DevOps Deployment Engineer (TS/SCI Clearance Required)

***This job requires active TS/SCI clearance.  Please apply only if you have an active TS/SCI clearance. ***

North Point Technology is looking for a TS/SCI Cleared DevOps Engineers to support a critical mission out of Chantilly, VA.

North Point Technology is THE BEST place to work for curious-minded engineers motivated to support our country’s most crucial missions!  We focus on long term projects, leveraging the latest technology in support of innovative solutions to solve our customer’s most difficult problems. At North Point Technology, EMPLOYEES come first!  We value our employees by providing excellent compensation, benefits, and a flexible work-life balance. We strive for a close-knit and open atmosphere where the owners are always directly available to our team members. Come join us! Apply with North Point Technology today! 

Applicants should be self-motivated, fast-paced, curious problem solvers with a BS in Engineering or related field, plus the following skills/experience:

Responsibilities:

• Configure new environments with the baseline products and services required for that instance
• Update and maintain baseline scripts and installers
• Install software and configuration updates to test and production environments hosted in Amazon Web Services (AWS) and data centers
• Provide technical feedback to development team for installation and upgrade procedures
• Assist in troubleshooting issues in operational and test environments

Required:

• Requires BS and 2-4 years of prior relevant experience in either System Administration or as a Systems Integrator.
• Experience with Linux OS, including scripting in a Linux environment using Shell and Bash
• Must demonstrate strong communication skills, both verbal and written
• Experience with automated deployment tools (such as Ansible, Chef, etc.) and associated scripts or manual instruction-based software installation / deployment
• Experience updating automated deployment scripts or manual deployment instructions for software baseline
• Understanding of compute, relational database management systems, storage, networking, transport, load balancing, and security constructs as they relate to on-premise and cloud infrastructures
• Knowledge of high availability architectures

Preferred:

• Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Security Protocols/Concepts (SSL/TLS, PKI etc.)
• Familiarity with proxy servers
• Familiarity with proxy servers, Oracle Weblogic, LDAPs, Ansible, Broadcom API Gateway
• Familiarity with Oracle ICAM products (OAM, OIF, OVD, OUD, OES)
• Knowledge of ICAM concepts (i.e. PKI authentication)
• Familiarity with virtual IP addresses, load balancing, data replication
• Experience with database querying
• Understanding of software configuration management and associated products such as Jenkins, BitBucket, gitlab
• Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) and Free and Open Source Software product integration experience
• Familiarity with Atlassian Suite (JIRA, BitBucket, Confluence)