DevOps Engineer

eSimplicity is a modern digital services company that partners with government agencies to improve the lives of all Americans. They are seeking a skilled DevOps Engineer to develop, implement, and maintain cloud-based solutions while ensuring the security and high availability of cloud infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

• Works with engineering team to develop, implement, optimize, and maintain cloud-based solutions
• Responsible for deploying and debugging cloud stacks, coordinating with teams on cloud initiatives, and ensuring the security of the cloud infrastructure
• Implementation and administrative (patching/maintenance/configuration etc.) support to all AWS services, addressing issues, and supporting activities needed to maintain the Cloud AWS environment, such as user access/security/release/schedules management
• Manages cloud-based infrastructure (IaC) and services, using industry leading practices (automation techniques) to assure smooth application integration across the entire architecture
• Implements and administers a CICD (Devops) pipeline for all systems, software, services, and infrastructure i.e. any project deliverables adopting hyper-automation techniques and mindset
• Uses quality and security gates to manage CICD pipeline decision points to proceed from start to finish
• Troubleshoot identity management and authentication issues and provide resolution
• Ensures smooth operation of all systems, services, software and infrastructure through appropriate management, patching, preventative maintenance, monitoring, alerting, and real-time remediation of any discovered issues
• Serves as the engineer of complex technology implementations in a product-centric environment
• Conducts research, designs, and creates prototypes of new solutions to facilitate application growth and a seamless customer experience
• Identifies weaknesses in our tooling that will drive changes to the overall architecture, and work as a liaison to development, operations teams, and other stakeholder groups
• Works tirelessly to arm developers with the best tools and ensure system uptime and performance
• Works as part of an integrated project agile team, supporting daily operational incidents, change, and problem management cases
• Provides on-call support, develops full production support processes, documentation, and operations plan, including monitoring/alerting solutions
• Provides user access/security/release/schedules management
• Follows established Industry/Agency standards for implementing Cloud configurations, Architecture and Security

Requirements:

• Two (2) years of professional experience in a related role
• Must have related experience for government, as a contractor or government employee. Direct experience with the Department of State is a plus
• Must be a United States citizen
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance and currently reside in the United States
• Experience in Administrating and Securing Cloud environments, such as AWS
• Experience using Gitlab and CI/CD platforms to deliver safe releases at a rapid rate
• Knowledge of Cloud components such as DevOps scripts, S3 access management, and application configuration
• Knowledge of Cloud tools and platforms such as Redis, K8s, Terraform, and Docker
• Excellent investigative skills to find root cause for e.g. AWS Cloud problems, and unique problems that may extend beyond the typical DevOps arena, to perform impact analysis and/or solutions
• Experience with Atlassian Jira/Confluence
• Strong documentation and problem-solving skills
• Strong verbal and nonverbal communication skills
• Ability to identify and create detailed requirements
• Comfortable with bridging the gap between legacy development or operations teams and working toward a shared culture and vision