Job Description

NetImpact Strategies has an opening for a DevOps Engineer to support our federal client. The successful candidate will provide network/DevOps engineering support services to the RegTech Team by supporting architecture, procedures, and documentation consistent with best practices in the use of AWS FedRamped cloud services for a federal agency.

Typical responsibilities include

• AWS service configuration and monitoring, bandwidth analysis, and remediation of issues. In particular, assisting in the planning and secure operation of an EKS cluster of containerized microservices, AWS storage technologies such as AWS Keyspaces, Redis, RDS, the Authentication/ Authorization system
• Translate secure federal networking requirements into DevSecOps deployment techniques, guidelines, and documentation
• Provide support to the RegTech team in configuring and operating continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, incorporating security into build process using tools such as PrismaCloud, and identifying and resolving issues in the build-deploy-operation lifecycle.
• Work closely with the Cyber Security and Systems Engineering teams to support compliance, secure baseline development, CVE remediation, and the use of best practices in an AWS FISMA moderate environment.
• Provide AWS engineering expertise to support the development of the system by configuring FedRamp Amazon (AWS) EC2 instances, RDS Postgres, EKS, and other required services, and related security monitoring and mitigation consistent with a federal FISMA Moderate computer system
• Resolve complexities and difficulties in maintaining cluster reliability and resiliency for RegTech team.
• Develop, maintain, and provide standard operating procedures, architecture designs, implementation plans, testing, and related documentation, such as architecture diagrams, and implementation guidelines
• Use monitoring tools to optimize, improve, expand, and upgrade network capabilities and connectivity, as required.
• Review system logs to determine usage levels, bandwidth, and performance of the HMDA Platform and the Data Collection System, as well as find and address bugs.
• Provided team with security focus through participation in daily standup meetings, monitoring, development, and creating issues in Github

Qualifications

Required Skills:

• University degree in a Computer Science or related field is required
• 4 years of professional experience as a network / DevOps engineer working with cloud native solutions
• Experience with configuring, deploying, and administering AWS services, such as S3, EC2 Instances, and RDS is required.
• Solid understanding of network concepts and implementation details, from low level TCP/IP stack to Virtual Private Cloud Subnets, and gateway device, load balancer, such as AWS ALB is required
• Experience troubleshooting network related latency issues in a cloud native, clustered environment
• Experience with configuring and managing AWS secure container registries and Kubernetes is preferred
• Experience automating and verifying backups of AWS RDS Postgres, Cassandra / AWS Keyspaces is preferred.
• Professional experience shall include experience with federal network engineering best practices, automated network testing and monitoring tools
• Ability to obtain a Public Trust

About Us

Perks of working at NetImpact Strategies

• Your health comes first – we offer comprehensive medical, dental, & vision insurance that starts the first of the month after you join the team
• Invest in your future – 401(k) Plan – Immediately vested employer contributions; no matching required
• Work hard, play hard – we offer a generous Paid Time Off (PTO) policy and observe ALL ten (10) federal holidays
• Pawsitively pawesome – Pet Insurance (because our little critters are part of our families, too!)
• Invest in your education – Tuition reimbursement, internal training programs, & company-sponsored industry certifications
• Be part of a dynamic and collaborative work environment recently ranked by The Washington Post as a Top Work Place in 2019, 2020, & 2022!
• Have fun and celebrate and give back – Team building activities, community volunteering, quarterly HQ days, & an offsite annual awards banquet

ABOUT US

NetImpact Strategies Inc. (NetImpact) has been a Trusted Advisor driving impact through digital transformation for the Federal Government for over a decade. We solve complex problems with innovation and agility to create meaningful, transformative, and enduring change. As Trusted Advisors, NetImpact professionals partner with customer agencies to deliver solutions that empower them to not only meet their missions but also realize their strategic vision through agile, outcome-focused solutions addressing both strategic and tactical requirements. We design and implement comprehensive, tailored solutions that are both mindful of the client's culture and organizational dynamics. NetImpact’s core values and commitment to a customer and results-oriented delivery approach has propelled our growth and enabled us to deliver impactful value across Strategic Consulting, Process Automation, Cloud, DevSecOps, Data and Analytics, and Cyber Security for the Federal Government.

ACCESSIBILITY NOTE

NetImpact Strategies is committed to complying with all applicable provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended (“ADA”), and applicable state and local laws. It is NetImpact’s policy not to discriminate against any qualified person or applicant with regard to any terms or conditions of employment on the basis of such individual’s disability. Consistent with this policy of non-discrimination, NetImpact will provide reasonable accommodations to an individual with a disability, as defined in the ADA or applicable law, who has made NetImpact aware of his/her disability, unless doing so would cause undue hardship to NetImpact. If you are an applicant and need reasonable accommodation when applying for job opportunities within NetImpact, or request reasonable accommodation to utilize NetImpact’s online employment application, please contact careers@netimpactstrategies.com.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

NetImpact is committed to the development of a creative, diverse, and inclusive work environment. In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions at NetImpact will be based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. NetImpact does not discriminate against any person because of race, color, creed, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), marital status, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, and local laws (referred to as "protected status").