DevOps Engineer (Mid-Level)

Job Summary:

Sparksoft is hiring a motivated individual to be part of our DevOps team supporting a multi year CMS contract. The DevOps engineer will work closely with the Program team to manage and maintain the applications and infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

Under the supervision of the DevOps Manager, this employee will collaborate with other scrum team members to develop and implement DevOps culture across the project team. The primary responsibility of this role is to manage patching of RedHat Enterprise Linux operating system across the entire ecosystem using AWS automation tools.

Additional responsibility will include activities to install, configure and maintain all tools needed to accomplish all the following DevSecOps functions - source control management, continuous integration, deployment, monitoring, database management, repository management, provisioning, release management, logging, building, testing, containerization, collaboration and security.

Requirements

Required Skills:

• This individual should have experience in leading a team of system administrators and should have experience in serving as a point of escalation.
• This individual should have experience in deploying RedHat operating system patches using AWS automation tools such as AWS System Manager Automation documents.
• This individual should have experience in implementing CICD (Continuous integration Continuous deployment) tools.
• This individual should have worked with several source control management tools such as, GitHub, Git, Bitbucket, GitLab, Subversion, Mercurial etc.
• This individual should have worked with several continuous integration tools such as, Jenkins, Bamboo,Travis CI, CruiseControl etc.
• This individual should have worked with several deployment tools such as, Otto, JuJu, CodeDeploy etc.
• This individual should have worked with several monitoring tools such as, New relic, Kibana, Elasticsearch, Nagios, Dynatrace etc.
• This individual should have worked with several repository management tools such as, Nexus, Npm, Docker Hub, Artifactory etc.
• This individual should have worked with several provisioning tools such as, Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Salt, terraform, vagrant etc.
• This individual should have worked with several logging tools such as, Splunk, Logstash etc.
• This individual should have worked with several building tools such as, Maven, Gradle, ANT, Grunt etc.
• This individual should have worked with several testing tools such as Soap UI/ready API, Jmeter, Selenium, Cucumber etc.
• This individual should have worked with several containerization tools such as, Docker, Kubernetes, Mesos etc.
• This individual should have worked with several collaboration tools such as, Jira, Slack etc.
• This individual should have worked with several security tools such as, Fortify, Tripwire etc.
• Possess strong judgment, leadership, communication, diplomacy, collaboration, and organization skills
• Ability to independently, quickly, and efficiently identify and solve technical problems
• Ability to combine strong functional, conceptual and technical knowledge with a strong understanding of customer requirements to offer solutions in a very practical, timely, and efficient manner
• Ability to interact positively and communicate appropriately with team members, customers, and management
• Adept with RedHat Operating System, AWS and JBOSS.
• This individual should have supported applications on AWS cloud and should be familiar with AWS services such as, Elastic Load Balancers, S3, Elastic File Share, EC2, VPC etc.

Education/Experience Level:

• 4 to 6 years of experience as a system administrator.
• 2 to 3 years of experience with DevOps tools.
• 2 to 3 years of experience with supporting applications on AWS.
• Experience working on an Agile Project
• Experience working in large projects interacting with several teams within the project
• Bachelors degree in Technical field

Desired Skills & Experience:

• AWS certifications, DevOps certifications

Sparksoft is a certified Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) SVC and DEV Level 3, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 27001:2013, Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB), and Small, Women-owned, Minority-owned (SWaM), and MBE/DBE/SBE consulting firm. With our focused mission "to ignite innovation, inspire transformation, and implement digital solutions for a healthier nation", we specialize in 6 specific digital health services: Test Automation, Cloud Services, DevOps Delivery, Cyber Security, Data Science, and Human-Centered Design. Since 2004, our exceptionally skilled people, proven leadership, and optimized processes all work together relentlessly to continuously push for more efficient solutions.

Sparksoft is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic prohibited under Federal, State, or local laws.

In accordance with the Executive Order on Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors, Sparksoft Corporation is complying with the requirements that all employees assigned to a federal contract be vaccinated. Employees in need of an exemption from this policy due to a medical reason or because of a sincerely held religious belief must submit a physician's note for a medical accommodation or a religious request for accommodation to the human resources department to begin the interactive accommodation process as soon as possible. Accommodations will be granted where they do not cause Sparksoft Corporation undue hardship or pose a direct threat to the health and safety of others. New hires must show proof of vaccination.

If you need accommodation seeking employment with Sparksoft Corporation, please email [email protected] or call 410-424-7700. Accommodations are made on a case-by-case basis.