DevOps Engineer
Lexington, MA
Job Type: Contract | Recruiter: Kelsey Walsh | Phone: 6036374088
Location: Lexington, MA (Hybrid – 2 to 3 days onsite)
Length: 3+ years
Job Description:
Our client is looking for a DevOps Engineer who will build and maintain the production infrastructure and services for software development. The DevOps Engineer will ensure proper security for the infrastructure and troubleshoot production issues.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 5 years of directly relevant experience.
- Experience with DevOps workflows and common CI/CD tools (i.e., Jenkins, Bamboo, Unit testing frameworks, Artifactory, Maven, etc.).
- Experience with Git, Git workflows, and common Git server products (i.e., Bitbucket, GitHub, GitLab, etc.).
- Experience supporting common open-source application stacks (i.e., web services, big data, etc.).
- Proficiency in writing scripts for maintenance and automation in a variety of languages (i.e., Bash and Python).
- Experience with common configuration management tools (i.e., Ansible, Terraform, etc.).
- Familiarity with JIRA, Confluence, Linux, and vSphere system administration.
- Ability to install, configure, and support primarily RHEL virtualization platforms.
- Experience with container technology (i.e., Docker, Podman, etc.).
- Strong knowledge of automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications with hands on experience with Kubernetes.
- Experience leveraging third party cloud service providers (i.e., IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS).
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience with VMWare VM management, AWS, and Azure is preferred.
- Hands on experience as a Linux administrator (RHEL 7 Linux) is a plus.
- Proficiency in a current programming language (i.e., Java or Python) is strongly preferred.
- Proficiency in managing Big Data software stacks and architectures (i.e., Hortonworks HDP, HDF, Spark, Hadoop, Kafka, Elasticsearch, Redis, NiFi, and Ambari) is preferred.
- Strong understanding of web application architecture for high performing and scalable applications is preferred.
- Knowledge of STIG cybersecurity methodologies is preferred.
- Knowledge of IP networking including VPC's, VPN's, VRF, DNS, load-balancing, and firewalls is preferred.
- Certifications (preferred): AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate), AWS Certified Developer (Associate), RedHat Certified System Administrator, Certified Kubernetes Administrator, CompTIA’s Security +, and ISC2 Certified Information Systems Security Professional.
- Due to the nature of the work, an active Top-Secret clearance is required.
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