DevOps Systems Administrator TS/SCI + Poly)
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The DarkStar Group a GRVTY Company is seeking a DevOps Systems Administrator with a TS/SCI Poly to join one of our top projects in Herndon VA. Below is an overview of the project as well as information on our company our benefits and our $25000 referral program.
THE PROJECT
The DarkStar Groups team uses AI/ML approaches (including NLP) to speed the analysis of massive amounts of aging data to determine what can and cannot be declassified and the resulting redaction of portions of data items. This effort is critical to protecting our exponentially growing classified data sets and to responding to an increased number of FOIA requests. The team consists of Data Scientists ML experts Software Engineers Data Analysts and Systems Integrators working very closely with groups of customer Analysts.
Work on this program takes place in the Herndon VA area (we cannot support remote work) and requires a TS/SCI Polygraph clearance (acceptable to this customer).
THE ROLE
- The DarkStar Group is seeking a skilled and proactive DevOps Systems Administrator with expertise in managing AWS EC2 instances to join our dynamic team in Herndon VA. This role involves designing implementing and maintaining scalable secure and automated cloud infrastructure primarily on AWS with a strong focus on EC2 instance management and related services.
- AWS EC2 Management: Provision configure monitor and maintain EC2 instances including AMI management instance scaling (autoscaling groups) load balancing and security groups to ensure high availability and performance.
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Design and implement infrastructure automation using tools such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation to provision and manage cloud resources efficiently and reproducibly.
- Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD): Build maintain and optimize CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins GitLab CI or AWS CodePipeline to automate software delivery and deployment processes.
- Monitoring and Troubleshooting: Implement and maintain monitoring solutions (e.g. AWS CloudWatch ELK stack Grafana) to ensure system health performance and availability; proactively identify and resolve issues to minimize downtime.
- Security and Compliance: Manage AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) roles policies and multifactor authentication (MFA); perform regular security assessments and implement best practices to safeguard cloud infrastructure.
- Collaboration and Support: Work closely with development operations and security teams to foster a DevOps culture support application deployment and provide technical guidance for cloud infrastructure and automation.
- Environment Management: Maintain multiple environments (development staging production) ensuring consistency reliability and scalability across all stages.
- Scripting and Automation: Develop and maintain automation scripts using Bash Python or Ruby to streamline routine tasks and improve operational efficiency.
- Proven experience managing AWS EC2 instances and related services such as VPC S3 IAM RDS ELB and Auto Scaling.
- Strong skills in infrastructure automation using Terraform CloudFormation or similar IaC tools.
- Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins GitLab CI or AWS CodePipeline.
- Proficient in Linux system administration and scripting (Bash Python Ruby).
- Knowledge of containerization and orchestration tools (Docker Kubernetes AWS ECS) is a plus.
- Solid understanding of networking security best practices and cloud architecture principles.
- Excellent problemsolving skills and ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies and DevOps culture.
- Experience with monitoring tools such as AWS CloudWatch ELK stack Grafana or Prometheus.
- Strong communication skills to effectively collaborate with crossfunctional teams and stakeholders.
- This role offers the opportunity to work in a fastpaced environment driving cloud infrastructure excellence and automation ensuring robust and scalable AWS EC2 deployments that support businesscritical applications.
About The DarkStar Group
Our Company
The DarkStar Group is a small business that solves BIG problems. Were one of the Inc. 5000 fastestgrowing private companies in the US and our engineers and scientists support the most critical national security missions in Virginia Maryland and elsewhere. Data Science Software Engineering Cloud/AWS Infrastructure and Cyber/CNO are our core areas of expertise. We offer interesting and important work job security some of the best and most flexible benefits youll find in the IC and salaries so strong that theyll likely surprise you.
Our Benefits
The DarkStar Group offers exceptional compensation and benefits:
- very strong salaries;
- 100% companypaid medical dental and vision premiums for you and all dependents;
- the ability to get increased salary if you dont need medical/dental/vision;
- 100% companypaid disability and life insurance benefits;
- a generouslyfunded HSA;
- an 8% 401(k) contribution;
- 31 days of PTO/holidays to start (more with tenure);
- the ability to flex time across pay periods without using your PTO;
- a generous training budget;
- $25000 employee referral bonuses;
- business development / growth incentives; and
- top notch company swag.
** We have a huge growth opportunity so we are offering up to a $25000 reward for anyone new you refer whom we hire. **
The DarkStar Group A GRVTY Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or status as a protected veteran and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
Anyone requiring reasonable accommodations should emailwith requested details. A member of the HR team will respond to your request within 2 business days.
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