Senior Devops Engineer

Syms Strategic Group • Annapolis, MD

423d • Remote

About The Position

The Senior DevOps Engineer at Syms Strategic Group (SSG) will be responsible for maintaining and developing continuous integration and deployment infrastructure for federal government clients. This role involves automating build processes, supporting CI/CD tools, and ensuring effective release management while collaborating closely with software developers and production support teams. The position emphasizes the application of DevOps practices to enhance product delivery and operational reliability.

Requirements

• Outstanding interpersonal, written, oral, and presentation skills.
• Proficient with Source Control Management best practices and automation tools.
• Expertise with build automation tools such as Jenkins.
• Knowledge of source code control management systems and configuration management (Git and Rational preferred).
• Experience with build time dependency management (Maven, Ivy), unit testing and code coverage tools (JUnit), and functional test automation techniques and tools (Selenium, Fortify, JMeter, etc.).
• Experience with Open Source Repository Manager (NPM, Sinopia).
• Proficient with Linux and creating Virtual Machines (Vagrant).
• Good understanding of Quality Control and Test Automation in Agile-based Continuous Integration environments.
• Prior experience with DevOps, Ansible, Jenkins, Git, GitHub, Tomcat, and virtual environments.
• Experience with content management and issue tracking (JIRA).
• Experience learning, sharing, and implementing best practices with the ability to establish operational processes and implement DevOps deployment checklists.
• Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment build tools (Jenkins, Ansible).
• Knowledge of developing solutions in an iterative (agile) approach.
• Knowledge of basic networking concepts.
• Knowledge of system configuration tools and implementation of architectural frameworks.
• Expertise with build automation tools (Jenkins).
• Knowledge of Linux Admin tasks including maintaining/upgrading Linux packages, security, networking, performance tuning, system resource management, capacity planning, and user process monitoring.
• Mandatory Azure experience.
• Professional Certifications in DevOps and Azure highly desirable.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering, or other engineering or technical degree.
• 8+ years of relevant experience.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of developing solutions in an Agile approach.

Responsibilities

• Maintenance and ongoing development of continuous build/integration infrastructure.
• Source Control Management and Documentation.
• Creating and maintaining fully automated CI build processes for multiple environments.
• Writing build and deployment scripts.
• Supporting CI/CD tools integration, operations, change management, and maintenance.
• Support full automation of CI/Testing.
• Supporting policies, standards, guidelines, governance, and related guidance for CI/CD operations and developer work.
• Training and supporting developers in source control, build automation, merge resolution, CI, test automation, and deployment.
• Enable successful release management by moving code from Development and Testing environments to Staging and Production.
• Work closely with software developers, production support, and information security to automate and support infrastructure and tooling in cloud-based platforms.
• Apply automated deployment tool sets and infrastructure including environments and code management using CI/CD processes.
• Perform and/or support response activities for operational and security incidents.
• Drive the implementation and rollout of application reliability, including disaster recovery.
• Provide guidance and apply agile and DevOps/DevSecOps practices to streamline product delivery and reliable operations of products.
• Continuously identify opportunities to automate and save time.

Benefits

• 100% remote work opportunity.
• Equal Opportunity Employer.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree