Role Overview
This role supports the U.S. Air Force Cloud One Architecture and Common Shared Services contract and currently has an opening for a DevOps Engineer.
Responsibilities:
- As a DevOps Engineer, you will develop scalable cloud-native solutions, and implement best practices across architecture, development, deployment, and security and you will work within a group of DevOps/SRE engineers. This role is essential to ensuring secure, scalable, and resilient connectivity across hybrid and multi-cloud environments. You’ll work closely with cloud engineers, cybersecurity analysts, and program leadership to drive continuous improvement and deliver value to the mission. **
- Work with a group of 5-15 DevOps and SRE engineers to fulfill the requirements for the program
- Implement using software engineering principles to build and maintain scalable, highly reliable, and performant large-scale systems
- Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for secure, automated software delivery.
- Design and implement highly available, fault-tolerant systems for Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
- Help define, implement and monitor SLIs, SLOs, and SLAs to ensure service reliability and performance
- Implement robust monitoring, logging, and alerting using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor, and CloudWatch
- Support incident response and postmortem processes to drive continuous improvement
- Collaborate with development teams to embed reliability into application design and deployment
- support capacity planning including forecasting resource needs to ensure systems can scale effectively.
- Ensure compliance with security best practices, including IAM, VPC design, and encryption standards
- Implement DevSecOps pipelines for a variety of technical stacks on Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
- Develop infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation.
- Deploy and manage applications on cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud or Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
- Configure and optimize container orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker).
- Maintain high availability, scalability, and performance of cloud-based systems.
- Configure and maintain virtualized environments to ensure performance, scalability, and security
- Support infrastructure modernization efforts by integrating virtualization solutions into hybrid cloud environments.
- Implement automated security tools for vulnerability scanning, static/dynamic application security testing (SAST/DAST), and container security.
- Drive consistency for deployment and build processes
- Help establish proactive monitoring solutions to ensure system reliability and availability.
- Respond to and troubleshoot production incidents, performing root cause analysis and resolution.
- Embed security best practices into the SDLC and CI/CD processes.
- Supports the development of strategy and integration methodology around design, development and implementation of cloud-based solutions
- Enable the quick development and release of changes and bug-fixes on an as-required basis and incorporate feedback from developers/users.
- Prepare detailed technical documentation to support development and operational processes
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree and 4+ years or more of experience; additional years of experience may be accepted in lieu of degree.
- Must have an active Secret clearance.
- Certifications: CompTIA Security+ or equivalent (IAT-2)
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment
- Strong documentation, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Familiarity with DevSecOps principles and practices.
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies such as Scrum and/or Kanban.
- Strong knowledge of security principles, including threat modeling, vulnerability assessments, and encryption techniques.
- Deep understanding of CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Argo CD).
Tech Stack
- Ansible
- AWS
- Azure
- Cloud
- Cyber Security
- Docker
- Google Cloud Platform
- Grafana
- Jenkins
- Kubernetes
- Oracle
- Prometheus
- SDLC
- Terraform
Benefits
SES provides a competitive salary and the following benefits:
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- AD&D
- STD
- LTD
- Company paid Life Insurance
- 401k with employer contribution
- Paid Time Off
- Pet Insurance