using Bash, Python, etc.) to automate DevOps processes
- Work with development teams to troubleshoot specific issues by recreating tests, validating configuration, etc.
- Provide deployment support by deploying applications and microservices in cloud environments.
Operations
- Maintain, monitor, and help improve the performance and availability of the 24x7 production environment including networks, servers, databases, etc.
- Administer network monitoring system, alerting, log management, and other IT systems
- Participate in on-call rotation and provide hands-on support during emergencies, outages, and service transitions
- Manage operational maintenance such as OS patches, security vulnerabilities, etc. to ensure the healthy status of various prod and non-prod environments
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, especially with Jenkins using Groovy
- Hands-on experience with container-based technologies, especially Kubernetes, Docker, AWS EKS, OpenShift
- Hands-on experience with AWS managed services (VPC, EC2, EKS, RDS), including monitoring and analytics tools such as AWS CloudWatch, NewRelic
- Familiarity with configuration management using Chef, Puppet, or equivalent
- Proficient scripting skills (Bash, Perl, Python)
- Solid understanding of microservice concepts
- Experience with code management systems (Git, Subversion)
- Experience maintaining Java/Node web applications (Spring Boot, React)
- Keen communication and teamwork abilities