IT Systems Technical Specialist
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Job Location:
Baltimore, MD - USA
Hourly Salary:
$ 44 - 54
Posted on:
10 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Introduction
GRADE
LOCATION OF POSITION
Main Purpose of Job
POSITION DUTIES
- Architect and manage the secure scalable and highly available CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitLab Jenkins Azure DevOps) for all DHS applications. Lead the adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Configuration-as-Code best practices using tools like Terraform or Ansible.
- Security Integration and Governance - Mandate implement and tune automated security tools (SAST DAST SCA IAST) into the CI/CD workflow to ensure shift-left security practices. Ensure pipeline compliance with Federal security frameworks (e.g. RMF FedRAMP) and DHS security policies including managing automated control checks.
- Supervise mentor and technically lead the DevSecOps and Platform Engineering teams fostering a culture of continuous improvement automation and security-first development.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Experience:Seven years of experience designing developing testing implementing and maintaining application communication database or operating systems software.
Notes:
1. Candidates may substitute graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate and thirty credit hours from an accredited college or university in Computer Science Computer Technology Management Information Systems or other information technology-related field to include coursework in application communication database or operating systems software technology for four years of the required experience.
2. Candidates may substitute graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate and one year of experience designing developing testing implementing and maintaining application communication database or operating systems software for four years of the required experience.
may substitute experience operating computer systems; or scheduling controlling input and output to process data on computer systems; or evaluating implementing and maintaining computer hardware and software; or converting data from project specifications by developing program code using generally accepted computer programming languages on a year-for-year basisfor a high school education.
4. Candidates may substitute the possession of a Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science Computer Information Technology Management Information Systems or other information technology-related field to include coursework in application communication database or operating systems software technology and three years of experience designing developing testing implementing and maintaining application communication database or operating systems software for the required experience.
5. Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a commissioned officer in theComputer Systems Operations classifications or Computer Systems Operations specialty codes in the Information Technology field of work on a year-for-year basis for the required experience.
DESIRED OR PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Two or more years of experience developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins GitLab CI or similar tools.
- Two or more years of experience implementing and managing security tools (SAST DAST SCA) into the SDLC such as SonarQube Snyk or Checkmarx.
- Two or more years of experience securing applications within a major cloud platform (AWS Azure or GCP).
- Two or more years of experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or Ansible for provisioning and securing infrastructure.
SELECTION PROCESS
BENEFITS
Contractual employees who work for an agency covered under the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program have a current employment contract and work 30 or more hours a week (or on average 130 hours per month) may be eligible for subsidized health benefits coverage for themselves and their dependents. As a contractual employee you will be responsible for paying 25% of the premiums for your medical and prescription coverage including any eligible dependents you have enrolled. The State of Maryland will subsidize the remaining 75% of the cost for these benefits. You can also elect to enroll in dental coverage accidental death and dismemberment insurance and life insurance but will be responsible to pay the full premium for these benefits.
Leave may be granted to a contractual employee at a rate of one hour for every 30 hours worked not to exceed 40 hours per calendar year.
FURTHER INSTRUCTIONS
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Clerical
- Abinitio
- Chiller
- Application Engineering
- ELV
- AV
