Senior DevOps Software Engineer with Security Clearance

Senior DevOps Software Engineer

• Clearance: DoD Secret
• Certification: Comptia Security +
• Location: The position is at the DISA HQ facility, Ft. Meade, MD, with an opportunity for situational telework.
• Candidates must be within commuting distance to Ft. Meade, MD, for on-site support. Primary Responsibilities:
• Develop automated CI/CD build/deployment pipelines using Cloudbees/Jenkins, Artifactory, OpenShift/Kubernetes, Docker, Ansible and Bitbucket.
• Lead software configuration management (SCM) release planning and version control, providing SCM support throughout a software product's life cycle (initial software development through promotion to Test, QA and Production Environments).
• Plan and manage parallel software development and release cycles as well as provide SCM for a large distributed development network with remote partners, ensuring the consistency and reliability of software builds.
• Provide technical direction, leadership, guidance and training on CM processes to a team of software engineers, ensuring congruence of the various infrastructure, software, configurations and interfaces maintained under configuration control
• Develop automated tests using Ansible, Selenium, JMeter, Junit and/or other applicable tools.
• Design, develop, document, test and deploy software written in Python, JavaScript, Java and SQL.
• Deploy, configure, test, troubleshoot, maintain, update/upgrade of Kafka and Elastic clusters and environments.
• Work with an Agile team, attend daily scrums and demonstrate working software while collaborating with a geographically distributed (remote) team, communicating and collaborating frequently with teammates to ensure successful completion of project objectives.
• Troubleshoot and resolve installation, infrastructure and system issues.
• Proactively and independently identify, report, monitor, and mitigate technical risks. Must Haves
• This is a software engineering position (it is more 'Dev' than 'Ops') and requires a software engineering background.
• Application Configuration and Deployment Automation Experience
• Experience automating application configuration and deployment on a Linux platform using Ansible and RHEL with strong Linux command line experience.
• Experience automating application configuration and deployment in the AWS Cloud
• Experience automating and containerizing application deployments using technologies such Jenkins (CloudBees), Artifactory, Kubernetes, Docker, Ansible
• Experience developing system integrations using JSON REST, SOAP, SQL, Java, JavaScript and other integration technologies/languages.
• Working knowledge of Git and experience with development workflows in GitHub, Bitbucket or an equivalent tool
• At least 7 years of experience is required Basic Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college in a related discipline and 12+ years of prior relevant experience.
• Must hold an active DoD Secret clearance.
• Must Obtain Security+ certification or equivalent DoD 8570 IAT II certification within 14 days of start date
• Strategic mindset who can further develop and refine our advanced DevOps architecture and processes while providing master level technical leadership to the team.
• Master level DevOps experience - knowledge and ability to train, guide and mentor the team on DevOps principles, bringing new expertise to the team.
• Master level experience with and ability to develop DevOps designs, architectures, processes and procedures.
• Master level experience in software configuration management (Bitbucket, GIT), including the ability to design software configuration, branch, merge and release processes
• Significant experience designing, developing and implementing CI/CD pipelines in a containerized (Kubernetes) environment
• Significant experience designing and implementing automation capabilities in Ansible or another equivalent tool.
• Experience enforcing project DevOps processes to ensure consistency of deployments
• Experience designing, building and deploying DevOps pipelines with Bitbucket, Git, Jenkins, Artifactory and Ansible (or equivalent tools).
• Experience designing and implementing application deployment pipelines and developing software in a containerized environment with Kubernetes and Docker (OpenShift experience is a plus).
• Full software lifecycle automation experience (design, development, test, deployment), including deployment to a production environment.
• Experience designing and building automated software testing pipelines using Ansible, Selenium, JMeter, Junit and/or other applicable tools.
• Previous SCM experience, including release planning, managing software baselines, merging branches, and producing software builds
• Experience designing, developing and deploying software in a cloud environment (AWS is a plus).
• Strong experience working on a UNIX command line platform.
• Strong communication skills that enable proactive and effective collaboration with a virtual team, including the ability to clearly articulate status and present to both customers and program leadership. Preferred Qualifications
• Experience developing and deploying software in a DoD environment (DISA experience is a plus), including experience building and deploying software applications that meet DoD security standards and updating applications and code to meet security scans and security implementation guidelines (e.g. STIGs).
• Experience with Atlassian tools, including Bitbucket integrations with JIRA and Confluence.
• Experience integrating code review systems into the SCM process.
• Experience with static code analysis, particularly security scans.
• Experience working remotely with a geographically dispersed team.
• Experience working as part of an Agile software development team.
• Ability to commute to a DISA site (Scott or Meade) as needed. For more information please Contact Us Or send an email to