Senior Principal Cyber Systems Engineer (DevOps Engineer)

Candidate will develop CI/CD build and deploy pipelines; integrate tools into the pipeline and manage debugging integration issues. In addition, candidate will help integrate with various tools for the DevOps process.

Job Duties include:

• Development of CI/CD Build and Deployment Pipelines

o Write/modify Jenkins-based groovy scripts o Write/update CloudFormation scripts o Troubleshoot pipeline issues across Jenkins and AWS Environments (Linux EC2, RDS, Cloudformation, Elasticsearch Service, etc…) o Document key features for developer use o Help write and maintain scripts for process improvements (ex: stage/unstage builds, branch tag automation, automating variance corrections across networks) o Help with automate the transition from our release 1 ‘installation' mindset to the release n+1 upgrade mindset

• Integrate tools into the pipeline

o Work with the development teams to bring in new microservices into the pipeline. Helping troubleshoot as necessary. o Work through steps to automate installations of COTS products into the Architecture

• Debugging integration issues

o Helping identify issues in the deployment (i.e. potentially intermittent connectivity issues from an API Server to the Database) o Monitor (and help develop scripts to monitor) the AWS services to ensure everything is functioning as necessary

• DevOps Tool Integration

o Help integrate with various tools for the DevOps process (SonarQube, Fortify, Jenkins, Robot Framework/Selenium, Artifactory, etc…)

Required

• A Bachelor's degree and 9 years of relevant experience OR a Master's degree with 7 years of relevant experience OR a PhD with 4 years of relevant experience; An additional 4 years of experience may be considered in lieu of the degree requirement

• Experience working with Linux environments

• Knowledge of scripting languages, such as Bash and Python

• Experience with Git for Source Control

• Understanding and willingness to work in a DevSecOps-oriented environment with an Infrastructure as Code mindset

• Experience using Active Directory, LDAP

• Willing to be on-site at least 50%

• Security +

• Ability to serve as PUA

• TS/ SCI Clearance, CI poly preferred

Desired

• Basic understanding of an Object-Oriented Programming Language, preferably Java

• Experience with developing, deploying, monitoring, and troubleshooting cloud-based software solutions

• Experience with Chef, Ansible, or Terraform for automation and configuration

• Experience integrating Jenkins and Docker for automated CI/CD pipelines

• Basic understanding of Kubernetes or OpenShift Container Platform

• AWS Solutions Architect Associate

• AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate