Sr. DevOps Engineer

Position Title: Senior DevOps Engineer

Employee Status: Direct Hire with Client

Location: Bellevue NE. On-Site

US Citizenship and an active Top Secret security clearance.

Purpose:

Our client is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to engineer and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) from which mission applications are developed and deployed. A successful candidate should be a leader and problem solver with a proven ability to deliver superior results as part of a high performing team in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities:

• Providing application development-programming for projects and infrastructure support activities.

• Designing and developing enterprise applications in a Web environment.

• Developing creating and modifying general computer applications software or specialized utility programs.

• Analyzing user needs and developing software solutions.

• Designing software or customizing software for client use with the aim of optimizing operational efficiency.

• Analyzing and designing databases within an application area working individually or coordinating database development as part of a team.

• Managing websites including design develop deploy and maintain activities as well as performs testing and quality assurance of web sites and web applications.

Required Qualifications:

• A Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems Engineering or a related field.

• Minimum of 10 years of professional experience in software development

• Minimum 5 years of experience managing Kubernetes platforms such as Rancher or EKS including deployment scaling and troubleshooting.

• Minimum 5 years of experience with CI/CD concepts and methodologies including building and maintaining automated pipelines.

• Minimum 5 years of experience with automation tools such as Ansible for infrastructure provisioning and configuration management.

• Proven proficiency with Agile Software Development methodologies architecting solutions and troubleshooting technical issues are important for this role.

• Experience with user interface analysis performance tuning workload analysis and downtime analysis.

• Strong understanding of Linux systems administration and networking principles.

• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.

• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to clearly articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Commitment to adhering to strict security protocols and best practices.

Desired Qualifications:

• Familiarity with Python and JavaScript software languages.

• Familiarity with containerized software engineering practices and technologies.

• Familiarity with agile software engineering methodologies.

• Experience with other cloud platforms such as AWS Azure or GCP.

• Experience with security scanning and vulnerability management tools.

• Relevant certifications (e.g. Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Security).