Senior DevOps Engineer

Saalex Solutions is a professional services company delivering cutting-edge solutions to the Department of Defense since 2001. They are seeking a senior-level DevOps Engineer with strong developer experience supporting containerized applications to identify, prove out, test, and implement pipeline process improvements.

Responsibilities:

• Develop DevOps functionality for CI/CD pipeline solutions; improve and maintain GitLab pipeline configurations
• Understand/interpret Cyber Security guidelines to resolve code vulnerabilities
• Maintain, monitor, and proactively research/pilot solutions to optimize and improve the parent scan pipeline; provide recommendations for technology advancement to streamline CI/CD tools and processes
• Assist with GitLab upgrades as received from the vendor (i.e. bi-weekly, monthly, etc.; requires evening support)
• Configure customer projects/access to pipeline, including configuring git on customer assets and credentials in customer repositories
• Onboard new applications/customers to the CI/CD environment, working closely with application developers to provide training/technical guidance/troubleshooting assistance
• Craft/help customers craft gitlab-ci.yaml files to orchestrate their child pipelines or test projects; create, maintain, update, and monitor health checks
• Research, perform analysis of alternatives, recommend technical solutions, and architect new CI/CD environments and pipelines, such as Cloud migration or supporting classified systems
• Provide demos/overviews/briefs/newsletters regarding the pipeline and/or associated tools to customers and/or leadership of various levels
• Update and maintain documentation
• Provide mentorship to junior teammates
• Other duties as assigned or required

Requirements:

• CI/CD implementation experience required
• Design/development of DevOps pipelines experience required
• Proficient communication and documentation skills with experience preparing technical guidance, how-to instructions, test plans, demos, and/or presenting training to internal and external stakeholders required
• CompTIA Security+ certification required; if the candidate does not currently have their certification, they must be willing to obtain within 90 days of onboarding
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced technical environment
• Experience with specific CI/CD related tools such as GitLab Ultimate, Nexus, DORA metrics, and Prisma Cloud (formerly Twistlock) preferred
• Experience with OpenShift, Nexus, Amazon ECS is a plus