[Remote] DevOps Engineer - Secret (Remote)
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Xcelerate Solutions is a McLean, Virginia-based government contractor supporting defense, security, and mission-critical government platforms. The Senior DevOps Engineer will automate, optimize, and secure delivery pipelines while guiding teams in DevSecOps practices, cloud-native technologies, microservices, infrastructure automation, and reliable software deployments.
Responsibilities
- Facilitates the development of new software solutions and transition of existing solutions from monolithic structures to micro-service structure operating within hardened containers
- Working with application development teams to refactor or create solutions that leverage the DevSecOps CI/CD pipeline and tools
- Instructs/guides teams through their solution development
- Deploys and sustain microservices factory utilizing COTS and open-source solutions
Skills
- Bachelor's Degree
- 5+ years Agile experience
- 5+ years relevant experience
- Must possess IT-II security clearance or have a current National Agency Check with Local Agency Check and Credit Check (NACLC) at time of proposal submission
- Must have 8570 certifications (Security+)
- Driving strategy and overseeing architecture of continuous integration and deployment, and monitoring across technologies
- Demonstrated experience with defining SAFe Agile methodology for large scale clients
- Demonstrated experience in leading DevOps methodologies
- Demonstrated experience with implementing Test Driven Development (TDD) Methodologies
- Demonstrated experience with driving automated software development lifecycle toolchain
- Demonstrated experience with deployments in both on premise and cloud environments
- Experience serving as the engineer of complex technology implementations in a product-centric environment
- Experience with DevOps services using infrastructure as a service provider (e.g., Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Compute Engine, RackSpace/OpenStack)
- Using scripting or basic programming skills to solve problems
- Experience with configuration management tools (e.g., TFS, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Salt, LVM)
- Familiarity with containerization technologies (e.g., LXC, Docker, Rocket, OpenShift)
- Preferred SAFe Agile Certification or industry recognized equivalent certification
- CSP Certifications (e.g. AWS DevOps Engineer, Azure SA)
- CSP Certifications (e.g. AWS DevOps Engineer, Azure SA)
Benefits
- Remote work arrangement in McLean, VA
- Growth and development opportunities that contribute to individual and company growth
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