Lead Devops Engineer W2 Hybrid contract to Hire

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Vega Consulting is Hiring! Lead DevOPS Engineer for our direct client located in Reston, VA. Hybrid position will require candidates to travel onsite on a weekly basis.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of overall experience in IT including hands-on Development and Systems engineering background.
• Bachelor s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field; master s degree preferred.
• The responsibilities include execution of full life cycle activities in support of multiple devops tools which will include but not limited to:
• Editing / creating Helm Charts and Jenkins file with Docker images (the most important skill)
• Work directly with architect, principal and lead engineer, and other team members on design and implement tasks.
• Plan and build roadmaps for the EKS and AWS DevOps Implementation.
• Build Applications with EKS and AWS best practices
• Accountable for meeting milestones.
• Conduct code review, unit and integration testing.
• Document system design and unit testing information
• Automation of manual steps

Required Skills:

• Hands on skill with editing / creating Helm Charts and Jenkins file with Docker images ( Required skill)
• Hands on with EKS and AWS
• Hands on with Python, Shell scripting
• Have hands on skills with Cloudbees, BitBucket, Sonar, Artifactory, CloudNative Practices. Wide breadth knowledge of development and testing best DevSecOps practices.
• Outstanding knowledge in Continuous Integration (CI), Testing (CT), Security and deployment (CD) concepts.
• Working knowledge of JIRA and Confluence
• Apply engineering principles to improve resiliency, performance, efficiency and scalability of the DevSecOps eco system
• Find opportunities and build automation to reduce team s interdependency
• Linux administration
• Windows administration
• Excellent documentation skills
• Self-starter and quick learner
• Be part of on call rotation

Day to Day Activities:

• Leverage the Devops Scoring Framework to improve DevOps and Product Maturity Index numbers for delivery teams.
  Build the agreed upon App that leverages EKS, Cloudnative concepts and implement in production.
  Retrospect on the current implementation and document for future use.
  AWS and EKS operations
  Cloud Native tools
  Administer AWS console where Cloudbees Agent exists on the EC2 instance.

If you are a DevOPS leader and live within a commutable distance wit Reston, VA, select "Apply Now" and a Vega Consulting Staffing Specialist will reach out to you.