CI/CD Pipeline Engineer

Xenith Solutions is seeking a CI/CD Pipeline Engineer to support a Customs and Border Protection contract and its Agile Solution Factory. The role focuses on deploying and maintaining DevOps infrastructure and automating software build, configuration, and deployment processes in collaboration with an Agile team.

Responsibilities:

• Work as an integral part of an Agile Scrum team, a highly productive team of technical professionals who thrive on supporting the customer's mission and growth objectives
• Deploy, and maintain the DevOps infrastructure for mission critical applications taking into consideration scalability, reliability, and maintainability of software systems
• Work in close collaboration with other architects, technical leads, software developers and testers, and stakeholders within Agile processes to continue the automation of the software build, configurations, and deployment processes
• Install, configure and maintain all tools needed to accomplish the following DevOps functions: source control management, continuous integration, deployment, monitoring, repository management, provisioning, release management, logging, building, testing, containerization, collaboration and security
• Continue development and maintenance of the automated software build process using tools such as, but not limited to, Docker, Jenkins, ArgoCD, Kubernetes, and specific AWS technologies
• Assist with creating project resource estimates, metrics to track completion phase, defect reports, defect prevention, development efficiency and quality
• Contribute to an atmosphere of cross-functional teamwork within the organization’s agile project lifecycle
• May need to work off hours for support and deployments if necessary

Requirements:

• The ability to be adaptable and to work constructively with a technically diverse and geographically separated team is crucial
• You should have worked with or have a strong interest in Agile software development practices and delivering deployable software in short sprints
• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• College degree (B.S.) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Management Systems or a related discipline
• Experience will be considered in lieu of a degree plus 5 + years related experience
• Prior experience with continuous integration (Bamboo, Jenkins), Weblogic, Docker, AWS, Kubernetes, Istio, API Gateway and GitLab
• Ability to design and document technical solutions related to continuous integration and continuous deployment
• Administration, configuration and maintenance of the application stack (Spring Boot, Database, K8S cluster, etc.)
• Proficiency in automating and optimizing processes
• Highly responsible, team-oriented individual with a very strong work ethic and a self-starter
• Effective organizational skills with strong attention to detail
• Ability to work in a fast paced, constantly changing environment
• Exposure to certificate management for issuing, renewing, and deploying certificates to endpoints