Key skills
AWS Associate-level certificationCertified Kubernetes Application DeveloperDevSecOps methodologiesAWS services knowledgeAzure proficiencyGeneral programming experienceNetworking fundamentalsLinux administrationAgile project managementSecurity Technical Implementation GuidesTraditional virtualization platformsHTTP performance understandingSuperb communication skillsJavaScriptTypeScriptBashMachine LearningAWSAzureGCPTerraformKubernetesServerlessEKSArgoCDCloudFormationOpenShiftRDSCloudFrontMySQLMariaDBElasticsearchELK StackLogstashKibanaGitVersion ControlAgileCI/CDProject ManagementCommunicationWAF
About this role
Akima is a federal IT contractor focused on delivering specialized services and technology solutions. The Sr. Systems Reliability Engineer will provide security monitoring, auditing, and support for various projects while collaborating with clients and technical teams.
Responsibilities:
- Troubleshoot MySQL (MariaDB) databases deployed with services like AWS RDS and Aurora
- Cloud platform agnostic with a focus on AWS and Azure
- Ensure software updates are correctly deployed
- Manage and use the Git version control system
- Maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Troubleshoot source code, identify, and correct errors using systems debugging tools
- Ensure all systems have broad useful instrumentation in place and develop monitoring systems that provide actionable alerts based on those metrics
- Make use of DevOps tools, such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, and Git to write tools that automate everything you are responsible for
- Build and maintain Kubernetes and cloud centric CI/CD pipeline
- Support full application lifecycle development by advising developers on how to provide stable and secure code
- Integrate traditional deployments with serverless platforms such as the Microsoft Power Platform
Requirements:
- US Citizenship
- Interim Secret clearance is required; Secret preferred
- Bachelor's degree and 4+ years of military active duty or 5+ years of experience in a technical or analytical field
- AWS Associate-level certification and/or Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) certification
- Strong expertise in DevSecOps methodologies including designing, building and operating reliable systems
- Knowledge of networking fundamentals in the cloud and datacenter
- General programming experience with JavaScript/Typescript and Bash
- Knowledge of AWS (CloudFormation, EKS, CloudFront, WAF, and related services)
- Proficiency in Azure including building and maintaining cloud infrastructure and associated services
- Understanding of security best practices and ability to implement NIST 800-53 in Cloud environments
- A deep understanding of HTTP performance and security
- General knowledge of Linux and Kubernetes administration and services
- Familiarity with the fundamentals of Agile project management
- Familiarity with traditional virtualization platforms
- Superb written and oral communication skills
- Understanding of Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG) is a plus
- Remote position, however, candidate must be able to travel within Virginia and Washington DC Metro area
- Experience with Elasticsearch, Logstash and Kibana (ELK stack)
- Proficiency with networking tools and technologies, including AWS Transit Gateway and Fortinet solutions
- AWS Professional and/or Specialty certifications (Database, Security, Advanced Networking, or Machine Learning)
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) and/or Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
- Knowledge of and certifications in other cloud platforms (GCP, Azure) or private platforms such as OpenShift