What are the responsibilities and job description for the DevOps Engineer position at VTG Defense?
Overview
What will you do?
Do you have what it takes?
VT Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.
We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced DevOps Engineer with a minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in building, automating, and maintaining scalable infrastructure and deployment pipelines. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in cloud technologies, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code, with a passion for improving system reliability and performance.
What will you do?
- Design, implement, and manage CI/CD pipelines to support rapid and reliable application deployments
- Build and maintain scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Automate infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
- Monitor system performance, availability, and reliability using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or CloudWatch
- Collaborate with development, QA, and security teams to streamline release processes
- Implement and maintain containerization and orchestration solutions (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Troubleshoot system issues across environments and implement solutions to prevent recurrence
- Ensure compliance with security best practices and organizational policies
- Optimize cost, performance, and scalability of cloud environments
Do you have what it takes?
- Active TS/SCI with Polygraph required.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or related field.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 5 years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or related roles
- Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Proficiency in scripting and programming languages (e.g., Python, Bash, or Go)
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions)
- Experience with containerization tools (Docker) and orchestration platforms (Kubernetes)
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or ARM templates)
- Experience with version control systems (Git)
- Strong understanding of Linux/Unix systems
VT Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.