Devops Engineer III

Job Summary

General Atomics Integrated Intelligence, Inc. (GA-I3), an affiliate of General Atomics, maintains and deploys production systems for users across the Intelligence Community, Department of Defense, and commercial industry. We build and develop best-in-class all domain and globally focused situational awareness capabilities that process petabytes of data from numerous streaming data sources in near real time. Our systems apply state-of-the-art algorithms and machine learning techniques to extract features and fuse data from multiple phenomenologies to form a rich live view of objects in the sky, on the sea, and on the ground. These analytics are designed to determine not just where something is, but what it is, where it's been and what it's doing. All of this "data to knowledge" is made available to end users in our own browser-based application for visualization, analysis, and understanding. We always want to do more, and that's where you come in!

GA-i3 is looking for a mid-level DevOps Engineer with Top Secret/SCI clearance to manage the configuration, deployment and maintenance of multiple environments. The ability to maintain a production system in a high up-time environment is a key success factor. Join our growing team in taking our systems to the next level, giving end-users the power to see beyond the data and truly understand the world around them.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Under general direction, this position is responsible for maintaining development, testing, and production environments.
• Builds and deploys automation, monitoring, and analysis solutions.
• Manages continuous integration and delivery pipeline to maximize efficiency.
• Implements industry best practices for system hardening and configuration management.
• Develops and maintains solutions for operational administration, system/data backup, disaster recovery, and security/performance monitoring.
• Builds and maintains tools, solutions and microservices associated with deployment and our operations platform, ensuring that all meet our customer service standards and reduce errors.
• Manages code deployments, fixes, updates and related processes.
• Works with CI/ CD tools and source control such as GIT.
• Offers technical support where needed, developing software for our back-end systems.
• Stays current with industry trends and source new ways for our business to improve.

We recognize and appreciate the value and contributions of individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences and welcome all qualified individuals to apply.

Job Qualifications

• Typically requires a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field and five years of related experience.
• Experience with deployment technologies, such as Kubernetes (K8s) for container orchestration.
• Experience with metrics monitoring and dashboards (Grafana).
• Understanding of user access practices and security controls within a system.
• Understanding of system administration in various OS environments.
• Strong knowledge of configuration management tools.
• Strong communication and documentation skills.
• Understanding of software development lifecycle best practices.
• Must be able to work both independently and in a team environment.
• Able to work extended hours as required.

PREFERRED SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Understanding of AWS services and cloud management.
• Experience executing against database technologies.
• Experience with configuration management tools (Puppet).
• Familiarity with CI/CD processes and tools such as Argo.
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) and collaboration tools.
• System monitoring and analysis.
• Familiarity with Intelligence Community and DoD mission sets.
• CompTIA Security+ certification or willingness to get certified.