DevOps / Platform Engineer III

$105,000 - $159,000/Yr

Forward Slope - San Diego, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Hybrid - San Diego, CA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

Forward Slope Inc. is a fast-paced global engineering company with a great reputation in the Department of Defense industry for over 20 years. We currently have multiple openings for DevOps/Platform Engineer III. This position has needs for on-site, hybrid, and remote work environments with ideal candidates being geographically located in San Diego, CA. Typically, on-site work will be 3 days per week. This position has the option to work a 9/80 schedule, which is a compressed work schedule, with alternate Fridays off. This position may have an opportunity for foreign travel if desired.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement innovative technologies for automating, integrating, and delivering containerized web applications and services for the Department of Defense (DoD).
• Work with highly talented professionals and subject matter experts to design, implement, and sustain mission-critical software systems that provide US Navy warfighters with the tools and resources for successfully planning and executing missions.
• Use containers and orchestration platforms and configuration tools (e.g., Kubernetes, OpenShift, Rancher, Helm) to deploy software using microservice architecture to support Navy DevSecOps initiatives.
• Develop security hardened container images to comply with operational DoD compliance.
• Create and maintain automated Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines to streamline daily software development and cybersecurity operations.

Requirements

• Currently hold an active U.S. security clearance, or able to obtain one
• CompTIA Security+ Certified (or able to obtain one within 30 days)
• Demonstrated 6+ years of DevOps experience with:
• Containerization (e.g., Docker, containers, etc.)
• Container orchestration tools (e.g., Kubernetes, OpenShift, Helm)
• Infrastructure- and Configuration-as-Code (e.g., Ansible, Vagrant, Terraform, CloudFormation)
• CI/CD automation tools (e.g., GitLab, Jenkins, Tekton, AWS Code Build, Azure DevOps Pipelines, etc.)
• Linux operating systems (e.g., RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu) in a headless capacity
• Automation and Scripting (e.g., Bash, Python, PowerShell, etc.)
• Cyber security practices (e.g. STIG, host hardening, etc.)

Nice-to-haves

• Bachelor's degree in STEM or equivalent
• Data pipeline tools (e.g., Apache NiFi, Kafka)
• Cyber security tools (e.g., OpenSCAP, Coverity, SRM, OWASP ZAP, Snyk, JFrog Xray, Anchore, etc.)
• Secret management tools (e.g., HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, etc.)
• Demonstrated experience with:
• Cloud computing infrastructure or development (e.g., AWS, Microsoft Azure, GCP, etc.)
• Full-stack software development (e.g., Java, C#/.NET, JavaScript, TypeScript, SQL)
• Utilizing Atlassian suite (i.e., Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket) or equivalent (e.g., Azure DevOps, GitLab, GitHub, etc.)
• Test automation frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Cypress)
• Configurating OIDC and OAuth applications

Benefits

• Telework option available
• Flexible working hours based on job needs
• Great and fun work culture
• Amazing benefits package for full time employees (including 90% employer contribution for employee medical benefits)
• 3 weeks of PTO a year
• 11 paid company holidays a year
• Team Building - Continuous appreciation events for our employees
• Education and Professional Development - programs to help you with your educational and professional growth!
• Free coffee/snacks and occasional free food and so much more!