Devops Engineer Ii (Hybrid Schedule Eligible)

As a DevOps Engineer II, you'll work in an agile, collective environment. You will be using your skills and expertise to define, design, develop, test, certify and improve cutting-edge software products. You'll perform coding, securing, debugging, testing, releasing and troubleshooting of software throughout our development process. Your technical duties involve the design and development of new software products throughout the product lifecycle. This individual participates in technical research and development to enable continuing innovation within the infrastructure. This individual ensures that system hardware, operating systems, software systems, and related procedures adhere to organizational values, CMMC Level Certifications while enabling staff, partners, and customers.

The Mission Solutions and Technologies (MST) business area provides affordable, turn-key command/control, communications, integrated ISR, force protection and security solutions worldwide. The MST team has a long legacy of supporting the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, commercial and international customers with years of experience in platform operations, engineering and full lifecycle management across domains – air, land, sea, space and cyber.

This role is open to a hybrid schedule

Responsibilities:

• Make sound decisions
• Strong critical thinking
• Strong communication skills
• Deal effectively with changing project priorities
• Ability to work with people in a team environment
• Analyze problems and provide focused solutions
• Self-motivated with ability to effectively prioritize multiple projects
• Take independent action
• Problem solving skills
• Ability to manage time

Must-haves:

• Experience in Azure or AWS
• Linux troubleshooting
• Scripting: Bash, PowerShell, Python (Boto3), AWS CLI, or Azure CLI
• Self-motivated with ability to effectively, prioritize multiple projects
• Understanding of DevSecOps principles and processes
• Containerization & Orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Relevant experience may be considered in lieu of required education
• Higher education may substitute for relevant experience
• The ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret U.S. Security Clearance is required
• Hypervisors (VMWare)
• IaC (Infrastructure as Code)
• CI/CD Pipeline experience
• Bachelor's Degree in a related field with typically 3-5 or more years of relevant experience
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem solving skills

Preferred:

• Experience applying STIG and troubleshooting Secured/STIG’d systems
• CI/CD Pipelines (YAML Based): AWS, Azure, GIT Hub
• Basic Networking knowledge (VLANS, layer 2, Firewall Rules)
• Familiarity with Designing, Building, and Fielding Systems while using engineering best practices for Configuration Management and Documentation.
• Atlassian toolset with the following priority (Bamboo, Bitbucket, Jira, Confluence)
• Checkmarx, Fortify, SonarQube, Aqua, Twistlock
• M365/O365 experience and Identity Architecture (SAML, OAuth, AzureAD, Okta, etc….)
• Experience in containerized software loads: Docker, container deployment, Docker swarm, Docker security hardening
• Azure Government
• Java: Maven based project experience, Artifact management (Nexus, Artifactory) Distributed system experience (Kafka)
• Visio and diagramming skills/experience
• Linux: ISCSI & Network booting, RHEL, KickStart, Velocity templates
• AWS Government

At Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) we deliver customer-focused technology and best-of-breed integrations in the aerospace and defense sectors. SNC has been honored as one of the most innovative U.S. companies in space, a Tier One Superior Supplier for the U.S. Air Force, and as one of America’s fastest-growing companies. Learn more about SNC

Estimated Starting Salary: $95,298.10 - $131,034.89

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SNC offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 401(k) with 150% match up to 6%, life insurance, 3 weeks paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret U.S. Security Clearance. U.S. Citizenship status is required as this position needs an active U.S. Security Clearance for employment. Non-U.S. citizens may not be eligible to obtain a security clearance. The Department of Defense Consolidated Adjudications Facility (DoD CAF), a federal government agency, handles the adjudicative aspects of the security clearance eligibility process for industry applicants. Adjudicative factors which affect the outcome of the eligibility determination include, but are not limited to, allegiance to the U.S., foreign influence, foreign preference, criminal conduct, security violations and illegal drug use.

At Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), our mission is to dream, innovate, inspire and empower the next generation to transform humanity through technology and imagination. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome our employees to bring their whole selves to their work. SNC is committed to fostering an inclusive, accepting, and diverse environment free of discrimination. Employment decisions are made without regarding to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran or other characteristics protected by law. Contributions to SNC come in many shapes and styles, and we believe diversity in our workforce fosters new and greater ways to dream, innovate, and inspire.