System Admin/ DevOps Engineer

Title: DevOps Engineer

Location: College Park MD

Who We Are:

Rackner is a software consultancy that builds cloud-native solutions for startups, enterprises, and the public sector. We are an energetic, growing consultancy with a passion for solving big problems for both startups and enterprises. We enable digital transformation for large organizations through the newest in distributed technologies as we are laser focused on end-to-end application development, DevSecOps, AI/ML and systems architecture and our methodology focuses on cloud-first and cost-effective innovation. Our customers hail from a diverse, ever-growing list of industries.

Position Overview:

We are looking for a DevOps Engineer who is interested in working in a fast-paced environment building and maintaining a DevSecOps platform as a Service (PaaS) for a DoD customer. The successful candidate will develop and maintain multiple Kubernetes based PaaS solutions at different classification levels, automate deployment of services, provide documentation, and monitor security and performance of the platform and deployed services. Our DevOps engineers are asked to solve challenging problems for unique customers and have a direct impact on the direction of software products and solutions used by those customers.

Responsibilities:

• Deploy and maintain critical services supporting both on-prem and cloud-native architecture
• Work with the Cybersecurity team by implementing industry best practices for system hardening and configuration management
• Use automation best practices, such a IaC and GitOps, for repeatability and fast provisioning of environments
• Deploy and maintain Kubernetes platforms in multiple environments and classification levels
• Work closely with development teams to provide onboarding support
• Ensure platform and networks are compliant with DoD policies
• Support backup and disaster recovery planning

Requirements:

• 3+ years of relevant experience
• Experience managing and working with Linux and MacOS
• Comfortable working on command line and scripting on multiple OS platforms
• Experience configuring, deploying, and securing Kubernetes platforms
• HS Diploma 
• US Citizenship and an active Secret security clearance require

Desired Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• Scripting experience including at least a subset of the following: Bash, Python, Zsh, AppleScript, Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Chef
• Experience with deploying and maintaining CNCF products to on-prem and cloud environments
• Experience developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines on cloud platforms including AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Experience with CI/CD automation servers including GitLab CI, Jenkins, or CircleCI
• Experience and/or familiarity with security scanning tools such as SonarQube, OWASP-DC, Anchore, Claire, OPA, Fortify, Checkmarx, Synk, and OpenSCAP
• Experience with providing Identity Management services including SSO using OpenID Connect (OIDC) or SAM

Additional Info/Benefits

Rackner embraces  and promotes employee development and training and covers the cost of certifications relevant to a position and the technologies/services provided .  Fitness/Gym membership eligibility, weekly pay schedule and employee swag, snacks & events are offered as well!

• 401K with 100% matching up to 6%
• Highly competitive PTO
• Great health insurance with large network of providers
• Medical/Dental/Vision
• Life Insurance, and short & long term disability
• Industry-Leading Weekly Pay Schedule
• Home office & equipment plan