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Job Description
As a DevSecOps Software Engineeer
- Work with DevOps Architect, Software Engineering teams, Software Architects, US Military agencies and IT to develop pipelines that work for individual programs while developing and implementing the enterprise approach of commonization and standardization across the SW engineering department.
- Continuously review and improve the DevSecOps CICD pipelines to ensure a seamless end-to-end process from Build to Deploy across all environments.
- Configure, administer, maintain, and optimize CICD tools like Gitlab, Artifactory, SonarQube and ensure their robust availability in the pipeline.
- Partner with IT and vendors to evaluate tool upgrades, plug-ins, and critical tickets. Work with IT and teams across the organization to troubleshoot DSO issues.
- Support and suggest best practices across DevSecOps, CICD, Rapid Release, and related end-to-end automation. Train and coach global team members to ensure proper use of all tools.
- Stay current with relevant emerging technologies and assess their application to DevSecOps. Support building new capabilities and features into pipelines. Conduct POCs on roadmap items to ensure functionality before full-scale integration.
- Development experience using platforms such as Java, Python, .NET, JS
- Container technologies such as Docker, or Kubernetes
- Hands-on experience with continuous integration and continuous deployment technologies such as GitLab, Jenkins, Groovy, or Artifactory. You have demonstratable experience developing and implementing pipelines.
- Experience working with Maven or Gradle.
- Experience maintaining production-grade applications in virtualized environments. (cloud computing platforms and services) using automation.
- Experience performing complex troubleshooting and performance tuning of various issues within the CICD tool chain using industry standard monitoring tools.
- Well versed with SAFe/Agile and be able to work effectively in a scrum team environment.
- IT security practices including encryption, certificates, key management, patch management, STIG, RMF, or security hardening, and auditing.
- Experience with security scanning tools such as X-ray, CheckMarx, Twistlock, or gitleaks.
- Management of Cloud Resources in Amazon Web Services, and/or Azure.
- Scalable networking technologies such as Load Balancers (NGINX)/Firewalls and web standards (REST APIs, web security mechanisms).
- Experience in Java application development, deployment, configuration, and Unix.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Requires a bachelor's degree in an Engineering discipline, Computer Science, or related field, Advanced degree a plus.
- 7 or more years of experience working with Industry standard DevSecOps CI/CD Tools including: source code repository management, CI pipeline configuration, and/or binary repository management is sought.
- Be a self-starter and able to work in a fast-paced team environment.
- The candidate will need to have strong written and oral communication skills.
- This position may require eligibility to obtain a US security clearance. (Non-US Citizens may not be eligible to obtain a security clearance)
- Prior experience working on ground based Military Vehicles desired.
- Able to bring continuous improvement processes and methodologies to the position.
- Able to work overtime when required.
- Limited travel may be required.
US CITIZENSHIP REQUIREMENT:
This assignment is a US Government Contract which requires all applicants to be US Citizens.
NO SUBCONTRACT REQUIREMENT:
No third-party applicants will be considered. If you are a third party contracting company, please do not respond to this position.
Meet Your Recruiter
Terry Walton
Technical Recruiter
Terry Walton was brought into Contract Professionals, Inc. to act as highly specialized and experienced technical recruiter, with a focus on engineering and informational technology. Known industry wide for his ability to cultivate and recruit best in class candidates, Terry was named the number one recruiter (out of 45 recruiters) with his previous employer, for more than six consecutive years. He was also a member of the Chairman’s Club from 2017-2019.
Passionate about mentoring others, Terry also has extensive experience training new recruiters to navigate the entire recruitment life cycle; providing novice recruiters with the education, skills, and tools necessary to become successful staffing specialists.
Terry was conferred a Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc), Business Administration and Management from Robert Morris University in 2003.
Terry is happily married to Jennifer Walton. Together they have three boys: Houston 15, Phoenix 11, and Kingston 8. All their children play school and travel basketball, baseball, and football. A sports enthusiast himself, Terry coaches AAU All-Star Basketball. He is also the Head Coach of Grade School Tackle Football for Butler, PA.