Innovative Data Solutions LLC is Hiring a DevOps Engineer (TS/SCI required) Near Springfield, VA
Job Summary We are seeking an experienced DevOps Engineer to support an IC customer/contract in Springfield, VA. This position requires a TS/SCI clearance and eligibility to obtain a CI polygraph. In this role you will design and define the DevOps architecture for new or existing IT systems. You'll coordinate system development to include design, modeling, security, integration, and formal testing. Specific Duties and Responsibilities:
Automate and optimize service deployments
Integrate with enterprise authentication services
Establish and Improve system monitoring while maintaining established security protocols within development, test, and production systems.
Architect, build and maintain on premise and/or cloud infrastructure to support team and customer initiatives
Maintain and improve existing infrastructure (build out autoscaling, support new services, optimize for cost efficiencies/authentication/search, etc)
Administer production, staging and development environments
Manage and aggregate server logs and monitor for security and system related incidents
Monitor and analyze system performance, such as server load and resource usage
Maintain and improve existing build and deployment processes using CI/CD tools
Apply configuration management disciplines to maintain software revisions, security patches, hardening, and documentation
Enforce best practices for security and reliability, and drive security initiatives, like access control and vulnerability testing
Required Skills and Experience:
Experience maintaining an operational environment and use of monitoring tools and dashboard interfaces (ie. Kibana, Grafana, Nagios)
Experience working with container images and platforms (Kubernetes/Docker/OpenShift)
Strong understanding of DevOps and software/application development processes
Understanding of GitLab, Jenkins, ArgoCD, and other DevOps/Continuous Integration tools for Kubernetes
Understanding of microservice design and architectural pattern best practices
Understanding of Python, Bash, and Shell scripting
Knowledge of network technologies, common infrastructure components, load balancers, firewalls, virtual and physical infrastructure design
Experience with deploying to on prem/data center infrastructure
Experience using Jira and Confluence on a daily basis
Education/Experience:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Programming, Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience
5 years IT experience
Desired Certifications:
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
RedHat Certified OpenShift Administrator
Advanced Security certification
Benefits and Perks Compensation
Industry competitive salary well above market average
401K plan with 4% company match, immediately fully vested
Referral bonuses up to $5,000
100% company-paid benefits
Cigna OAP $0 deductible Medical plan for employee family
Vision and Dental plan for employee family
Short Term Disability for employee
Long Term Disability for employee
Life Insurance for employee
Flexible Paid Time Off Policy
180 hours (minimum) per year of PTO with additional time at manager discretion
10 Company Holidays per year
6 weeks paid maternity and paternity leave
Flexible work environment to accommodate commuting, family and personal schedules
Career Growth
Company sponsored training and certifications
No questions asked professional/business/technical book reimbursement
Company paid training and conference attendance and travel expenses
Company Overview Innovative Data Solutions (IDS) is a small business specializing in engineering and supporting mission critical IT infrastructure for the US Government Intelligence, Defense and Homeland Security communities. Established in 2008, IDS has 15 years of experience delivering IT solutions to the Federal market. We're a small company of technology enthusiasts and we thrive on exceeding expectations. We specialize in Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure, Enterprise Storage, High Performance Computing, Cybersecurity and Data Analytics. Across these technology areas we provide full lifecycle services: strategy, design, implementation and operations. IDS engineers are based in Washington, DC and St. Louis, MO and are experienced working with US Government installations across the US, Europe and Asia.