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SRE/DevOps Engineer - Federal

Fortress Information Security
Patuxent River, MD Full Time
POSTED ON 3/9/2024
SRE/DevOps Engineer - Federal

What you can expect as a SRE/DevOps Engineer at Fortress:  
As a SRE/DevOps Engineer, you will be responsible for modernizing our deployment processes by transitioning our traditional Ansible deployments to containerized deployments in AWS and on-premises environments. You will also be responsible for improving our existing CI/CD efforts and infrastructure for developers. In this role, you will work closely with development and QA teams to ensure smooth transitions and provide technical guidance to team members.  

You will be tasked with automating infrastructure provisioning, monitoring relevant systems for availability and performance, and handling code deployments in all environments. The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of experience in an SRE/DevOps role, be highly skilled in deployment technologies such as Kubernetes, Ansible, Jenkins, and Terraform, and have an active Secret clearance. Join us and take part in building an environment for anyone in the company to test drive a release anywhere in the development lifecycle, while implementing tools to monitor and alert with respect to service level metrics and objectives. 
 
LOCATION: This role is on-site in Patuxent River, MD (hybrid potential at a later date)
ACTIVE SECRET CLEARANCE REQUIRED (OR ABILITY TO OBTAIN ONE IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME)

Responsibilities include:
  • Build upon current CI/CD efforts to support different deployment strategies (Blue/Green, Canary, etc.) 
  • Support Development/QA/UAT efforts by building an environment for anyone in the company to test drive a release anywhere in the development lifecycle 
  • Improve upon common infrastructure for developers, such as CI/CD pipelines, log/application monitoring, cluster management, and configuration management 
  • Migrate application secrets and configuration from Ansible Vault to Hashicorp Vault 
  • Automate infrastructure provisioning during deployment 
  • Handle code deployments in all environments (cloud, on-premises) 
  • Implement tools to monitor and alert with respect to service level metrics and objectives 
  • Provide technical guidance and educate team members and coworkers on development and operations 
  • Monitor relevant systems for availability and performance 
  • Available to support daytime and after business hours release activities 
Minimum Qualifications:
  • ACTIVE SECRET CLEARANCE REQUIRED
  • 5 years hands-on experience in an SRE/DevOps role supporting production systems 
  • 3 years with configuration and data management
  • Extensive knowledge of government policy, directives, standards, and DoD industry standards relating to configuration/data management.
  • Production experience supporting Linux-based infrastructure and administering services on AWS (RDS, VPC, ECR (Elastic Container Registry), CloudWatch, Cloud Formation, Lambda, API (Application Programmatic Interface) Gateway) and on-premises 
  • Demonstrable experience with deployment technologies such as Kubernetes, Ansible, Jenkins and Terraform (or similar technologies) 
  • Focused on documenting changes so anyone on the team can come up-to-speed on changes quickly 
  • Experience implementing rolling upgrades (canary, blue/green, etc.) 
  • Strong scripting and tooling skillset (Bash, Python, JS, etc.) 
  • Self-motivated, resourceful and a persistent problem-solving aptitude 
Preferred Experience:
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills 
  • Professional documentation, presentation, and planning skills 
  • Excellent time management skills and proven ability to multi-task competing priorities 
  • Prior direct experience in areas such as ACSNs, ECPs, CCPs, RFWs, RFDs, and configuration audits would be advantageous.
  • Experience in deficiency reporting and data management systems like ASE or similar platforms.
Education:
  • BSc/Ba in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related discipline ​
Employee Benefits:
  • Competitive pay structure 
  • Medical, dental, vision plans with employees covered up to 90% with highly progressive options for dependents and families 
  • Company paid life, short- and long-term disability insurance  
  • Employee Assistance Program 
  • 401(k) match 
  • Paid time off and holiday pay 
  • Access to thousands of Learning & Development courses that range from mental health and wellbeing, stress, and time management to an array of technical and business-related courses 
Employment Perks:
  • We provide each employee with professional growth opportunities through succession planning, up-skilling, and certifications 
  • Tuition and certification reimbursement  
  • Employee Referral Programs 
  • Company Sponsored Events 
Fortress is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employees and applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. Fortress Information Security takes part in the E-Verify process for all new hires.  
 
For positions located in the US, the following conditions apply. If you are made a conditional offer of employment, you will have to undergo a drug test. ADA Disclaimer: In developing this job description care was taken to include all competencies needed to successfully perform in this position. However, for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) purposes, the essential functions of the job may or may not have been described for purposes of ADA reasonable accommodation. All reasonable accommodation requests will be reviewed and evaluated on a case-by-case basis. 

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