Devops Engineer – Sr
| Company | General Dynamics |
|---|---|
| Location | Springfield, VA, USA, St. Louis, MO, USA |
| Salary | $127500 – $172500 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- 8+ years of related experience
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Programming, Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline, or the equivalent combination of education, technical training, or work/military experience
- 3+ years of Kubernetes experience, preferably with OpenShift
- 3+ years of experience building custom container images and platforms
- Strong understanding of DevOps and software/application development processes
- 3+ years of experience building GitLab CI/CD pipelines to build, scan, and deploy custom container images
- 3+ years of experience using Helm and GitOps tools such as ArgoCD or Flux to manage application deployment and state within Kubernetes from Gitlab
- Understanding of Python, Bash, or other scripting languages to automate builds
- Knowledge of the Operator Framework and how operators are deployed
- Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Must possess excellent time management skills and the drive to work unsupervised
- Experience with deploying to on prem/data center infrastructure
- Experience using Jira and Confluence on a daily basis
- Active TS/SCI clearance required and eligibility to obtain a CI poly
Responsibilities
- Automate and optimize service deployments
- Integrate with enterprise authentication services
- Establish and Improve system monitoring while maintaining established security protocols within development, test, and production systems
- Build, test, and maintain custom Helm Charts using Gitlab and ArgoCD
- Build, test, and maintain custom OpenShift Operators
- Maintain and improve existing build and deployment processes using Gitlab CI/CD pipelines to create complex ci-templates and custom runners
- Apply configuration management disciplines to maintain Container software revisions, security patches, hardening, and documentation
- Create FIPS compliant and hardened custom container images using UBI9-minimal and UBI9-micro base images
- Maintain up to date documentation of designs/configurations, ensuring team members have continuity of recurring tasks
- Create and determine required metrics for dashboards and service health
- Follow up on engineering tasks for operational solutions, and validate completion
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in building custom operators with the operator-sdk
- Experience developing Kubernetes Custom Resource Definitions (CRD) or API’s
- Go programming language experience