Senior DevOps Engineer

GAMA-1 is seeking a remote Senior DevOps Engineer to join the Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) Ground

Sustainment Services (LGSS) program to add to our distinguished team to sustain and enhance the Joint

Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Common Ground System (CGS). The JPSS CGS is responsible for

implementing JPSS Program command, control, and communications and data processing requirements

for JPSS CGS-serviced missions. The JPSS is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s

(NOAA) next-generation operational Earth observation Program that acquires and distributes global

environmental data from multiple polar-orbiting satellites, playing a critical role to NOAA’s mission to

understand and predict changes in weather, climate, oceans, coasts, and space environments, which

supports the Nation’s economy and protects life and property. 

Candidate must be able to obtain a Security Clearance.

Duties

• Provide Tier 3 support to a Linux Kubernetes environment
• Build/deploy/troubleshoot Kubernetes-based applications
• Development of CI/CD Build and Deployment Pipelines
• Write/modify Jenkins-based Groovy scripts
• Write/update CloudFormation scripts
• Troubleshoot pipeline issues across Jenkins and AWS Environments (Linux EC2, RDS, CloudFormation, ElasticSearch, etc.)
• Document key features for developer use
• Help write and maintain scripts for process improvements (e.g., stage/un-stage builds, branch tag automation, automating variance corrections across networks)
• Integrate tools into the pipeline
• Work with the development teams to bring in new microservices into the pipeline. Helping troubleshoot as necessary.
• Work through steps to automate installations of COTS products into the architecture
• Debugging integration issues
• Help identify issues in the deployment (i.e., potentially intermittent connectivity issues from an API Server to the Database)
• Monitor (and help develop scripts to monitor) the AWS services to ensure everything is functioning as necessary
• DevOps Tool Integration
• Help integrate with various tools for the DevOps process (SonarQube, Fortify, Jenkins, Robot Framework/Selenium, Artifactory, etc.)

Required Experience:

• Experienced using Kubernetes
• Familiar with DevOps Practices
• Knowledgeable in terraform
• Knowledgeable in AWS
• Experience with Linux Environments
• Experience with scripting languages, such as Bash and Python
• Strong problem solving, analytical, and technical troubleshooting skills
• Experience with Git for Source Control
• Ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance
• Experience developing, deploying, monitoring, and troubleshooting Cloud-based software
• solutions
• Experience integrating Jenkins and Docker for automated CI/CD pipelines

Desired Qualifications

• Strong Linux Administration skills
• Basic understanding of Bash and/or Python
• F5 configuration knowledge
• Use and Setup of:
  • Rancher
  • Anchore
  • ArgoCD
• Experience working within a distributed virtual team environment, with proficiency in remote collaboration tools and practices
• Strong interpersonal skills with a willingness to foster strong relationships with coworkers and vendors
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills with the ability to dynamically tailor communications effectively to different levels of the organization
• Active CompTIA Security+ CE Certification

Required Education

• Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of experience, or a Master's degree with 6+ years, or a PhD and 3+ years of experience; 4 additional years of experience can be counted in lieu of degree