Overview

REI Systems’ mission is to deliver innovative technology solutions for Federal Clients. The foundation of our success is an unwavering determination to surpass our client’s expectations. We offer this same commitment to our employees by providing professional development, projects that are impactful and meaningful, and the flexibility to spend time with family and friends. We believe our employees are at their best when they are fulfilled in both their professional careers and their lives outside of work. Learn more at REIsystems.com.

Employees voted REI Systems a Washington Post Top Workplace in 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2021 and 2022!

Have you ever wondered how the food you eat is deemed to be safe, or how pharmaceutical companies are inspected to ensure the drugs they produce meet FDA regulations? If so, we have a very large new program with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and would love to have you join us! If you are solution oriented and thrive in a fast paced, agile environment then come work for a company that was named a Washington Post Best Place to Work for 5 out of the last 6 years.

Responsibilities

• Perform configuration and change management activities, including version control, system builds, and release management.
• Provide deployment support by deploying applications and microservices in on premise and cloud environments.
• Work with development teams to troubleshoot application build issues by validating configuration, etc.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines, security, and several other engineering disciplines around DevSecOps.
• Create and maintain Jenkins build pipelines and Ansible playbooks.
• Write and run ad-hoc scripts (using Bash, Python, etc) to automate DevOps processes.
• Manage the day-to-day execution of software projects using Agile development methodology and scrum model.
• Develop and maintain installation, configuration, and operations procedures.
• Other similar professional duties maybe assigned as needed.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years of hands-on experience as configuration management and/or DevOps engineer.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines, especially with Jenkins using Groovy
• Experience in managing application servers such as Weblogic and Tomcat in Linux and Windows environments.
• Technical knowledge of AWS managed services (VPC, EC2, ECS/EKS, RDS, IAM), including monitoring and analytics tools such as AWS CloudWatch, AppDynamics.
• Solid understanding of microservice concepts.
• Strong knowledge of Windows and Linux server operating systems and environments.
• Expert scripting skills (Python, Perl, Bash).
• Experience with code management systems (Git, Subversion)
• Good understanding of networks, firewalls, troubleshooting, and basic network administration
• Excellent troubleshooting skills and ability to resolve issues.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working on Ansible with experience in developing playbooks.
• Experience working on IaC tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation.
• Experience working on container-based technologies, especially Kubernetes, Docker, AWS EKS.
• AWS certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate) are a plus.
• Prior experience with Federal Government project is a plus.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field. Additional experience may be substituted for education.

Security Clearnce: Eligible to obtain a public trust clearance.

Location/Remote: Hybrid and candidate must be local to DC Metro.

Covid Policy Disclosure: Should the essential functions of this position require that the employee performing this role work on-site at REI’s Sterling location the following requirements will apply: the individual holding this position must be fully vaccinated, as defined in CDC guidance, as a condition of continued employment. REI will consider requests to be excused from this policy whenever necessary to comply with legal requirements and will consider any requests for reasonable accommodations due to a disability, religion, or other exemptions on an individual basis in accordance with applicable legal requirements. Employees and applicants requesting accommodations should request the accommodation in writing and should explain in detail the reasons why they are seeking an accommodation. REI will request additional information or documentation it deems necessary to inform its decision on an employee’s or applicant’s accommodation request.

EEO Statement: REI Systems is an Equal Opportunity Employer (Minority/Female/Disability/Vet)