Sr. DevOps Engineer

Overview

BigBear.ai is seeking a Sr. DevOps Engineer to join our team and help accelerate a federal mission client's discovery and delivery of identity and network-based intelligence insights to counter national security threats and malicious actors. Our software developers will assist in crafting, testing, and recommending scalable, flexible, and resilient designs and implement integrations with a standard platform in a cloud environment. The ideal candidate will have experience in strategizing overall build tools and software to facilitate information and data sharing, and advance analytic practices.

This position will be on-site in Washington, DC.

What you will do

• Employ software development techniques and methodologies for solving tough analytical challenges in support of one of national security threats
• Use software development skills to automate manual analytical processes
• Opportunity to expand upon beyond specializations to include front end user interfaces, back end microservices, web services, cloud architectures, as well as databases and other persistent data stores
• Deploy developed IT solutions, user applications, databases, and other IT capabilities
• Design and develop specialized user solutions, applications and databases using a hybrid Agile approach within a DevOps environment
• Provide Tier 2/3 technical support for deployed applications and databases
• Knowledge of code versioning tools such as Git
• Experience with cloud message APIs and usage of push notifications
• Maintain code integrity and organization
• Collaborate with the rest of engineering team to design and launch new features. Includes coordination and documentation of deployment procedures, release plans, etc.
• Keen interest in learning and using the latest software tools, methods, and technologies to solve real world problem sets vital to national security

What you need to have

• Bachelor's Degree with 5+ years of experience (in lieu of Bachelor's degree, 6 additional years of relevant experience)
• Clearance: Must possess and maintain an active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility
• Understanding of cloud architectures and enabling tools and technologies, such as, AWS Cloud (GovCloud/C2S)
• Familiar with Amazon Web Managed Services (AWS)
• High experience level with back-end programming languages (Python)
• Working knowledge with datastores PostgreSQL, S3, and Elasticsearch
• Familiar with Configuration Management and CI Tools, such as, Git/Gitlab, Jenkins, Ansible
• Familiar with Linux/Unix server environments and scripting language
• Experience with Agile development methodology
• Working knowledge with Collaboration tools, such as, Jira and Confluence
• Experience of the IC Enterprise Audit Program established by the DNI/IC CIO
• Experience with ICS 500-27 audit exchange
• DoD 8570- IAT Level II certification required (or the ability to obtain within 6 months of hire)

What we'd like you to have

• DoD 8570-IAT Level II Certification

About BigBear.ai

BigBear.ai is a leading provider of AI-powered decision intelligence solutions for national security, supply chain management, and digital identity. Customers and partners rely on BigBear.ai's predictive analytics capabilities in highly complex, distributed, mission-based operating environments. Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, BigBear.ai is a public company traded on the NYSE under the symbol BBAI. For more information, visit https://bigbear.ai/ and follow BigBear.ai on LinkedIn: @BigBear.ai and X: @BigBearai.

What you will do

• Employ software development techniques and methodologies for solving tough analytical challenges in support of one of national security threats
• Use software development skills to automate manual analytical processes
• Opportunity to expand upon beyond specializations to include front end user interfaces, back end microservices, web services, cloud architectures, as well as databases and other persistent data stores
• Deploy developed IT solutions, user applications, databases, and other IT capabilities
• Design and develop specialized user solutions, applications and databases using a hybrid Agile approach within a DevOps environment
• Provide Tier 2/3 technical support for deployed applications and databases
• Knowledge of code versioning tools such as Git
• Experience with cloud message APIs and usage of push notifications
• Maintain code integrity and organization
• Collaborate with the rest of engineering team to design and launch new features. Includes coordination and documentation of deployment procedures, release plans, etc.
• Keen interest in learning and using the latest software tools, methods, and technologies to solve real world problem sets vital to national security

What you need to have

• Bachelor's Degree with 5+ years of experience (in lieu of Bachelor's degree, 6 additional years of relevant experience)
• Clearance: Must possess and maintain an active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility
• Understanding of cloud architectures and enabling tools and technologies, such as, AWS Cloud (GovCloud/C2S)
• Familiar with Amazon Web Managed Services (AWS)
• High experience level with back-end programming languages (Python)
• Working knowledge with datastores PostgreSQL, S3, and Elasticsearch
• Familiar with Configuration Management and CI Tools, such as, Git/Gitlab, Jenkins, Ansible
• Familiar with Linux/Unix server environments and scripting language
• Experience with Agile development methodology
• Working knowledge with Collaboration tools, such as, Jira and Confluence
• Experience of the IC Enterprise Audit Program established by the DNI/IC CIO
• Experience with ICS 500-27 audit exchange
• DoD 8570- IAT Level II certification required (or the ability to obtain within 6 months of hire)