[Remote] DevOps Engineer II

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Assured Information Security (AIS) is a cyber and information security company supporting mission-critical operations across the DoD, intelligence community, commerce, and beyond. The DevOps Engineer II will support engineering platforms and microservices used to develop critical applications by building infrastructure, automating tasks, managing CI/CD pipelines and cloud platforms, supporting container orchestration, and collaborating with engineering and test teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop infrastructure, task automation, provision managed services leveraging Ansible and scripting programming languages
• Manage CI/CD pipelines to automate building, testing, and deploying code utilizing GitLab
• Install, configure, and provide performance support for container Orchestration Engines (OE) such as Kubernetes, OpenShift, or Docker Swarm
• Manage commercial cloud computing platforms (Azure and AWS)
• Communicate and collaborate effectively with other team members, as well as with stakeholders
• Collaborate with other software and test teams to integrate capabilities
• Stay abreast of the latest developments in cybersecurity threats and offensive capabilities and contribute to internal research and development efforts
• Maintain and update documentation pertaining to systems builds

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering or related field and 2 years' experience OR equivalent combination of education and experience
• Familiarity with automation tools and solid understanding of Linux
• Comfortable using version control and configuration management tools such as Git or SVN
• Experience deploying and managing containerized applications in Kubernetes clusters and custom manifests
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS)
• General understanding of DevSecOps principles and the secure Software Development Lifecycle (SDL)
• Configuring and managing Linux based computing resources
• Using automated infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines using Ansible, Chef, Puppet, or similar tools
• Virtualization platforms (e.g., KVM, ProxMox, VSphere)
• Ability to understand and describe highly technical software systems
• Knowledge of DoD environment, systems, and applications
• Comfortable troubleshooting and resolving technical issues

Benefits

• Employer-paid health insurance
• A 7% contribution to your 401k
• Candidates may be eligible for other forms of compensation

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