Staff DevOps Engineer

Alliance Of Professionals And Consultants - Chantilly, VA

Full-time - Mid Level

Hybrid - Chantilly, VA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Staff DevOps Engineer will play a crucial role in designing, implementing, and maintaining infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines, ensuring the smooth deployment and scalability of applications within OpenShift environments. This position requires strong expertise in OpenShift, container orchestration, and cloud-native application development, along with a solid understanding of DevOps principles.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage OpenShift clusters to support containerized applications.
• Build and maintain continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to streamline development and deployment processes.
• Develop and implement automation scripts to optimize infrastructure deployment, scaling, and maintenance using tools like Ansible, Jenkins, or GitLab CI.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting tools to ensure high availability and performance of OpenShift environments.
• Troubleshoot production issues and resolve them efficiently.
• Work closely with developers, QA, and operations teams to integrate DevOps solutions into the development lifecycle.
• Manage hybrid and multi-cloud deployments, ensuring seamless integration between OpenShift and cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Implement security best practices for containers and Kubernetes, ensure compliance with industry standards, and conduct regular security audits.
• Tune application performance, load balancing, and scaling strategies within OpenShift clusters.
• Maintain thorough documentation of infrastructure, systems, and processes.

Requirements

• Must be a US citizen with an active TS/SCI security clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field along with 5-7 years of relevant work experience.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience managing and administering OpenShift clusters.
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes architecture, deployments, and associated tools.
• Proficiency in Docker, container orchestration, and microservices architecture.
• Experience with Ansible, Terraform, or similar IaC (Infrastructure as Code) tools.
• Experience in setting up and managing CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI, Minikube, or similar tools.
• Proficient in scripting languages such as Bash, Python, Java, Terraform or Groovy.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure and their integration with OpenShift.
• Experience with monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and logging tools like ELK stack or Splunk.
• Proficiency in Git and experience with version control practices in a team environment.
• Knowledge of container security best practices, including vulnerability scanning and network policies.

Nice-to-haves

• An active TS/SCI with CI Poly security clearance.
• OpenShift Certified Administrator (OCA) or Kubernetes certification.
• Experience with hybrid cloud or multi-cloud architectures.
• Understanding of networking in Kubernetes/OpenShift environments.
• Familiarity with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) or CentOS.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive approach to incident resolution.
• Experience in implementing DoD STIG's and RMF Assessment Knowledge.