DevOps Engineer

As a DevOps Engineer, you will collaborate with our clients to help design, implement, maintain, and test a variety of technical solutions by utilizing a variety of the latest technologies. You will also be responsible for creating and enhancing Continuous Integration (CI)/Continuous Delivery (CD) pipelines and various kinds of automation processes (build management, automated deployments, automated testing, configuration management, etc).

What You'll Be Doing

• Treat infrastructure as a product and provide ideas on how to continually improve automation services and resiliency of the platform
• Gather technical requirements and execute on deliverables
• Scale infrastructure and/or applications in an automated way
• Monitor and instrument everything, particularly data applications and databases
• Provide tooling for all of the engineerings
• Follow and execute Production, QA, Dev, and other environmental change control processes
• Document DevOps processes, procedures, and environments to ensure continuity

Location and Travel Details

This position is hybrid and when required the candidate will be required to go onsite to one of the following SIPR locations:

• Ft Belvoir, VA
• Ft Eustis, VA
• Adelphi, MD
• Huntsville, AL

Security Clearance and Citizenship Requirements

Must be able to obtain and/or maintain Secret Clearance

Profile of Success

• Minimum of Five years IT/DevOps engineering experience and a minimum of three years of experience working in Windows or Linux server administration with RedHat, Centos or similar toolsets
• Strong experience applying DevOps and CI/CD concepts; CI experience in multiple tools (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Visual Studio Team Services, etc.)
• Previous scripting experience in PowerShell, Python or similar scripting language
• Knowledge of automated testing (Selenium, Visual Studio, etc.)
• Experience with a configuration management tool such as Ansible, Puppet, or Chef
• Understanding of Azure including Azure SQL, Azure Networking, Azure Active Directory
• Experience in SQL Server administration & troubleshooting, and web server administration using IIS and/or Apache
• Experience with Microsoft Azure to deploy highly-available, scalable, and secure applications
• Knowledge of Monitoring tools (Application Insights, New Relic, etc.)
• Knowledge of Agile processes (Scrum/Kanban)

Desirable Skills

• Experience with SharePoint or Microsoft Business Apps and Automation (CRM, PowerApps) platforms
• Desire to obtain or utilize technical certifications as part of continuous professional growth
• Ability to learn fast, adapt to new technology and changes in the environment
• Ability to work effectively and manage multiple priorities while collaborating with internal and external cross-functional teams

About AIS

AIS, Dedicated to Our People

AIS employees can spend their entire career at AIS doing challenging, rewarding work and reach their desired level of achievement and responsibility. We offer the opportunity to move up, without the obligation to move out of a position where one excels. We are committed to our employee's success; however, they define it.

It's our dedication to our employees that inspired our leadership to invest in our future and become partially employee-owned through an Employee Stock Ownership Program (ESOP).

Our employees are our greatest strength, and we do all that we can to serve them. We invest in technology as early adopters, allowing us to create transformative and innovative solutions for our customers while exposing our team to cutting edge technology.

We hire outstanding individuals who are committed to curiosity, passionate about emerging technology, and who are excited to find innovative solutions for the biggest tech challenges facing international brands and government agencies today.

We Invest in Individuals Committed to Innovation

AIS is seeking professionals of a certain character and level of excellence. People that we can learn from and that we can help grow to achieve their personal career goals.

We are looking for:

• Smart people with a passion for technology
• Strong technical capabilities with a consultancy mindset
• Close involvement with local technical communities
• A willingness to think outside of the box to provide innovative solutions to clients
• Ability to solve challenging technical business problems
• Self-directed professionals

Our Core Values

• Client Success
• C ontinued Learning and Technical Excellence
• Strong Client Relationships
• Citizenship and Community

EEO Statement

Applied Information Sciences is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, religion, color, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis covered by law. Employment decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business need.