DevOps Engineer

Overview:

DevOps Engineer

JOB LOCATION: Columbia, MD

JOB STATUS: Full Time

CLEARANCE: Secret

Travel: 5%

Systems Engineering Group (SEG), a wholly owned subsidiary of AXIENT LLC, is seeking motivated candidates for a multi-faceted position of Build Automation / Platform Engineer with a strong interest in supporting our nation’s defense capabilities. SEG provides an intellectually stimulating engineering environment with excellent opportunities for technical and leadership growth.

This position is an integral part of SEG’s software development and engineering teams, supporting multiple software packages and the tools and infrastructure required to deliver them. As part of the small existing team of build/platform engineers, the selected candidate will enhance existing automation tools, create new tools and build pipelines, manage existing services and improve the services offering that our team provides.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS

Bachelor’s Degree in a technical discipline

Ability to obtain and maintain a DoD Secret clearance

5+ years of experience

Strong knowledge of CMake, Python setuptools, and Anaconda

Strong knowledge of Linux command line, bash scripting, python scripting, and PowerShell

Strong knowledge of Jenkins pipelines and Groovy development in the Jenkins context

Strong knowledge of containerization platforms (Docker, podman, Singularity), including multi-stage builds, container hardening, and compose/Kubernetes deployment of containerized services

Experience programming in C/C++

Experience with Jenkins Shared Libraries or Jenkins Template Engine

Experience with GitLab, GitLab CI, Conan, Artifactory

Experience with infrastructure automation tools, e.g., Ansible, Puppet, Chef

Experience with Kubernetes

Experience with managing services running in a Linux environment

Experience with Government compliance, e.g., NIST Risk Management Framework, or Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS

Active security clearance

Experience working in a classified environment working environment

RESPONSIBILITIES

Develop and maintain C++, Python, and MERN stack software build infrastructure, development environments, and automated build, test, publish, and deployment pipelines

Configure services related to software build / delivery / deployment, package security, and configuration management

Interface with IT technical staff to obtain virtualized and bare-metal hardware, software, and licenses required to implement services

Assist developers and engineers with troubleshooting software build / delivery / deployment issues

Configure and build containers in support of build processes and services – including Docker (Linux and Windows), Singularity, and podman

Develop and enhance existing service and software deployment automation

Assist with migration to Kubernetes for on-premises deployments

Write and maintain documentation of new and existing processes to comply with Government requirements